1. Backgrounds of Ancient Greek History
2. The Minoans and the Mycenaeans
Homer, the Iliad, The Shield of Achilles
3. The Greek Dark Ages
Hesiod, Theogony (excerpts)
Hesiod, Work and Days (excerpts)
Homer, Odyssey (excerpts)
4. The Archaic Age: The Emergence of the City-State
Aristotle, Politics
5. The Archaic Age: The Formation of Greek Society
Hesiod, Works and Days (Story of Pandora)
Aristotle, Politics (excerpts on slavery and women)
6. The Greek City State: Oligarchy, Tyranny, and Democracy
Plutarch, The City-State of Sparta
Plutarch, Life of Lycurgus
Xenophon, The Spartan Constitution
7. The Persian Wars
8. Imperial Athens
9. Culture and Society in Classical Athens 1
Sappho, Poems
Euripides, Medea
10. Culture and Society in Classical Athens 2
11. The Peloponnesian War
Pericles, Funeral Oration
Xenophon, Hellenica (excerpts)
12. The Aftermath of the Peloponnesian War
Plato, Apology
Plato, Republic (excerpts)
Reacting to the Past
Plutarch, Life of Cimon (excerpts)
Xenophon, The Economist (excerpts)
13. Alexander the Great
14. The Hellenistic Age
