Fall 2003
Dr. Evans
wevans@aug.edu
667-4024

This course duplicates material in HUMN 2001. A student who has received or will receive credit for HUMN 2001 may not receive credit for this course, HUMN 2031A: Ancient Greek Humanities.

In this independent study Humanities course you must take the initiative to learn the material on your own. Success in the course will require discipline and commitment. Normally there will be one exam period every week; you need only show up six times for exams and may take any exam during any of the scheduled periods. These will be the only times you need to schedule specifically for this Humanities class. There may be some amendments to the following syllabus, but there should not be many.

The Board of Regents mandates that for each semester hour of academic credit a student should have one hour a week (for fifteen weeks) of lecture; the videotapes you will watch for the course are to be considered the equivalent of class lectures. The course will abide by the principle that students should work about two hours out of class for every hour spent in class. Obviously individuals vary enormously in reading speeds,
but the course has been designed so that, in addition to the time spent with videotapes (readings, listening examples, review, etc.) the course should occupy a hypothetical average student somewhere around thirty hours. In sum, over the course of the semester, a hypothetical average student should devote something like forty-five hours to the course; certainly some will devote more time, some less.

GRADING
All exams will be basically multiple choice. There will be six exams, one for each unit of the course. Each exam will consist of 50 questions. There will be 300 points possible for the course; a student who earns 90% (270 points) will earn an A; a score of 80% (240 to 269 points) earns a B; 70% (210 to 239 points) earns a C; 60% (180 to 209 points) earns a D; a student who earns 179 points or fewer will fail the course. If you decide to drop the course you should fill out a withdrawal form at Student Records. If you have not taken at least two exams by midterm you should expect to receive a WF or an F. If you take at least two exams by midterm, but don’t take all six by the end of the semester and don’t withdraw, you should expect to receive an F.

REQUIREMENTS
You must pay careful attention to what you hear, see, and read, and you must take copious notes. For example, you should rarely let 60 seconds of video pass without writing several words of notes. If you merely read the reading assignments you will do poorly on the tests; take good, detailed notes. Actually writing down dates, names of individuals, titles of artworks, etc. will do you far more good and will provide excellent review material when you’re preparing for tests. For artworks on video on in the Stokstad textbook you would be wise to make a quick sketch to help implant the image in your mind in case you need to identify the artwork on an exam.

Some reading assignments (John Boardman, The Oxford History of the Classical World; Stokstad: Art History; Maynard Mack: The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces [Expanded Edition in One Volume]; Edith Hamilton, Mythology; Jean Ferris: The Art of Listening [fifth edition]) will be on reserve in Reese Library. Videos (VCT) will be available at Media Services in Hardy Hall; you should plan to watch the videos on
monitors there. The phone number for Media Services is 737-1703. Be polite and respectful when dealing with the Media Services staff.

As soon as you get this syllabus you should immediately e-mail me the following information:
1. state you are enrolled in Ancient Greek Humanities
2. your name
3. mailing address
4. phone number
5. a nickname or pseudonym I can use to post your exam scores near my office door
6. your e-mail address

E-mail any questions you may have and I will e-mail a response. If you do not currently have an e-mail address, go to Room 7 in Hardy Hall with a validated student I.D. and you can get one for free. I will post on my door or on the wall near my door update information about the course and, by nickname or pseudonym, your exam scores.

The course will be divided into six units:
Greece 1: History of Ancient Greece
Greece 2: Greek Art through Archaic
Greece 3: Homer’s Odyssey
Greece 4: Greek Art, Early Classical through Hellenistic
Greece 5: Music, Theater, and Drama
Greece 6: Myth and Philosophy

Exams
You may take the exams in any order and may take any exam on any of the dates listed. All exams will be in Allgood Hall E-354. You may take a maximum of two exams in any exam period. If at all possible you should try to finish the course well before Thanksgiving; there are NO EXAM DATES after Thanksgiving—our last scheduled exam date is November 25. If the semester ends before you’ve taken all six exams you will
receive a zero for any exams you have not taken. Plan ahead! Do not trap yourself into needing to take exams on the last exam day!

If you have given me a nickname or pseudonym to use, your exam scores will be posted outside my office as soon as I’ve graded your exams. It’s illegal to post scores by name or social security number. Be sure to bring two sharpened number two pencils and your completed study questions. You will not be able to take the exams if you have not brought your study questions. Do not leave any marks on the exams. If you mark on an
exam your grade may be cut or you may receive a zero for the exam. If you see any pencil or pen marks left on an exam by another student you must report them to me immediately or expect to be held responsible for having made them. Exams will take place, in alternate weeks, on Tuesday evenings from 5:00 - 5:50 PM and on Friday afternoons from 12:00 to 12:50 PM. Be on time! Most students complete an exam in about 20 or 25 minutes, but if you are late, do not expect extra time to complete the exam!

When Exams May Be Taken
Tuesday (5:00 - 5:50 PM) Friday (12:00 - 12:50 PM)
(in Allgood Hall E-354) (in Allgood Hall E-354)
August 26 September 6
September 9 September 20
September 23 October 4
October 7 October 18
October 21 November 1
November 4 November 15
November 18
November 25

STUDY QUESTIONS
You must do all the work for this independent study course yourself, not relying on others for help with answers to study questions. For each segment you should write out answers on the pages which contain the study questions. When you take an exam for a unit you MUST bring your study questions and turn them in PRIOR to taking the exam. If you don’t have study questions to hand in, written in your own handwriting, there’s no
point in showing up for the exam. Do not borrow study questions from another student and do not lend your study questions to another student. If you are in possession of another student’s answers to study questions or if another student is in possession of your answers to study questions you both will be considered guilty of cheating and should expect to flunk the course and be remanded to the Dean for academic dishonesty.

Important: Remember to take notes on material not in the study questions—the majority of questions on each exam (about two-thirds) will come from those study questions, but many other exam questions (about a third) will be new.

DO NOT PUT ANY MARKS IN THE LIBRARY BOOKS OR PHOTOCOPIES ON RESERVE IN THE LIBRARY. If you see any such marks report them to me immediately so that I can have the library
staff check to see who last checked out these items. If you find marks but don’t report them expect to be held responsible for being the person who made them!

Study Units

Unit One: History of Ancient Greece
Boardman, The Oxford History of the Classical World (Oxford: 1986) (Chapter One, pages 16-49) [photocopied pages available in an envelope on reserve]
Athens: The Golden Age [VCT 2277] (videotape, about 30 minutes)
Boardman, The Oxford History of the Classical World (Oxford: 1986) (Chapter Six, pages 124-55) [photocopied pages available in an envelope on reserve]

The second reading selection from Boardman (Chapter Six) will probably be more enjoyable and make more sense if you watch the videotape first. You will take a fifty-point multiple-choice exam. Be sure to carefully review all the study questions.

Unit Two: Greek Art through Archaic
Marilyn Stokstad, Art History (Abrams: 1995). Pages 128-149; 152-177.
The Stokstad Art History is on reserve at the front desk of the library. Be sure to use the 1995 edition which has the ORANGE cover! Study the images in Stokstad. Some multiple choice questions will have photocopied images from the textbook and you must be able to identify these images and answer questions about them (artist’s name if known, title, medium, culture or period [for a chart listing cultures see page 130, for a chart list periods see page 154 of the book]). From the charts on pages 164 and 165 be able to identify the following features: cella, portico, stereobate, stylobate, colonnade, trighyph, metope, shaft, capital, base, pediment, entablature, architrave, frieze; be able to tell the difference between the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian
orders. Expect to be asked to identify some of these from a similar chart on the exam. All dates are BC or BCE.

Unit Three: Homer: The Odyssey
“Homer,” Mack: The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces [Expanded Edition in One Volume], pages 96-100.
“Homer,” Boardman, The Oxford History of the Classical World (Oxford 1986), Chapter Two, pages 50-77. [photocopied pages available in an envelope on reserve]
Homer: The Odyssey (translated by Robert Fitzgerald)

Make certain you read the Robert Fitzgerald translation of the Odyssey. There are several versions of the Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces; the one-volume edition of Norton which we use most commonly on this campus does NOT have the complete Odyssey, but volume one of the two-volume editions normally DOES have the complete Fitzgerald translation. You may choose to purchase an inexpensive paperback version of the Fitzgerald translation in a bookstore or online; the ISBN is: 0374525749.

Unit Four: Greek Art, Early Classical through Hellenistic
Marilyn Stokstad, Art History (Abrams: 1995). Pages 177-219.
The Stokstad Art History is on reserve at the front desk of the library. Be sure to use the 1995 edition which has the ORANGE cover! Study the images in Stokstad. Some multiple choice questions will have photocopied images from the textbook and you must be able to identify these images and answer questions about them (artist’s name if known, title, medium, period [for a chart listing periods see page 154 of the book]). Know the location of structures in image 5-41 on page 187.

Unit Five: Music, Theater, and Drama
Ferris: Music: The Art of Listening (fifth edition), Chapter 7 (The Music of Ancient Greece, pages 49-55)
The Age of Sophocles, Oedipus Rex I (VCT 2276, videotape, about 30 minutes)
Staging Classical Tragedy (VCT 2016, videotape, about 25 minutes)
Aeschylus: Agamemnon (VCT 283.10, videotape, about one hour and thirty-five minutes; English translation by Tony Harrison. This is part one of The Oresteian Trilogy; you need not read the play.)
Norton, Introduction to Sophocles (pages 388-391); Sophocles Oedipus the King (pages 392-433;
Mack: The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces [Expanded Edition in One Volume]. In order to answer the study questions you must read the play in the translation in the Norton; you may choose to also watch a video of Oedipus the King [VCT 1448], but this is not required and, because the translation is different, you
will not be able to answer all the study questions by watching the video alone.

Unit Six: Myth and Philosophy
You can expect to better understand and better remember the study materials if you cover them in the following order:

John Boardman, The Oxford History of the Classical World (Oxford: 1986), “Greek Myth and Hesiod” (Chapter 3, pages 78-98) [photocopied pages available in an envelope on reserve]
Edith Hamilton, Mythology (Boston: Little Brown, 1942), pages 21-94, 135-158.
[You may use one of the hardback copies on reserve at the front desk or use a copy of the paperback book on the library shelves {call number: BL310 .H3}, but the paperback copy has different pagination.]
John Boardman, The Oxford History of the Classical World (Oxford: 1986) “Early Greek Philosophy” (Chapter 5, pages 113-123) [photocopied pages available in an envelope on reserve]
Plato’s Apology (VCT 2278, videotape, about 30 minutes)
Plato, “The Apology of Socrates”(Mack: The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces [Expanded Edition in One Volume]), pages 499-520.