Class Schedule: Week 3
Tuesday,
January 29
Topic of
Discussion:
The Greek Way
of War
Readings:
Archer, Ferris,
Herwig, and Tavers, pp. 62-73
Excerpts from
Plutarch, Life of Lycurgus (ca. 100) [Blackboard]
Excerpt from
Herodotus, The Histories (ca. 450 BC) [Blackboard]
"The Battle of
Mantinea, 418 BC" from Thucydides, The History of the Peloponnesian War
(ca. 410 BC) [Blackboard]
"The Spartan
Disaster near Corinth, 390 BC" and "The Battle of Nemea, 394 BC" from Xenophon,
A History of My Times (ca. 360 BC) [Blackboard]
Thursday,
January 31
Topic of
Discussion:
Philip, Alexander,
and the Macedonian Achievement
Readings:
Archer, Ferris,
Herwig, and Tavers, pp. 74-79
Excerpts from
Plutarch, Life of Alexander (ca. 100) [Blackboard]
"The Battle of
Issus" and "The Battle of Gaugamela" from Arrian, The Anabasis of Alexander
(ca. 150) [Blackboard]
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