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Aug
29 Introduction to class syllabus, etc.;
Topography and Landscape of Ancient Greece Word
List
Sept
3 Introduction to archaeology and
chronology
Word List
(TEXT xxiii-xxvi and Ch. 1)
5 The Beginnings - Crete and the
Cyclades
Word List
(TEXT Ch. 2: 20-27);
Papathanassopoulos “Neolithic”
10
Mainland Greece - Early Helladic
Word List
(TEXT Ch. 2: 27-31)
12
The Minoan Civilization - Palaces Old and
New Word List
(TEXT Ch. 2: 32-39);
Biers 23-52; Theseus myth
17 Minoan Art and
Religion Word
List Newly Discovered Minoan Tomb
Biers 52-61
19
The eruption of Thera and the end of the
Minoan Civilization Word List
(TEXT Ch. 2: 39-43, 46 and Ch. 3: 50-52);
Preziosi and
Hitchcock 122-129
3 End of the Mycenaean Age
Biers 97-109
Oct
8 EXAM
1 Review
Guide
10 No Class
15 Mycenaean Art and Religion Word List The Griffin Warrior
(TEXT Ch. 3: 59-67); Biers 78-96 3
17 End of the Mycenaean Age - The Dark Age and Early Iron Age Word List
(TEXT Ch. 4: 68-73, 84-85, 89-96); Biers 97-109; Whitley 77-101
22 The Geometric Period Word List
(TEXT Ch. 4: 73-84, 86-88)
24 7th century; Greek Sanctuaries, Religion, and Art Word List
(TEXT Ch. 6 and Ch. 7: 152-167; 167-178); Whitley 134-164
29 Archaic Period and its Architecture Word List
(TEXT Ch. 5 and Ch. 8: 179-189); Sacred
Building 57-77
14 EXAM 2 Review Guide
19 The Classical Period - Early 5thc.
Architecture and Sculpture (Olympia and Delphi) Word
List
(TEXT Ch. 10: 235-2467)
21 High Classical Style (Athenian
Acropolis) Word List Visit the Acropolis Museum
(TEXT Ch. 10: 246-254 and Ch. 11); Whitley 342-363
26 Town and Country - Secular Architecture in the
Classical and Hellenistic Period
(TEXT Ch. 13); Camp 90-150
28 No Class - THANKSGIVING
Dec
3
4th century Architecture and Sculpture
(TEXT Ch. 12)
5 The Hellenistic Period TERM PROJECT DUE
(TEXT Ch. 14)
17 (3-5pm) EXAM 3 Review
Guide