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Clst 181SK Ancient Greece and the Origins of Western Culture Herodotus Histori The Persian Wars Clst 181SK Ancient Greece and the Origins of Western Culture Logistics Special Class: NOT this Friday, but Friday Oct. 10 NO CLASS on


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Herodotus

Clst 181SK Ancient Greece and the Origins of Western Culture

Historiê

  • The Persian Wars
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Logistics

Clst 181SK Ancient Greece and the Origins of Western Culture

Special Class: NOT this Friday, but Friday Oct. 10

  • NO CLASS on Monday,

BUT THERE IS A (SHORT) ASSIGNMENT

  • http://people.duke.edu/~wj25/Greek_Originals/Schedule.html
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The Persian Wars 490 BCE - Battle of Marathon (Great King = Darius)

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The Persian Wars 480 BCE - Invasion of Greece (Great King = Xerxes)

  • Thermopylae

Burning of Athens Salamis Plataea

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480 The Persian War

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480 The Persian (Achaemenid) Empire

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Arion and the Dolphin

Wenjia, Qin

  • Herodotus

Croesus and Solon

Arabella, Jerry

Atys and Adrastus

Shuo, Yi

Croesus on the Pyre

Lingfei, Ted

Cleobis and Biton

Yuyi, Zhifan

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Military narrative: Croesus attacks Cyrus Cyrus counterattacks Siege of Sardis Herodotus

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Croesus on the Pyre Herodotus Fourteen: Twice seven Pending business:

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Coda: Marvels and Customs of Lydia Herodotus

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Terms historiê cycle of hybris - atê - nemesis “know thyself” mutability of fortune “de-emphasis of actual events into symptoms of a ... metaphysical tendency” - H. Woods

  • Stories

(know the stories and be able to recall and spell names of the principal characters, 
 starting from these titles)

  • 1. Snatchings of Women (Io, Europa, Medea, Helen)
  • 2. Gyges and the wife of Candaules
  • 3. Arion and the Dolphin
  • 4. Croesus and Solon
  • 5. Cleobis and Biton
  • 6. Atys and Adrastus
  • 7. Croesus and the testing of the oracles
  • 8. Croesus and the pyre

Herodotus

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Terms slavery versus freedom (in Herodotus book 1)

  • Stories

(know the stories and be able to recall and spell names of the principal characters, 
 starting from these titles)

  • 1. Deioces and the Rise of the Medes
  • 2. Birth and Upbringing of Cyrus
  • 3. Astyages and the Punishment of Harpagus
  • 4. How Cyrus became king
  • 5. Cyrus’ last campaign: the Massagetae
  • Herodotus
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Names Persia / Persians Media / Medes Caspian Sea Scythia /Scythians Massagetae

  • Deioces

Astyages Harpagus Cyrus (the Great) Tomyris

  • Herodotus
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Herodotus

  • 1. key motifs/themes
  • 2. repeated motifs/themes

“de-emphasis of actual events into symptoms of a ... metaphysical tendency” - H. Woods

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Deioces and the Rise of the Medes

Wenjia, Lingfei

  • Herodotus

Birth and Upbringing of Cyrus

Shuo, Ted

How Cyrus became King

Jerry, Yi

Cyrus’ Last Campaign: the Massagetae

Zhifan, Qin

Astyages: the Punishment of Harpagus

Arabella, Yuyi

  • 1. key motifs/themes
  • 2. repeated motifs/themes
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  • In the fifth generation….

Herodotus

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  • In the fifth generation….

Herodotus

1. Io: East attacks West 2. Europa: West attacks East 3. Medea: West attacks East 4. Helen: East attacks West 5. A mighty war, West wins

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  • In the fifth generation….

Herodotus

1. Io: East attacks West 2. Europa: West attacks East 3. Medea: West attacks East 4. Helen: East attacks West 5. A mighty war, West wins 1. Gyges 2. Ardys 3. Sadyattes 4. Alyattes 5. Croesus: a mighty war

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  • In the fifth generation….

Herodotus

1. Io: East attacks West 2. Europa: West attacks East 3. Medea: West attacks East 4. Helen: East attacks West 5. A mighty war, West wins 1. Gyges 2. Ardys 3. Sadyattes 4. Alyattes 5. Croesus: a mighty war 1. Deioces 2. Phraortes 3. Cyaxares 4. Astyages 5. Cyrus: a mighty war

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  • In the fifth generation….

Herodotus

1. Io: East attacks West 2. Europa: West attacks East 3. Medea: West attacks East 4. Helen: East attacks West 5. Troy: a mighty war, West wins 1. Gyges 2. Ardys 3. Sadyattes 4. Alyattes 5. Croesus: a mighty war 1. Deioces 2. Phraortes 3. Cyaxares 4. Astyages 5. Cyrus: a mighty war

1. Croesus (“the first injustice’) 2. Cyrus 3. Cambyses 4. Darius 5. Xerxes: a mighty war