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RESEARCH TOPICS AND SOURCES

Ancient Greece

April 14, 2004

The assignment: write a research paper, approximately 3000 words (ten double-spaced pages), on a topic selected from one of the following categories. Use one or more primary texts (or photos) as your central historical source(s); use secondary readings to support your interpretation of the primary source(s). The paper must have a clear theme, a clearly stated direction of approach, and must be clear in its use of the primary sources.

Primary sources are from the Loeb Classical Series (English facing Greek) unless otherwise specified. Most, but not all, Loebs are found in the AU Library, Floor 5, Section PA 3400 and following.

When citing, use the book / section / line descriptors in the text, NOT simply page numbers in the Loeb (or other) edition. See me for the proper way to cite particular sources.

Political History

Primary Texts:

Aristotle Constitution of the Athenians, Politics

Herodotus Histories

Xenophon Hellenica

Diodorus Sikulus

Secondary Readings:

Andrewes, A. (1956), The Greek Tyrants (London). DF222

Jones, A. H. M. (1957), Athenian Democracy (Baltimore). Ohio Link

Meiggs, R. (1972), The Athenian Empire (Oxford). DF285

Ober, J. (1996), Athenian Democracy (Princeton). JC75.D36

Ancient Medicine and Biological Science

Primary Texts:

Hippocratic Writings (R126.H54)

Aristotle Generation of Animals; History of Animals; Parts of Animals

Galen, On the Natural Faculties (R126.G2)

Celsus, de Medicina (Seminary, PA25)

Secondary Readings:

Brunschwig, J. and Lloyd, G. E. R. (eds.) (2000), Greek Thought: A Guide to Classical Knowledge, C. Porter (tr.), (Cambridge, MA and London). DF78

Farrington, B. (1971), Greek Science and its Meaning for Us (New York). Q127.G7

Robin, L. (1967), Greek Thought and the Scientific Spirit (New York).

Taylor, H. O. (1963), Greek Biology and Medicine (New York) QH305

History of Ancient Philosophy

Primary Texts:

Diogenes Laertius Lives of the Eminent Philosophers

Aristotle (Various Selections)

Selections from the History of Greek Mathematics QA31.S45

Secondary Readings:

Guthrie, W. K. C. (1950), The Greek Philosophers from Thales to Aristotle, (Methuen).

Johansen, K. F. (1998), A History of Ancient Philosophy: From the Beginnings to Augustine, Rosenmeier, H. (tr.), (London, New York). (B173)

Snell, Bruno (1923), The Discovery of the Mind (Cambridge, MA). Seminary QE23

Zeller, E. (1931), Outline of the History of Greek Philosophy, Palmer, L. R. (tr.), Nestle, W. (ed.), (13th edn.), (London). B173

Mythology

Primary Texts:

Hesiod Theogony

Homer Iliad

Apollodorus The Library

Secondary readings:

Bulfinch, T. (1963), Bulfinch’s Mythology (London). Seminary

Bulfinch, T. (1979), Bulfinch, T. (1979), Myths of Greece and Rome (New York).

Graves, R. (1957), Greek Myths (New York).

Guthrie, W. K. C. (1951), The Greeks and Their Gods (Boston). BL781

The Hero in Greek Literature

Primary Texts:

Homer Iliad; Odyssey

Apollonius of Rhodes, (1889), The Argonautica E. P. Coleridge (tr.), (London). PA3872.

Rieu, E. V. (tr.), (1975). The Voyage of the Argo (Penguin edn.)

Secondary Readings:

Nagy, G. (1999), The Best of the Achaeans: Concepts of the Hero in Ancient Greek Poetry (Baltimore and London). (Ohio Link)

Whitman, C. H. (1958), Homer and the Heroic Tradition (New York).

Dodds, E. R. (1951), The Greeks and the Irrational (Berkeley). BF1421

The Hero in Greek Tragedy

Primary Texts:

Sophocles Ajax, Philoktetes

Secondary Readings:

Nagy, G. (1999), The Best of the Achaeans: Concepts of the Hero in Ancient Greek Poetry (Baltimore and London). (Ohio Link)

Whitman, C. H. (1958), Homer and the Heroic Tradition (New York).

Attitudes to Women and Family Life

Primary Texts:

Homer Iliad 6

Hesiod Works and Days

Semonides Poem #7 (in Greek Iambic Poetry) (extremely misogynistic!)

Xenophon, Oeconomicus

Thucydides, History (2.45)

Lysias On the Murder of Eratosthenes

Secondary Readings:

Sealey, R. (1990), Women and Law in Classical Greece (Chapel Hill).HQ1134

Sappho of Lesbos

Primary Texts:

Lyra Graeca I

Barnard, M. (1958) Sappho; A New Translation (Berkeley).

Wharton, H. T. (ed.) (1899), Sappho (Chicago). (see me)

Secondary Readings:

Robinson, D. M. (1963), Sappho and her Influence (New York). PA4409

Moral Values in Archaic Greek History

Primary Texts:

Greek Elegiac Poetry, esp. Archilochus, Tyrtaeus, Solon

Homer Iliad 1

Secondary Readings:

Plutarch, Lives

Davison, J. A. (1968), From Archilochus to Pindar (New York). PA3079 (For Early Poets)

Sealey, R. (1994), The Justice of the Greeks (Ann Arbor). KL4345

Moral Values in Classical Greek History

Primary Texts:

Thucydides History (2.37-46) Perikles Funeral Oration

Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics

Secondary Readings:

Plutarch, Lives

Dover, K. (1974), Greek Popular Morality (Berkeley and Los Angeles). BJ182.D68

Comedy as Social and Cultural Commentary

Primary Texts:

Aristophanes Lysistrata, Peace, Acharnanians (On War), Clouds (On Sophism and Education), Frogs (Literary Criticism), Knights, Wasps (Contemporary Politics)

Secondary Readings:

Lord, L. E. (1963), Aristophanes: His Plays and Influence (New York). PA3879

Murray, G. (1964), Aristophanes: A Study (New York) PA3879

Norwood, G. (1932), Greek Comedy (Boston)

Greek Political Oratory

Primary Texts:

Minor Attic Orators (Antiphon, etc.)

Demosthenes Philippics, On the Crown

Aeschines On the False Legation, Against Ctesiphon

Aristotle Rhetoric

Secondary Readings:

Dobson, J. F. (1967), The Greek Orators (Freeport) PA3263

Kennedy, G. (1964), A New History of Classical Rhetoric (Princeton) Ohio Link

Roberts, W. R. (1963), Greek Rhetoric and Literary Criticism (New York). PA3265

Law and Society in Tragedy

Primary Texts:

Aeschylus Oresteian Trilogy

Secondary Readings:

Murray, G. (1940), Aeschylus: The Creator of Tragedy (Oxford). Esp. ch. 6

Kitto, H. D. F. (1966), Poiesis (Berkeley and Los Angeles). Esp. ch. 2

Law and Legal Practice

Primary Texts:

Demosthenes Zenothemis 32, Apaturius 33, Phormio 34; Lacritus 35; Dionysodorus 56 (Grain Contracts)

Aristotle Rhetoric

Secondary Readings:

Dobson, J. F. (1967), The Greek Orators (Freeport) PA3263

Kennedy, G. (1964), A New History of Classical Rhetoric (Princeton) Ohio Link

Alexander of Macedon

Primary Texts:

Arrian History of Alexander and Indica

Diodorus Sikulus VIII (Books XVI.66-XVII)

Secondary Readings:

Green, P. (1970), Alexander the Great (New York). DF234

Tarn, W. W. (1956), Alexander the Great (Boston). Seminary

Tarn, W. W. (1966), Hellenistic Civilization (Cleveland). Seminary

Attitudes to War

Primary Texts:

Aristophanes Lysistrata

Aeschylus Persians; Andromache

Euripides Trojan Women

Herodotus Histories

Thucydides History

Secondary Readings:

Adcock, F. E. (1957), The Greek and Macedonian Art of War (Berkeley). U33

Architecture

Primary Texts:

Vitruvius, On Architecture

Photos

Secondary Readings:

Berve, H. (1965), Greek Temples, Theatres and Shrines (New York). NA275

Scranton, R. L. (1962), Greek Architecture (New York). NA270

Smith, T. R. (1892), Greek Architecture (Meadville, PA). NA270

Weller, C. H. (1913), Athens and its Monuments (New York). DF275

Sculpture and Painting

Primary Texts:

Photos

Secondary Readings:

Boardman, J. (1964), Greek Art (New York). N5630

Boardman, J. (ed.), (1993), The Oxford History of Classical Art (Oxford). N5610

Pfuhl, E. (1926), Masterpieces of Greek Drawing and Painting, J. D. Beazley (tr.), (New York).

Henle, J. (1973), Greek Myths: A Vase Painter’s Notebooks (Indianapolis). NK4645

Athletics

Primary Texts:

Pindar

Secondary Readings

Forbes, C. A. (1971), Greek Physical Education (New York). GV213

Gardiner, E. N. (1970), Greek Athletic Sports and Festivals (Dubuque, IO). GV21

Harris, H. A. (1966), Greek Athletes and Athletics (Indianapolis). GV21

ANCIENT GREECE BIBLIOGRAPHY

Dr. John Lewis Oct 20, 2002

Reference Sources

Cambridge Ancient Histories. (Cite volume, edition, page and author.) AU Ref D57

Hornblower, S., and Spawforth, A. (1996), The Oxford Classical Dictionary (Oxford). AU Ref

Hornblower, S., and Spawforth, A. (1998), The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization (Oxford). AU Ref

Hornblower, S., and Spawforth, A. (2000), Who’s Who in the Classical World (Oxford). AU Ref

Talbert, R. J. A. (ed.), (2000), Barrington Atlas of Greek and Roman Civilization (Princeton). AU Ref

Secondary Sources

Adcock, F. E. (1957), The Greek and Macedonian Art of War (Berkeley). U33

Aghion, I, et al, (1996), Gods and Heroes of Classical Antiquity: Flammarion Iconographic Guides (1996).

Ames, D. (1963), Greek Mythology (London). BL782.G7

Andrewes, A. (1956), The Greek Tyrants (London). DF222

Beazley, J. D. (1966), Greek Sculpture and Painting

Berve, H. (1965), Greek Temples, Theatres and Shrines (New York). NA275

Boardman, J. (1964), Greek Art (New York). N5630

Boardman, J. (1964), The Greeks Overseas (New York). DF251

Boardman, J. (ed.), (1993), The Oxford History of Classical Art (Oxford). N5610

Bonner, R. J. (1967), Aspects of Athenian Democracy (New York).

Bowra, C. M. (1961), Greek Lyric Poetry (Oxford).

Bowra, C. M. (1966), Landmarks in Greek Literature (London).

Brunschwig, J. and Lloyd, G. E. R. (eds.) (2000), Greek Thought: A Guide to Classical Knowledge, C. Porter (tr. under the direction of), (Cambridge, MA and London). DF78

Bulfinch, T. (1963), Bulfinch’s Mythology (London). Seminary

Bulfinch, T. (1979), Myths of Greece and Rome (New York).

Burckhardt, J. (1998), The Greeks and Greek Culture (London). DF77

Burnet, J. (1958), Early Greek Philosophy (4th edn.), (London). B188

Burnet, J. (1914), Greek Philosophy: Part 1, Thales to Plato (London).

Cartledge, P. (2001), Spartan Reflections (Berkeley). AU Ashbrook DF261

Clagett, M. (1955), Greek Science in Antiquity (New York). Q125.C49

Davison, J. A. (1968), From Archilochus to Pindar (New York). PA3079

Dihle, A. (1982), The Theory of Will in Classical Antiquity (Berkeley, Los Angeles and London). B187

Dobson, J. F. (1967), The Greek Orators (Freeport) PA3263

Dodds, E. R. (1951), The Greeks and the Irrational (Berkeley). BF1421

Dover, K. (1974), Greek Popular Morality (Berkeley and Los Angeles). BJ182.D68

Farrington, B. (1971), Greek Science and its Meaning for Us (New York). Q127.G7

Flickinger, R. C. (1926), Greek Theatre and its Drama (Chicago). PA3131.F5

Forbes, C. A. (1971), Greek Physical Education (New York). GV213

Gardiner, E. N. (1970), Greek Athletic Sports and Festivals (Dubuque, IO). GV21

Graves, R. (1957), Greek Myths (New York).

Green, P. (1970), Alexander the Great (New York). DF234

Guthrie, W. K. C. (1951), The Greeks and Their Gods (Boston). BL781

Guthrie, W. K. C. (1950), The Greek Philosophers from Thales to Aristotle, (Methuen).

Hadas, M. (1965), A History of Greek Literature (New York).

Hamlin, T. (1944), Greek revival Architecture in America (Oxford). NA707

Harris, H. A. (1966), Greek Athletes and Athletics (Indianapolis). GV21

Henle, J. (1973), Greek Myths: A Vase Painter’s Notebooks (Indianapolis). NK4645

Johansen, K. F. (1998), A History of Ancient Philosophy: From the Beginnings to Augustine, Rosenmeier, H. (tr.), (London, New York). (B173)

Jones, A. H. M. (1957), Athenian Democracy (Baltimore). Ohio Link

Jouanna, J. (1999), Hippocrates (Baltimore and London).

Kennedy, G. (1964), A New History of Classical Rhetoric (Princeton) Ohio Link

Kitto, H. D. F. (1966), Poiesis (Berkeley and Los Angeles).

Kitto, H. D. F. (1951), The Greeks (Harmondsworth). AU Reserve F-93

Lane, A. (1948), Greek Pottery (London). NK3840

Lawrence, A. W. (1957), Greek Architecture (New York).

Lord, L. E. (1963), Aristophanes: His Plays and Influence (New York). PA3879

Meiggs, R. (1972), The Athenian Empire (Oxford). DF285

Murray, G. (1940), Aeschylus: the Creator of Tragedy (Oxford).

Murray, G. (1966), A History of Greek Literature (London) PA3054

Murray, G. (1964), Aristophanes: A Study (New York) PA3879

Nagy, G. (1999), The Best of the Achaeans: Concepts of the Hero in Ancient Greek Poetry (Baltimore and London). (Ohio Link)

Norwood, G. (1932), Greek Comedy (Boston)

Ober, J. (1996), Athenian Democracy (Princeton). JC75.D36

Pfuhl, E. (1926), Masterpieces of Greek Drawing and Painting, J. D. Beazley (tr.), (New York).

Procope, J. (1961), Iatrophilosophers of the Hellenic States (London). (B171.P7)