Course: Classical Studies - Academic Year, 2011-12

Co-Ordinator: Brendan McMahon

Greek Civilization

1. Mythology, Gods and Heroes - The great stories, their inspiration and legacy.
2. Homer - The Epics, Illad and Odyssey.
3. Greek Tragedy; Aeschylus, - The Oresteia
4. Herodotus - The Father of History?
5. The Persian Wars
6.  Athens and Sparta and other city-states.
7. Athens in the time of Pericles
8. Atherns and Sparta -The Peloponnessian Wars

Reading Material:

Module 1 - There are a number of very useful publications on this subject, perhaps The Golden Age of Myth and & Legent by Thomas Bullfinch and Classicial Mythology by A R Hope Moncrieff are most ideal, particularly if you are new to the subject.

Module 2 - Homer’s the Illad and the Odyssey (any edition).

Module 3 - Aeschylus: The Orestia Trilogy.

Module 4 - Herodotus: The Histories (any edition) or Selections From Herodutus, published by Forgotten Books, 2010

Modules 5,6,7 - Any general history of Ancient Greece.

Module 8 - Thucydides - The Peloponnesian Wars (any edition) or On Justice , Pjower and Human Nature, Selections From Thucydides ,(Hacket Publishing Co. 1993)

Please note that the format of most courses will change from time to time. Some courses may not be available to students in a particular year.

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