| Course Title: Ancient Greece |
| Start Date: 09/03/2025 End Date: 12/16/2025 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2025 |
| Description: This course will trace the emergence and expansion of Greek civilization in the Mediterranean between the Bronze Age and Alexander the Great. Among themes to be explored are political structures, trade, slavery, gender relations, and religion, as well as the contributions of ancient Greeks to literary genres (drama, rhetoric, historiography, philosophy) and to the visual arts. Throughout we will consider how the history of the ancient Greeks can speak to modern concerns. Sources will include works of ancient Greek literature and history (e.g., Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides, Aristophanes, Plutarch) as well as archaeological and epigraphic evidence. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Geoffrey Sumi | 413-538-2277 | gsumi@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/03/2025 - 12/16/2025 | Lecture | Tuesday and Thursday | 01:45PM - 03:00PM | CLAP - Clapp Laboratory | 407 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Taught in English. |
| Course Tags | ||
| CLASS0001 | CLAS: Classical Studies major | This course has been approved to count towards the Classical Studies major and/or minor. |
| CLASS0001 | CLAS: Classical Studies minor | This course has been approved to count towards the Classical Studies major and/or minor. |
| CLASS0002 | CLAS-HS: Classical Studies - Historical | This course has been approved to count towards the Classical Studies major in the Historical subject area. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| CLAS-227-01 Ancient Greece |
| HIST-227-01 Ancient Greece |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 38 | Enrollment: 37 | Available: 1 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Ancient Greece: From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times 2nd ed Author: Martin, Thomas R. Copyright: 2013 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780300160055 Publisher: Yale University Press |
Required | 23.00 |
| Title: Herodotus, The Histories Author: Waterfield, Robin Copyright: 1998 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780192824257 Publisher: Oxford University Press |
Required | 19.95 |
| Title: Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War Author: Hammond, Martin, Copyright: 2009 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780192821911 Publisher: Oxford University Press |
Required | 19.95 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: You may purchase hard copies of the three required textbooks listed above, but electronic editions of these works will be available at no charge (through the MHC library). |