HST 2705 A (CRN: 96113)

History: Greek History/Civilization (A)

3 credit hours

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About HST 2705 A

Topics examining Ancient history. May repeat for credit with different content. Topics vary by offering; periodic offering at intervals that may exceed four years. Prerequisite: Three hours in History or Classics.

Notes

Co-located with HST 1705, CLAS 1320 & CLAS 2320; Total combined enrollment = 100

Section Description

A mixture of political, military, social, and economic history, this course will introduce students to the principal issues, events, and personalities of Greek History from the end of Persian Wars to Alexander the Great, including the Peloponnesian War. Issues to be treated include political systems—specifically constitutional theory and tensions between democracy and empire—war, trade and colonization, imperialism, law, agriculture, geography, climate and natural resources, slavery, gender, equality and inequality, identity construction, citizenship, sport, oratory, as well as urban and town planning. Primary sources include literature (Thucydides, Euripides, Sophocles, Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato, Aristotle, Demosthenes, etc.), historical documents (inscriptions and coins), and archaeological sites and artifacts (pottery, metals, and building materials). One aim of this course is to understand the development of historical writing, the deliberate recording of events within a narrative framework. Students will study and evaluate a variety of primary sources and should be prepared both to question these sources and to scrutinize modern assessments of them. Students who have taken CLAS 1320, CLAS 2320, HST 1705, HST 2705 in fall 2025 are welcome to register. The textbook will be the same book used in fall 2021 (Ancient Greece: A Political, Social, and Cultural History. 4th Edition, Pomeroy, Burstein, Donlan, Roberts, and Tandy, eds.). Please email the instructor if you have questions about registration.

Section Expectation

Students are expected to complete all readings and attend class. Students should expect to spend approximately six hours a week on coursework per university policy regarding work required for a three-credit course, with additional time for assessments.

Evaluation

Quizzes, three tests. In addition, students registered in CLAS 2320 and HST 2705 will be required to write papers.

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