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Lecture 04:
Ancient Greece
Early Greek History (2000 to 500 BC)
The Rise and Fall of Ancient Heroes
The Greek Peninsula
The Minoans
Economic Power
Religious Ritual
Minoan Destruction
Mycenaean Civilization
Trade
Violence and Disruption
From “Dark Ages” to Colonies
Heroic Values Preserved
Phonetic Alphabet
Homer
Hesiod
The Family of the Gods
Oracles
Worship of Dionysus
Impact of Religious Ideas
Studying the Material World
Thales and Democritus
Pythagoras
Practical Applications
Fears of Impiety
Life in the Greek Poleis, 700-749 B.C.
The Invention of Politics
Tyrants
City-States
The Heart of the Polis
Men’s and Women’s Roles
Slave Labor
Fears and Attachments in Greek Emotional Life
Bisexual Relations
Sappho of Lesbos
Courtesans
Athens: City of Democracy
Oligarchy
Solon’s Reforms
Increased Democracy
Tyranny
Assessing Democracy
Ostracism
Sparta: Model Military State
Spartan Life
The Love of the Contest: Olympic Games
Olympic Games
Women at Olympics
Classical Greece and Imperial Athens
Imperial Athens, 489-431 B.C.
The Persian Wars
Battle of Marathon
A Second Invasion
Thermopylae
Greek Naval Victory
Herodotus: The Father of History
Greek vs. “barbarians”
Athens Builds an Empire
Delian League
Pericles
Pericles’ democracy
Artistic Athens
Greek Theater: Exploring Complex moral Problems
Aeschylus and Sophocles
Destruction, Disillusion, and a Search for Meaning
The Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C.
Melos Destroyed
Athens Loses
The Peloponnesian War
Philosophical Musings: Athens Contemplates Defeat
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Tragedy and Comedy: Innovations in Greek Theater
Euripides
Aristophanes
Hippocrates and Medicine
The Aftermath of War, 404-338 B.C.
Power Struggles