About the Course Course Texts Syllabus Course Images Course Links Forum: Quiz 1 Forum: Quiz 2 Forum: Paper 1 Forum: Paper 2 Discussions Email Professor Rutter		[For a key to all abbreviated titles, see the listing at the end of this page.] 1. Jan. 5 (Fri.) DEFINITIONS: THE CLASSICAL PERIOD AND THE GREEK CITY STATE [POLIS]. Reading: Pollitt, AECG 1-14; Camp, Agora 14-18; Hurwit, Acropolis 3-11; Osborne, CLF 9-26; Connolly and Dodge, AC 10-13. Glossary of Greek Mythological and Historical Names and Places [Cambridge Museum of Classical Archaeology] Links Quiz Questions 2. Jan. 8 (Mon.) EARLY CLASSICAL ATHENS: THE PERSIAN SACK, THE OATH OF PLATAEA, AND PRE-PERICLEAN BUILDING POLICY. Reading: Hurwit, Acropolis 99-137; Camp, Agora 48-77; Connolly and Dodge, AC 14-21. Background: J. S. Boersma, Athenian Building Policy from 561/0 to 405/4 B.C. (Groningen 1970) 42-64; T. L. Shear, Jr., "The Persian Destruction of Athens: Evidence from Agora Deposits," Hesperia 62(1993) 383-482. Supplementary Reading: The Persian Sack, the Oath of Plataea, and the Walls of Athens PERSEUS: T. Martin's Historical Sketch of Persian Invasion of 480-479 B.C. Links Quiz Questions 3. Jan. 9 (Tue.): X-HOUR EARLY CLASSICAL FREESTANDING SCULPTURE. Reading: Pollitt, AECG 15-63; Hurwit, Acropolis 138-153. Background: Boardman, GSCP 20-27, 51-54; M. Robertson, A Shorter History of Greek Art (Cambridge 1981) 45-57; S. Woodford, An Introduction to Greek Art (Ithaca 1986) 80-90; A. F. Stewart, Greek Sculpture: An Exploration (New Haven 1990) 146-149. Early Classical Sculpture [Selected images posted by K. Andrus-Walck, Univ. of Colorado at Colarado Springs] Links Quiz Questions 4. Jan. 10 (Wed.) OLYMPIA: THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE FIFTH CENTURY SANCTUARY AND THE TEMPLE OF ZEUS. Reading: B. Ashmole, Architect and Sculptor in Classical Greece (New York 1972) 1-26; Pausanias V.10-21 [= P. Levi (trans.), Pausanias. Guide to Greece II (Harmondsworth 1971) 221-263]. Background: R. A. Tomlinson, Greek Sanctuaries (New York 1976) 56-64; J. Boardman, GSCP 33-50; B. Ashmole, Architect and Sculptor in Classical Greece (New York 1972) 27-89; M. Robertson, A History of Greek Art (Cambridge 1975) 271-291. The Olympic Festival in Antiquity [Foundation of the Hellenic World] PERSEUS: The Olympic Games PERSEUS: Pausanias' Description of the Altis at Olympia Links Quiz Questions 5. Jan. 12 (Fri.) OLYMPIA: THE ARCHITECTURAL SCULPTURE OF THE TEMPLE OF ZEUS. Reading: Apollodorus, Bibliotheca Epitome 2.3-9 [= M. Simpson (trans.), Gods and Heroes of the Greeks: The Library of Apollodorus (Amherst 1976) 231-232]; Boardman, GSCP 33-50. Background: B. Ashmole, Architect and Sculptor in Classical Greece (New York 1972) 27-89; R. R. Holloway, A View of Greek Art (Providence 1973) 88-110; M. Robertson, A Shorter History of Greek Art (Cambridge 1981) 79-89; S. Woodford, An Introduction to Greek Art (Ithaca 1986) 91-103; N. Tersini, "Unifying Themes in the Sculpture of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia," CA 6(1987) 139-159; A. F. Stewart, Greek Sculpture: An Exploration (New Haven 1990) 142-146. Supplementary Reading: Zeus Temple Structure Olympia Museum: Temple of Zeus, East Pediment: Sculpture [PERSEUS] Olympia Museum: Temple of Zeus, West Pediment: Sculpture [PERSEUS] Olympia Museum: Temple of Zeus, Metopal Sculpture [PERSEUS] Olympia Museum: Architectural Sculpture from Temple of Zeus [Images posted by K. Andrus-Walck, Univ. of Colorado at Colarado Springs] Hellenic Ministry of Culture: Archaeological Museum of Olympia Compositional Problems Encountered by the Designers of Pedimental Sculpture [Blackburn College INTRANET] ENCYCLOPEDIA MYTHICA: Greek Mythology Links Quiz Questions Jan. 15 (Mon.) NO CLASS (Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday). Jan. 16 (Tues.): X-HOUR Discussion of Paper on Appearance and History of a Classical Athenian Public Building. Reading: Instructions for Paper 1 6. Jan. 17 (Wed.) EARLY CLASSICAL PAINTING IN ATHENS AND DELPHI: POLYGNOTOS OF ATHENS AND MIKON OF ATHENS. Reading: Pausanias I.15, I.17.2-6, X.25-31 [= P. Levi (trans.), Pausanias. Guide to Greece I (Harmondsworth 1971) 45-46, 48-49, 469-488] (see link below to relevant starting location at PERSEUS Web site). Background: M. Robertson, A History of Greek Art (Cambridge 1975) 240-270; S. Woodford, An Introduction to Greek Art (Ithaca 1986) 104-109; M. D. Stansbury-O'Donnell, "Polygnotos's Iliupersis: a New Reconstruction," AJA 93(1989) 203-215; M. D. Stansbury-O'Donnell, "Polygnotos's Nekyia: a Reconstruction and Analysis," AJA 94(1990) 213-235; A. F. Stewart, Greek Sculpture: An Exploration (New Haven 1990) 141-142; M. Robertson, The Art of Vase-Painting in Classical Athens (Cambridge 1992), esp. 133-159. Supplementary Reading: Polygnotos and Mikon PERSEUS: Pausanias' Description of the Stoa Poikile Reconstruction of Polynotos' Paintings in Lesche of Knidians at Delphi [G. Fawkes, Tufts Univ.] The Lesche of the Knidians at Delphi [E. Janis; Tulane Univ. 5/5/97] Links Quiz Questions Jan. 19 (Fri.) NO CLASS (Instructor at Conference). Jan. 22 (Mon.) NO CLASS (Instructor at Conference). 7. Jan. 23 (Tues.): X-HOUR THE POLITICAL ARCHITECTURE OF THE CLASSICAL ATHENIAN AGORA. Reading: Camp, Agora 77-82, 87-122; J. Thorley, Athenian Democracy (London/New York 1996) 22-58, 76-82. Background: M. Lang, The Athenian Citizen (Princeton 1960); R. E. Wycherley, The Stones of Athens (Princeton 1978) 27-90; Connolly and Dodge, AC 22-31; J. J. Coulton, The Architectural Development of the Greek Stoa (Oxford 1976); W. A. McDonald, The Political Meeting Places of the Greeks (Baltimore 1943); S. Miller, The Prytaneion: its Function and Architectural Form (Berkeley 1978); S. G. Miller, "Old Metroon and Old Bouleuterion in the Classical Agora of Athens," and T. L. Shear, Jr., "Bouleuterion, Metroon and the Archives at Athens," in M. H. Hansen and K. Raaflaub (eds.), Studies in the Ancient Greek Polis [Historia Einzelschriften 95] (Stuttgart 1995) 133-156 and 157-190, respectively. Supplementary Reading: Political Architecture Links Quiz Questions 8. Jan. 24 (Wed.) LITERACY IN THE ATHENIAN DEMOCRACY: GREEK EPIGRAPHY AND THE MONUMENT OF THE EPONYMOUS HEROES. Reading: B. F. Cook, Greek Inscriptions (London 1987) 6-19; H. A. Thompson and R. E. Wycherley, The Athenian Agora XIV (Princeton 1972) 38-41. Background: R. E. Wycherley, The Athenian Agora III (Princeton 1957) 85-90 (under "Eponymoi"); T. L. Shear, Jr., "The Monument of the Eponymous Heroes in the Athenian Agora," Hesperia 39(1970) 145-222; B. F. Cook, Greek Inscriptions (London 1987) 20-61; W. V. Harris, Ancient Literacy (Cambridge 1989), esp. 65-116; J. M. Hurwit, "The Words in the Image: Orality, Literacy, and Early Greek Art," Word & Image 6(1990) 180-197; K. Robb, Literacy and Paideia in Ancient Greece (Oxford 1994), esp. 125-156 [literacy and written law in Athens], 159-182 [Grek paideia/education in the late 5th cent. B.C.]. Supplementary Reading: Epigraphy and Literacy A. Wiesner's List of Greek Images Depicting Literacy ca. 500-200 B.C. Links Quiz Questions 9. Jan. 26 (Fri.) COMMERCE IN THE CLASSICAL ATHENIAN AGORA: THE PHYSICAL REMAINS OF MARKETS. Reading: Camp, Agora 122-147; V. R. Grace, Amphoras and the Ancient Wine Trade (Princeton 1961); Osborne, CLF 93-112. Background: R. E. Wycherley, "The Market of Athens," Greece and Rome 3(1956) 2-23; R. E. Wycherley, The Stones of Athens (Princeton 1978) 91-103. The Amphoras Project [C. G. Koehler, P. M. W. Matheson] Links Quiz Questions 10. Jan. 29 (Mon.) INDUSTRY AROUND THE CLASSICAL ATHENIAN AGORA: SMITHS, SCULPTORS, AND SHOEMAKERS. Reading: C. C. Mattusch, Bronzeworkers in the Athenian Agora (Princeton 1982); Boardman, GSCP 10-19; J. M. Camp and W. B Dinsmoor, Jr., Ancient Athenian Building Methods (Princeton 1984). Background: Connolly and Dodge, AC 44-47; C. C. Mattusch, Greek Bronze Statuary: From the Beginnings through the Fifth Century B.C. (Ithaca 1988); C. C. Mattusch, Classical Bronzes (Ithaca 1996). The Amphoras Project [C. G. Koehler, P. M. W. Matheson] Athenian Painted Pottery [A. Wilson] Links Quiz Questions Jan. 30 (Tues.): X-HOUR Quiz #1. Brief Discussion of Progress on and/or Problems with Paper #1 11. Jan. 31 (Wed.) THE ARCHITECTURE AND USE OF THE PARTHENON. Reading: Pollitt, AECG 64-110; Hurwit, Acropolis 154-168. Background: W. B. Dinsmoor, The Architecture of Ancient Greece [3rd edition] (London 1950) 159-179; R. E. Wycherley, The Stones of Athens (Princeton 1978) 105-141; R. R. Holloway, A View of Greek Art (Providence 1973) 111-132; A. W. Lawrence, Greek Architecture [4th edition] (Harmondsworth 1983) 189-204, 222-227; E. Berger (ed.), Parthenon-Kongress Basel (Mainz 1984); M. Vickers, "Golden Greece: Relative Values, Minae and Temple Inventories," AJA 94(1990) 613-625; D. Harris, The Treasures of the Parthenon and Erechtheion (Oxford 1995); Connolly and Dodge, AC 62-74. Supplementary Reading: The Architecture of the Parthenon PERSEUS Building Catalog: Athens, Parthenon A Historian's Assessment of the Parthenon [D. Silverman, Reed College] Dr. J's Illustrated Road to the Recovery of Ancient Buildings Links Quiz Questions 12. Feb. 2 (Fri.) THE ARCHITECTURAL SCULPTURE OF THE PARTHENON. Reading: Boardman, GSCP 90-110; Hurwit, Acropolis 168-186, 222-234. Background: B. Ashmole, Architect and Sculptor in Classical Greece (New York 1972) 90-146; M. Robertson, A History of Greek Art (Cambridge 1975) 292-311; F. Brommer, The Sculptures of the Parthenon (Mainz 1979); E. Berger (ed.), Parthenon-Kongress Basel (Mainz 1984); S. Woodford, An Introduction to Greek Art (Ithaca 1986) 110-127; R. Osborne, "The Viewing and Obscuring of the Parthenon Frieze," JHS 107(1987) 98-105; A. F. Stewart, Greek Sculpture: An Exploration (New Haven 1990) 150-157; O. Palagia, The Pediments of the Parthenon (Leiden 1993); J. B. Connelly, "Parthenon and Parthenoi: A Mythological Interpretation of the Parthenon Frieze," AJA 100(1996) 53-80; E. B. Harrison, "The Web of History: A Conservative Reading of the Parthenon Frieze," in J. Neils (ed.), Worshipping Athena: Panathenaia and Parthenon (Madison 1996) 198-214; J. C. Younger, "Gender and Sexuality in the Parthenon Frieze," in A. O. Koloski-Ostrow and C. L. Lyons (eds.), Naked Truths: Women, Sexuality, and Gender in Classical Art and Archaeology (London/New York 1997) 120-153. The Parthenon [Reed College Server] Dr. J's Illustrated Parthenon Marbles The Parthenon Marbles [I. Swindale] Links Quiz Questions 13. Feb. 5 (Mon.) WEAVING THE PEPLOS FOR ATHENA: WOMEN'S WORK IN THE HOME AND FOR THE STATE. Reading: E. J. W. Barber, "The Peplos of Athena," in J. Neils (ed.), Goddess and Polis: The Panathenaic Festival in Ancient Athens (Hanover 1992) 102-117; C. M. Antonaccio, "Architecture and Behavior: Building Gender into Greek Houses," CW 93:5(2000) 517-533. Background: D. Cohen, "Seclusion, Separation, and the Status of Women in Classical Athens," Greece and Rome 36(1989) 3-15; E. J. W. Barber, Prehistoric Textiles: The Development of Cloth in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages (Princeton 1991); D. Williams, "Women on Athenian Vases: Problems of Interpretation," in A. Cameron and A. Kuhrt (eds.), Images of Women in Antiquity [revised edition] (London 1993) 92-106; J. F. Gardner, "Aristophanes and Male Anxiety - the Defense of the Oikos," Greece and Rome 36(1989) 51-62; S. Blundell, Women in Ancient Greece (Cambridge 1995); J. Neils (ed.), Worshipping Athena: Panathenaia and Parthenon (Madison 1996); J. Reilly, "Naked and Limbless: Learning about the Feminine Body in Ancient Athens," in A. O. Koloski-Ostrow and C. L. Lyons (eds.), Naked Truths: Women, Sexuality, and Gender in Classical Art and Archaeology (London/New York 1997) 154-173. Due: Paper #1. Supplementary Reading: Textile Production The Doric and the Ionic Costume [A. Mavromatis] Links Quiz Questions 14. Feb. 6 (Tue.): X-HOUR CHRYSELEPHANTINE CULT STATUES AND A MIGRANT SCULPTOR: THE ATHENA PARTHENOS AND ZEUS OLYMPIOS OF PHEIDIAS. Reading: J. Boardman, GSCP 110-112, 203-204; Hurwit, Acropolis 187-188, 235-245, 305-312; Pausanias V.15.1 [= P. Levi (trans.), Pausanias. Guide to Greece (Harmondsworth 1971) 241. Background: Hurwit, Acropolis 12-34 [Athena's origins, nature, images, and mythology]; G. M. A. Richter, The Sculpture and Sculptors of the Greeks [4th edition] (New Haven 1970) 167-178; M. Robertson, A History of Greek Art (Cambridge 1975) 311-322; S. Woodford, An Introduction to Greek Art (Ithaca 1986) 128-130; A. F. Stewart, Greek Sculpture: An Exploration (New Haven 1990) 157-160, 257-263; E. B. Harrison, "Pheidias," in O. Palagia and J. J. Pollitt (eds.), Personal Styles in Greek Sculpture (Cambridge 1996) 16-65. Andrew Stewart, "Pheidias son of Charmides of Athens" [excerpt from Greek Sculpture: An Exploration (New Haven 1990) K. D. S. Lapatin, "The Ancient Reception of Pheidias' Athena Parthenos: The Visual Evidence in Context" [1996] Links Quiz Questions 15. Feb. 7 (Wed.) THE ACROPOLIS AS AN URBAN SANCTUARY: MNESIKLES' PROPYLAIA AND ATHENIAN IONIC TEMPLES OF THE FIFTH CENTURY B.C. (ERECHTHEION, TEMPLE OF ATHENA NIKE). Reading: Hurwit, Acropolis 188-216. Background: Hurwit, Acropolis 35-63 [Archaic-Classical use of the Acropolis]; J. Travlos, Pictorial Dictionary of Ancient Athens (New York 1971) 148-149, 213-214. 482-483 [with pictures on pp.150-157,215-227,484-493]; Boardman, GSCP 148-150; R. E. Wycherley, The Stones of Athens (Princeton 1978) 143-154; A. W. Lawrence, Greek Architecture [4th edition] (Harmondsworth 1983) 204-221; R. A. Tomlinson, Greek Sanctuaries (New York 1976) 78-90; A. F. Stewart, Greek Sculpture: An Exploration (New Haven 1990) 164-168; I. S. Mark, The Sanctuary of Athena Nike in Athens: Architectural Stages and Chronology [Hesperia Supplement 26] (Princeton 1993); Connolly and Dodge, AC 74-79. The Temple of Athena Nike and the Post-Periclean Building Program [D. Gill] Links Quiz Questions Feb. 9 (Fri.) NO CLASS (Winter Carnival). 16. Feb. 12 (Mon.) THE INDIVIDUAL'S TOUCH IN CLASSICAL SCULPTURE AND ARCHITECTURE: POLYKLEITOS AND THE HEPHAISTEION ARCHITECT. Reading: Camp, Agora 82-87; J. Boardman, GSCP 146-148, 205-206; J. J. Coulton, Ancient Greek Architects at Work (Ithaca 1977) 15-29; G. M. A. Richter, The Sculpture and Sculptors of the Greeks [4th edition] (New Haven 1970) 189-195. Background: W. B. Dinsmoor, The Architecture of Ancient Greece [3rd edition] (London 1950) 179-183; M. Robertson, A Shorter History of Greek Art (Cambridge 1981) 111-114; S. Woodford, An Introduction to Greek Art (Ithaca 1986) 130-134; A. W. Lawrence, Greek Architecture [4th edition] (Harmondsworth 1983) 228-231, 234-238; A. F. Stewart, Greek Sculpture: An Exploration (New Haven 1990) 160-163, 263-266; A. H. Borbein, "Polykleitos," in O. Palagia and J. J. Pollitt (eds.), Personal Styles in Greek Sculpture (Cambridge 1996) 66-90. Supplementary Reading: The Hephaisteion Architect Andrew Stewart, "Polykleitos of Argos" [excerpt from Greek Sculpture: An Exploration (New Haven 1990) Links Quiz Questions 17. Feb. 13 (Tue.): X-HOUR THE MIGRANT ARCHITECT: IKTINOS AND THE TEMPLE OF APOLLO EPIKOURIOS AT BASSAE. Reading: Pausanias VIII.41.7-10 [= P. Levi (trans.), Pausanias, Guide to Greece II (Harmondsworth 1971) 473-475] (see link below to relevant starting location at PERSEUS Web site); A. W. Lawrence, Greek Architecture [4th edition] (Harmondsworth 1983) 231-234; J. Boardman, GSLCP 23-27 (<text>, 32-43 <pictures>. Background: M. Robertson, A History of Greek Art (Cambridge 1975) 356-359; A. F. Stewart, Greek Sculpture: An Exploration (New Haven 1990) 168-171; F. A. Cooper (ed.), The Temple of Apollo Bassitas I-IV (Princeton 1992-1996). PERSEUS Building Catalog: Bassae, Temple of Apollo Pausanias' Description of the Temple of Apollo Epikourios at Bassae Links Quiz Questions 18. Feb. 14 (Wed.) DELPHI: INTERSTATE COMPETITION BY WAY OF DEDICATIONS; ATHENS: SACRED VS. CIVIC ATHLETICS. Reading: J. Fontenrose, "The Cult of Apollo and the Games at Delphi," in W. J. Raschke (ed.), The Archaeology of the Olympics (Madison 1988) 121-140; D. G. Kyle, "The Panathenaic Games: Sacred and Civic Athletics, in J. Neils (ed.), Goddess and Polis: The Panathenaic Festival in Ancient Athens (Hanover 1992) 77-101; Pausanias X.9, 1 - 11, 5; 13, 4 - 16, 4 [= P. Levi (trans.), Pausanias, Guide to Greece I (Harmondsworth 1971) 426-435, 441-447]. Background: J. Neils (ed.), Worshipping Athena: Panathenaia and Parthenon (Madison 1996); A. Walker, Delphi (Athens 1977), esp. 1-23; Connolly and Dodge, AC 80-89. Supplementary Reading: Victory Monuments at Delphi and Olympia PERSEUS: Ancient Olympic Events Links Quiz Questions 19. Feb. 16 (Fri.) THE CLASSICAL GREEK HOUSE AND ITS FURNITURE. Reading: Camp, Agora 148-150; Connolly and Dodge, AC 48-55; B. A. Ault, "Living in the Classical Polis: The Greek House as Microcosm,"CW 93:5(2000) 483-496; N. Cahill, "Olynthus and Town Planning," CW 93:5(2000) 497-515. Background: J. W. Graham, "Houses of Classical Athens," Phoenix 28(1974) 45-54; J. E. Jones, "Town and Country Houses in Attica in Classical Times," Miscellanea Graeca 1(1975) 63-141; R. E. Wycherley, The Stones of Athens (Princeton 1978) 237-252; M. H. Jameson, "Private Space and the Greek City," in O. Murray and S. Price (eds.), The Greek City from Homer to Alexander (Oxford 1990) 171-195; B. A. Sparkes, "The Greek Kitchen," JHS 82(1962) 121-137; G. M. A. Richter, Ancient Furniture (Oxford 1926); T. H. Robsjohn and C. W. Pullin, Furniture of Classical Greece (New York 1963); W. J. Slater (ed.), Dining in a Classical Context (Ann Arbor 1991). Supplementary Reading: Domestic Architecture and Furniture PERSEUS: Index to Houses of the Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman Periods Links Quiz Questions 20. Feb. 19 (Mon.) LIFE IN THE COUNTRY: THE ATTIC FARM AND THE EFFECT OF INTENSIVE SURFACE SURVEY ON GREEK ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE CLASSICAL PERIOD. Reading: Osborne, CLF 27-74; J. E. Jones, "Another Country House in Attica," Archaeology 28(1975) 6-15. Background: J. E. Jones, A. J. Graham, and L. H. Sackett, "An Attic Country House below the Cave of Pan at Vari," BSA 68(1973) 355-452; J. E. Jones, "Town and Country Houses in Attica in Classical Times," Miscellanea Graeca 1(1975) 63-141; S. Hodkison, "Animal Husbandry in the Greek Polis," in C. R. Whittaker (ed.), Pastoral Economies in Classical Antiquity (Cambridge 1988) 35-74; A. M. Snodgrass,"Survey Archaeology and the Rural Landscape of the Greek City," in O. Murray and S. Price (eds.), The Greek City from Homer to Alexander (Oxford 1990) 113-136; S.E. Alcock, J. F. Cherry, and J. L. Davis, "Intensive Survey, Agricultural Practice and the Classical Landscape of Greece," in I. Morris (ed.), Classical Greece: Ancient Histories and Modern Archaeologies (Cambridge 1994) 137-170. Links Quiz Questions Feb. 20 (Tues.): X-HOUR Quiz #2. Reading: Discussion of the instructions for Paper #2 21. Feb. 21 (Wed.) NON-AGRICULTURAL WORK IN THE COUNTRY: THE SILVER MINES AND REFINERIES OF LAURION AND THE MARBLE QUARRIES OF PENTELIKON AND HYMETTOS. Reading: Osborne, CLF 75-92; J. E. Jones, "Laurion: Agrileza, 1977-83: Excavations at a Silver-Mine Site," JHS Archaeological Reports 31(1984-85) 106-123. Background: N. Herz and M. Waelkens (eds.), Classical Marble: Geochemistry, Technology, Trade (Dordrecht 1988); M. Korres, From Pentelicon to the Parthenon: The Ancient Quarries and the Story of a Half-worked Column Capital of the First Marble Parthenon (Athens 1995). PERSEUS: Images of Laurion Mines [T. Martin and I. Sun] Links Feb. 23 (Fri.) NO CLASS (Instructor Out of Town). 22. Feb. 26 (Mon.) CLASSICAL GREEK WARFARE. Reading: EITHER J. Warry, Warfare in the Classical World (New York 1980) 34-53; Osborne, CLF 137-164 OR V. D. Hanson, The Western Way of War: Infantry Battle in Classical Greece (New York 1989) 55-104. Background: R. E. Wycherley, The Stones of Athens (Princeton 1978) 7-25; F. E. Winter, Greek Fortifications (London 1971); A. M. Snodgrass, Arms and Armour of the Greeks (Ithaca 1967) 89-130; J. Warry, Warfare in the Classical World (New York 1980) 54-97,100-108,124-127; J. Ober, "Early Artillery Towers: Messenia, Boiotia, Attica, Megarid," AJA 91(1987) 569-604; J. Ober, Fortress Attica: Defense of the Athenian Land Frontier, 404-322 B.C. (Leiden 1985); V. D. Hanson (ed.), Hoplites: The Classical Greek Battle Experience (London 1991). Warfare in Hellas [M. Moorbeek; Holland 1997] Peloponnesian War [S. De Lille] Tension Artillery in the Greek World Links 23. Feb. 27 (Tue.): X-HOUR TRADE AND WAR ON THE HIGH SEAS: THE NAUTICAL ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE CLASSICAL PERIOD. Reading: J. S. Morrison and J. F. Coates, The Athenian Trireme: The History and Reconstruction of an Ancient Greek Warship (Cambridge 1986) 1-8, 25-48. Background: J. Morrison and R. T. Williams, Greek Oared Ships 900-322 B.C. (Cambridge 1968); L. Casson, Travel in the Ancient World (Toronto 1974); L. Casson, Ships and Seamanship in the Ancient World (Princeton 1971); H. T. Wallinga, Ships and Sea-Power before the Great Persian War: The Ancestry of the Ancient Trireme (Leiden 1993); J. R. Steffy, Wooden Ship Building and the Interpretation of Shipwrecks (College Station 1994); J. Morrison, Greek and Roman Oared Warships 399-30 B.C. (Oxford 1995). The Trireme Trust Links 24. Feb. 28 (Wed.) DEATH, BURIAL, AND THE TOMB IN CLASSICAL ATHENS. Reading: EITHER D. C. Kurtz and J. Boardman, Greek Burial Customs (Ithaca 1971) 91-102, 105-121, 142-161 OR R. Garland, The Greek Way of Death (Ithaca 1985) 13-37, 104-120. Background: S. Woodford, An Introduction to Greek Art (Ithaca 1986) 138-149; D. C. Kurtz and J. Boardman, Greek Burial Customs (Ithaca 1971) 91-141; R. R. Holloway, A View of Greek Art (Providence 1973) 133-157; R. Garland, "A First Catalogue of Attic Peribolos Tombs," BSA 77(1982) 125-176; I. Morris, Death-Ritual and Social Structure in Classical Antiquity (Cambridge 1992) 103-155. Supplementary Reading: Death and Burial Links 25. Mar. 2 (Fri.) CLASSICAL GREEK FUNERARY ART: GRAVE STELAI AND WHITE-GROUND LEKYTHOI. Reading: J. Boardman, GSCP 183-185; J. Boardman, GSLCP 114-118 <text>, 119-130 <pictures>; D. C. Kurtz and J. Boardman, Greek Burial Customs (Ithaca 1971) 102-105, 121-141. Background: H. A. Shapiro, "The Iconography of Mourning in Athenian Art," AJA 95(1991) 629-656; A. F. Stewart, Greek Sculpture: An Exploration (New Haven 1990) 49-51; E. G. Pemberton, "The Dexiosis on Attic Gravestones," Mediterranean Archaeology 2(1989) 45-50; M. Robertson, The Art of Vase-Painting in Classical Athens (Cambridge 1992), esp. 193-210, 252-255. Links 26. Mar. 5 (Mon.) SCULPTOR-ARCHITECTS OF THE FOURTH CENTURY: SKOPAS AT TEGEA AND THE MAUSOLEION AT HALIKARNASSOS. Reading: Pollitt, AECG 136-156; B. Ashmole, Architect and Sculptor in Classical Greece (New York 1972) 147-191; J. Boardman, GSLCP 27-31 <text>, 44-51 <pictures>. Background: A. F. Stewart, Greek Sculpture: An Exploration (New Haven 1990) 180-185; K. Jeppesen and A. Luttrell, The Maussolleion at Halikarnassos 2: The Written Sources and their Archaeological Background (Copenhagen 1986); P. Pedersen, The Maussolleion at Halikarnassos 3: The Maussolleion Terrace and Accessory Structures (Copenhagen 1992). Due: Paper #2. Andrew Stewart, "The Mausoleum Sculptors" [excerpt from Greek Sculpture: An Exploration (New Haven 1990) Links 27. Mar. 6 (Tue.): X-HOUR THE MATERIAL RENDERING OF ABSTRACT CONCEPTS AND OF THE RESPECTABLE FEMALE NUDE: KEPHISODOTOS AND PRAXITELES. Reading: J. Boardman, GSLCP (London 1995) 52-58, 70-77 <text>, 59-69, 78-102 <pictures>. Background: R. Osborne, "Looking On - Greek Style. Does the Sculpted Girl Speak to Women Too?," in I. Morris (ed.), Classical Greece: Ancient Histories and Modern Archaeologies (Cambridge 1994) 81-96; C. M. Havelock, The Aphrodite of Knidos and Her Successors: A Historical Review of the Female Nude in Greek Art (Ann Arbor 1995); A. Ajootian, "Praxiteles," in O. Palagia and J. J. Pollitt (eds.), Personal Styles in Greek Sculpture (Cambridge 1996) 91-129; A. Stewart, Art, Desire, and the Body in Ancient Greece (Cambridge 1997) 24-42 [on nudity], 96-106 [on the Knidia]; S. S. Brown, "'Ways of Seeing' Women in Antiquity: An Introduction to Feminism in Classical Archaeology and Ancient Art History," and N. Salomon, "Making a World of Difference: Gender, Asymmetry, and the Greek Nude," in A. O. Koloski-Ostrow and C. L. Lyons (eds.), Naked Truths: Women, Sexuality, and Gender in Classical Art and Archaeology (London/New York 1997) 12-42 and 197-219 respectively. Andrew Stewart, "Praxiteles of Athens" [excerpt from Greek Sculpture: An Exploration (New Haven 1990) Links 28. Mar. 7 (Wed.) EPILOGUE TO THE CLASSICAL MOMENT: ATHENS IN THE FOURTH CENTURY B.C. AND HELLENISTIC ERA. Reading: Hurwit, Acropolis 246-276. Background: C. Habicht, Athens from Alexander to Antony (Cambridge 1997). Links Abbreviations in Syllabus for Serials and the Required Texts Abbreviation Call Number Full Title AAA DF/10/.A67 Archaiologika Analekta ex Athenon AC - P. Connolly and H. Dodge, The Ancient City: Life in Classical Athens and Rome Acropolis - J. M. Hurwit, The Athenian Acropolis: History, Mythology, and Archaeology from the Neolithic Era to the Present AECG - J. J. Pollitt, Art and Experience in Classical Greece Agora - J. M. Camp, The Athenian Agora: Excavations in the Heart of Classical Athens AJA CC/1/.A6 American Journal of Archaeology BCH DF/10/.B9 Bulletin de Correspondence Hellénique AM DE/2/.D44 Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts: Athenische Abteilung BSA DF/11/.B6 Annual of the British School of Archaeology at Athens CA PA/31/.C1 Classical Antiquity CW PA/1/.C8 Classical World GSCP - J. Boardman, Greek Sculpture: The Classical Period: A Handbook GSLCP - J. Boardman, Greek Sculpture: The Late Classical Period: A Handbook Hesperia DF/10/.H4 Hesperia JHS DF/10/.J8 Journal of Hellenic Studies Miscellanea Graeca DF/10/.M57 Miscellanea Graeca Phoenix PA/1/.P48 Phoenix
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