The following texts are used in the course and may be downloaded from the following Web sites: Project Gutenberg; Bartleby; and The Internet Classics Archive.
Homer. The Odyssey. (Download from Project Gutenberg)
Aeschylus. Agamemnon. (Download from Bartleby)
Aeschylus. The Libation Bearers. (Download from Bartleby)
Aeschulus. The Eumenides. (Download from The Internet Classics Archive)
Sophocles. Antigone. (Download from Bartleby)
Sophocles. OedipusRex. (Download from Project Gutenberg)
Euripides. Hippolytus. (Download from Project Gutenberg)
Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War: (Download from Project Gutenberg)
Plato. The Republic. (Download from Project Gutenberg)
Aristotle. Nicomachean Ethics. (Download from Project Gutenberg)
Aristotle. Politics. (Download from The Internet Classics Archive)
The Book of Genesis. (Download from Project Gutenberg)
Gospel according to St. Matthew. (Download from Project Gutenberg)
St. Augustine. Confessions. (Download from Project Gutenberg)
Dante. Inferno. (Download from Project Gutenberg)
Readings by Class Session
| 1 |
Introductory Remarks |
|
| 2 |
Homer. The Odyssey. |
Books I-VI |
| 3 |
Homer. The Odyssey. |
Books VII-XII |
| 4 |
Homer. The Odyssey. |
Books XIII-XVIII |
| 5 |
Homer. The Odyssey. |
Books XIX-XXIV |
| 6 |
Aeschylus. Agamemnon. |
Complete work |
| 7 |
Aeschylus. The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides. |
Complete work |
| 8 |
Sophocles. Antigone. |
Complete work |
| 9 |
Sophocles. Oedipus Rex.
Euripides. Hippolytus. |
Complete work |
| 11 |
Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War (Penguin edition). |
Pp. 35-49; 72-123 |
| 12 |
Thucydides |
Pp. 124-173; 194-245; 265-290; 303-309; 348-364 |
| 13 |
Thucydides |
Pp. 400-408; 414-429; 442-449 |
| 14 |
Plato. The Republic. |
Pp. 61-128; Last Sentence P. 171-224; 237-252 |
| 15 |
Plato. The Republic. |
Pp. 260-325 |
| 16 |
Plato. The Republic. |
Pp. 356-455 |
| 17 |
Aristotle. Nicomachean Ethics. |
I; II; [III, 10-12; IV, 2-3] |
| 18 |
Aristotle. Nicomachean Ethics. |
III, 1-5; VI, 1-2, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13; VII, 1-4, 6, 10 |
| 19 |
Aristotle. Nicomachean Ethics. |
IX, 4; X, 7-9; Politics, I, 1-7, 13; III, 9 |
| 20 |
The Book of Genesis. |
Complete work |
| 21 |
Gospel according to St Matthew. |
Complete work |
| 22 |
St. Augustine. Confessions. |
Books I-IV |
| 23 |
St. Augustine. Confessions. |
Books V, VI |
| 24 |
St. Augustine. Confessions. |
Books VII-X |
| 25 |
Dante. Inferno. |
Cantos 1-11; 8 |
| 26 |
Dante. Inferno. |
Cantos 12-23 |
| 27 |
Dante. Inferno. |
Cantos 24-34 |
|