Contact Information:
Prof. H. Haskell
Southwestern University
Georgetown, TX 78626
(512) 863-1554 (office)
(512) 818-2660 (cell)
(512) 863-1535 (fax)
email
Classics
at Southwestern
Greek Literature from the 4th cent. BCE
Syllabus
for Advanced Greek 294/394: 4th Century Prose
Fall, 2010
Index
General Information |
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Schedule of Assignments |
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This course, making extensive use of resources available via the Internet, focuses on the forensic oratory in Athens as represented by the work of Lysias (ca. 445-ca. 380) and Demosthenes (384-322). The common sessions and secondary readings will explore how these readings reflect the legal, social, and political world of Athens in the late 5th and 4th centuries BCE.
Course Components
Lectures: Beginning September 13, students and faculty members will "meet" for common sessions, each one guided by a professor teaching the course or by an invited guest. These common sessions will combine elements of a lecture and discussion about the assigned readings for the week. They may feature other materials to provide context and introduce ideas for future exploration. While each common session will have its own topic, each will refer back to material already covered and will anticipate topics and readings yet to come.
Response Papers: Students will submit and critique response papers that will address study questions for each week of the course. This aspect of the course will take place during the week (Thursday and Friday) when students will submit their work and comment on the views of their peers. This will take place in the course worksite on the CHS Sakai server.
Tutorial: Finally, students will meet by arrangement with the participating faculty members on their campuses for one or more tutorials each week.
The objectives for this course are for students (1) to gain familiarity with the grammar and vocabulary of Greek prose from the early 4th century, through reading forensic orations by Lysias and Demosthenes and (2) to develop an understanding of the Athenian legal system of the late 5th and 4th centuries BCE and its social and political context.
Course Requirements
All
students will be expected to work through the assigned reading for each week,
attend the common sessions, submit responses to the forum, and meeting with
their faculty mentors in tutorial. This course is intended for advanced,
mature students, who can effectively and conscientiously work through the
materials and fulfill the assignments with minimal supervision. The participating
faculty members presuppose that students will come to each event prepared to
participate actively. Students should take advantage of every resource to
ensure that they thoroughly understand the readings and have a command of the
interpretive issues that will form the basis of the lectures, response
papers, and tutorials. This course can accommodate advanced students at
varying levels of experience and fluency. In general, students with five or
more semesters of ancient Greek should enroll in Greek 394, and those with
less than five, in Greek 294. Depending on the needs of students at
individual campuses, the amount of assigned reading may vary from that posted
on this syllabus. The tutor at each institution will work with students to
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The
common sessions will take place in a virtual space hosted by Elluminate.
Shortly before the session begins, students will log into the room by
pointing their browsers at the following URL: |
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Students will be expected to share their views of the readings and common session with their peers and faculty mentors through a worksite hosted by the CHS Sakai server: Greek 394 Fall 2010. A set of topics will accompany each reading assignment. Students will post responses to these questions in the Forum section of Greek 394 worksite by no later than 5:00 p.m. each Thursday as noted on the schedule below. Some of the questions aim to evoke a sustained, synthetic engagement with the readings; others will deal with topics of specific significance for a particular reading assignment or common session. At the conclusion of the course, the weekly contributions of each student to the discussion list should represent a significant body of interpretative work. Consequently, the response to each question should be considerably more than a sentence or two, and each set of responses should represent a focused, reflective engagement with the readings after the respondents have thoroughly read and studied the texts. After the responses to the study questions appear in the Forum, students will receive an assignment to review and comment on the responses of at least one other student. Students must post their comments by Sunday afternoon at 5:00 pm (local time). The grade for this element of the course will consist of two components. The first, which accounts for fifteen percent of the students' final grades, will depend on the students' adequate and timely responding to the study questions and providing thoughtful commentary on the responses of at least one of their peers. Students will receive full credit for posting their response papers and their commentaries on the remarks of other students by the scheduled deadlines. The director of the course may single out particularly excellent papers and comments and award bonus credit. The second component, twenty-five percent of the final grade, will reflect the quality of the contributions. (Please note that the on-campus tutors, or "mentors" as they will be designated in the following materials, may require additional work on this component of the course to reflect the time spent in the course before or after the period of collaborative activities. This work may take various forms such as an introduction, epilogue, critical review, or expansion on one or more of the topics.) These two components will account for forty percent of the students' final grades. |
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Students will meet every week with a mentor at her or his home institution. Participants on each campus should consult with their tutors to determine the times and locations of these meetings. It is the students' responibility to contact their faculty mentors and finalize the details of their weekly meetings. The quality of these meetings, as measured by students' preparation, attendance, and engagement with the readings, will account for twenty percent of their final grades. |
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There will be two examinations, a midterm and final over the content, cultural context, and interpretation of the literature. These will be based on the readings, response papers, and lectures. Individual campuses may choose to conduct additional examinations that pertain more specifically to the language of the orations. Here are some additional points to bear in mind with regard to this aspect of the course:
The mentors from each campus will collaborate on the design of these examinations to ensure that they reflect the common experience of the students in the course. During this design process, the mentors also establish the evaluative guidelines they will follow when grading the examinations.
The tutors will grade the midterm examination collaboratively. When students submit their responses to the questions on the midterm, the course director will remove any biographical information from the exams and distribute the responses to the mentors who will evaluate the students' work without knowledge of the students' identity. This anonymous procedure ensures that students from different institutions will receive an impartial evaluation of their work. When the mentors return the exams to the director, she or he will match the exam with the biographical data and return the graded work to the students and their faculty mentors. As is true of all courses at the collegiate level, only the student and her or his faculty mentor will receive the grades. The faculty mentors will grade the final examinations of the students at their home institutions. Participants should refer any questions about the grading to the director of the course. |
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Grades will be based on the following components:
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In Greek: |
Lysias |
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Demosthenes |
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In translation: |
Demosthenes |
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Thucydides |
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Andocides |
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Plato |
Secondary Readings
"Three Court Days," Symposion 1990: Papers on Greek and Hellenistic Legal History, edited by Michael Gagarin (Köln: Böhlau Verlag). |
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Chapter 4, "Rhetoric, litigation, and the values of an agonistic society," and chapter 6, "Violence and litigation," in Law, Violence and Community in Classical Athens (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press), pp. 61-86, 119-142. |
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"Telling Stories in Athenian Law," Transactions of the American Philological Association 133: 197-207. |
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"Tribal and Civic Codes of Behavior in Lysias 1," Classical Quarterly 43: 406-419 |
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"Euphiletos' House: Lysias 1," Transactions of the American Philological Association 112: 115-123 |
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"Adultery by the Book: Lysias 1 (On the Murder of Eratosthenes) and Comic Diegesis," Echos du Monde Classique 40: 421-453. |
Schedule of Assignments
Reading (394): |
Readings
in Greek: Lysias
1.1-14 (759 words) (to be read before Monday, September 13) |
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Reading (294): |
Readings
in Greek: Lysias
1.1-10 (486 words) (to be read before Monday, September 13) |
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By Arrangement: |
Tutorial |
Make arrangements to meet with your on-campus tutor to work through the readings. |
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Monday: |
Common Session (1) |
"Law and Order in Ancient Athens: An Introduction to the Course," Kenny Morrell (Rhodes College) |
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Tuesday-Friday: |
Response Papers |
You will find instructions for the first assignment by following the link to "Week 1" in the Forum section of the worksite. This assignment will call for you to take a survey, post a response to a question, and then comment on the response of another participant in the course. Your post will be due by 5:00 pm on Thursday, September 16. You comments will be due by 5:00 pm on Saturday, September 18. |
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Reading (394): |
Readings
in Greek: Lysias
1.15-28 (921 words) |
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Reading (294): |
Readings
in Greek: Lysias
1.11-18 (447 words) |
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By Arrangement: |
Tutorial |
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Monday: |
Common Session (2) |
"Law and Oratory in Classical Athens," Michael Gagarin (University of Texas, Austin) |
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Tuesday-Friday: |
Response Papers |
You will find instructions for the response papers by following the link to "Week 2" in the Forum section of the worksite. For this assignment you will study and discuss the meaning of words that appear in Lysias 1 and then post a response to one of two questions. Your word study and response will be due at 5:00 pm on Friday, September 24 |
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Reading (394): |
Readings in Greek: Lysias 1.29-50 (1325 words) |
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Reading (294): |
Readings in Greek: Lysias 1.19-28 (507 words) |
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By Arrangemen: |
Tutorial |
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Monday: |
Common Session (3) |
"Gender and Sexuality in Athenian Society," Walter Stevenson (University of Richmond) |
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Tuesday-Sunday: |
Response Papers |
Instructions for this week are available by following the link to "Week 3" in the Forum section of the worksite. Your responses will take the form of two narratives, one you give your logographos, and one you write as a logographos. Both narratives will be due by 5:00 pm on Sunday, October 3. |
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Reading (394): |
Readings
in Greek: Lysias
3.1-24 (1081 words) |
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Reading (294): |
Readings
in Greek: Lysias
1.29-36 (435 words) |
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By Arrangement: |
Tutorial |
"The Physical Setting of the Athenian Courts," Hal Haskell (Southwestern University) |
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Monday: |
Common Session (4) |
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Tuesday-Friday: |
Response Papers |
Please follow the link to "Week 4" in the Forum section of the worksite for information about the response papers for this week. They will be due by 5:00 pm on Friday, October 8. |
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Reading (394): |
Readings
in Greek: Lysias
3.25-48 (1153 words) |
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Reading (294): |
Readings
in Greek: Lysias
1.37-50 (581 words) |
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By Arrangement: |
Tutorial |
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Monday: |
Common Session (5) |
"The Rhetoric of Forensic Oratory," Sarah Ferrario (Catholic University) |
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Tuesday-Friday: |
Response Papers |
Midterm (Details, including the date and time when the exam is due, will be available on Friday, October 8.) |
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Reading (394): |
Readings
in Greek: Demosthenes
54.1-12 (1053 words) |
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Reading (294): |
Readings
in Greek: Demosthenes
54.1-7 (611 words). |
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By Arrangement: |
Tutorial |
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Monday: |
Common Session (6) |
"Inter-familial Conflict," Walter Stevenson (University of Richmond) |
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Tuesday-Sunday: |
Response Papers |
Instructions for the response papers are available by following the link to "Week 6" in the Forum section of the worksite. They will call for contributions to a catalogue of topoi, which are due by 5:00 pm on Sunday, October 24. |
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Reading (394): |
Readings
in Greek: Demosthenes
54.13-29 (1176 words) |
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Reading (294): |
Readings
in Greek: Demosthenes
54.8-15 (663 words) |
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By Arrangement: |
Tutorial |
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Monday: |
Common Session (7) |
"Violence in Athenian Society," Hal Haskell (Southwestern University) |
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Tuesday-Sunday: |
Response Papers |
You will find instructions by following the link to "Week 7" in the Forum section of the worksite. For this assignment you will study the system for resolving conflict in another ancient society. Your observations will be due by 5:00 pm on Sunday, October 31. |
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Reading (394): |
Readings
in Greek: Demosthenes
54.30-44 (1110 words) |
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Reading (294): |
Readings
in Greek: Demosthenes
54.16-25 (664 words). |
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By Arrangement: |
Tutorial |
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Monday: |
Common Session (8) |
"Money and Politics in Ancient Athens," Kenny Morrell (Rhodes College) |
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Tuesday-Friday: |
Response Papers |
For the topics of the response papers for this week click on "Week 8" in the Forum section of the worksite. You will post responses to two of three questions by 5:00 pm on Friday, November 5. |
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Reading (394): |
Readings
in Greek: Lysias
32.1-18 (1092 words) |
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Reading (294): |
Readings
in Greek: Demosthenes
54.26-36 (749 words) |
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By Arrangement: |
Tutorial |
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Monday: |
Common Session (9) |
"Politics in Law," Sarah Ferrarios (Catholic University) |
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Tuesday-Saturday: |
Response Papers |
This week you will examine the nature of the legal system in contemporary America as reflected in court television. Further details are available by following the link to "Week 9" in the Forum section of the worksite. Your analyses will be due by 5:00 pm on Saturday, November 13. |
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Reading (394): |
Readings
in Greek: Lysias
32.19-29 (739 words) |
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Reading (294): |
Readings
in Greek: Demosthenes
54.37-44 (648 words) |
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By Arrangement: |
Tutorial |
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Monday: |
Common Session (10) |
"Plato's Apology," Ryan Fowler (Knox College) |
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Tuesday-Saturday: |
Response Papers |
This week you will revise the narratives you created earlier this semester and add a prooimion based on addition information concerning the two cases. You will find further information by following the link to "Week 10" in the Forum section of the worksite. Your new narrative and accompanying prooimion will be due by 5:00 pm on Saturday, November 20. |
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Week 11 (11/22-26) [Thanksgiving Week: Knox has examinations on 11/21-23.] |
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Week 12 (11/29-12/3) [Last week of classes for Southwestern.] |
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Week 13 (12/6-10) [Last day of classes (12/8) at Rhodes. Final examinations at Southwestern.] |
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