From Lect 11: Doric temples: triglyph, metope, architrave, capital, echinus, abacus, pediment; Parthenon, Paestum (Southern Italy)
I. Early Athens; Agora, Acropolis
A. The 7th century: Draco (c. 624 B.C.)
B. The Reforms of Solon (594/93BC): Areopagus, ecclesia, boule, archon
C. Rendezvous with tyranny: Peisistratus (561-527 B.C.);
Thespis (534 B.C.), Panathenaic Festival;
Hipparchus vs. Harmodius and Aristogeiton (514 B.C.);
Hippias into Exile (510 B.C.)
D. The Reforms of Kleisthenes (508/507 B.C.); redistricting, Athenian style: 3x10 districts; 10 tribes; a Council (boule); an executive committee of the Council (Prytany) and its presiding officer of the day; ostracism
A. The first expedition; Aristagoras at Miletus, satraps, Datis and Artaphernes, Battle of Marathon (490 B.C.)
B. And the second try: Xerxes at Salamis (480 B.C.); Themistocles, Thermopylae (Leonidas), Pausanias at Plataea (479 B.C.)
C. What if the Persians had won??? Persepolis
MONDAY: We'll return and discuss the exams. Please pick them up there and then. After that, they'll need to be picked up at my office.
ALSO: Please read Aeschylus' Oresteia in advance and bring the texts of to class. About the Oresteia: (1) get a grip on the plot. Who are the main characters (why shouldn't the first play be called "Clytemnestra"?)? Is Agamemnon an admirable, "heroic" character? What is the chorus' attitude to the war at Troy? Keep track of repeated themes and imagery: entanglement, pollution and healing, persuasion. How does The Libation Bearers advance the plot? In the Eumenides, what about the arguments about Orestes' guilt? In what way is this whole trilogy "tragic"? Are you satisfied with the way it ends?