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York University
Programme in Classical Studies Humanities 3106
“Greek and Roman Biography”
Paul Swarney 033 McLaughlin College
Fall Term 2006
Required Texts - Some Suggestions:
Plutarch: The Rise and Fall of Athens: Nine Greek Lives, translated by Ian Scott-Kilvert, Penguin ISBN 0140441026 Plutarch: The Age of Alexander, translated by Ian Scott-Kilvert, Penguin ISBN 0140442863 Plutarch: Makers of Rome, translated by Ian Scott-Kilvert, Penguin ISBN 0140441581 Plutarch: Fall of the Roman Republic, translated by RexWarner, Penguin ISBN 0140440844
Please note that there are a variety of translations of Plutarch and other authors who will be read this term, both on line and off. Some are already available in the home page for the course: http://www.yorku.ca/pswarney/biographia.htm More will be made available as we proceed through the year.
For new procedures at the Book Store please see: http://www.bookstore.yorku.ca/index.cfm?index=Textbooks&cfid=17786&cftoken=20565567
ESSAYS: FALL TERM 2006
Several essays and assignments will be set during the Fall Term. Performance in essays and assignments will constitute 50% of the term’s evaluation.
PLEASE NOTE THAT ESSAYS AND ASSIGNMENTS ARE DUE IN CLASS ON THE ASSIGNED DATE. ANY ESSAY HANDED IN AFTER THE DUE DATE WILL HAVE ONE GRADE SUBTRACTED FROM ITS EVALUATION FOR EACH CLASS BY WHICH IT IS OVERDUE; e.g AN “A” ESSAY HANDED IN ONE CLASS LATE WILL BE GRADED “B” ETC.
EXAMINATIONS: FALL TERM 2006
Two examinations on the assigned material and the topics covered in class and discussion will be set at the start of class on Thursday 26 October and Thursday 30 November in Vari Hall 1154. Performance in examination will constitute 50% of the term evaluation.
PARTICIPATION
From -3 to +3 points.
FORMAT
The class will meet twice weekly on Tuesday and Thursday from 08:30-09:50 in Vari Hall 1154. The activities at each meeting will vary, but will generally comprise analysis and explanation of assigned readings and source material, and discussion of the topics, events and methodology which form the foundation of the course. Each meeting will focus on a specific topic and text and will be the locus of discussion about essays and other matters in the course.
The potential litigiousness of a small minority of the undergraduate population and the precise facts about student attendance demanded by Faculties at York require that attendance records be kept for each session. Students should note that participation in the discussions of topics and analysis of assigned readings is obligatory, and that reading and preliminary analysis of assigned material should be completed in advance of the session in which the material is to be employed.
Participation in the course will add between ‑3 points to +3 points to the term evaluation. It should be noted that students who habitually absent themselves from lectures, discussions and presentations generally find it impossible to participate in sessions which they do not attend!
ACADEMIC STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS
The rules and regulations concerning plagiarism and other forms of academic dishonesty governing the course are those of the University and Faculty of Arts. Students will be expected to have acquainted themselves with these regulations and will be reminded of disciplinary procedures and penalties should occasion for such procedures present themselves. Please carefully read and understand:
http://www.yorku.ca/academicintegrity/
Rule # 24 You may no longer eat or drink in class. You must either have breakfast before the lecture or starve. This is a matter of courtesy to your fellow students and a matter of necessity for the professor.
LECTURES AND ASSIGNMENTS: FALL TERM 2006
September 07 Life and Times: Alexander Plutarch, Alexander COMMUNICATION SERVICE FOR 3106 Please follow instructions if you are not yet on biographia@yorku.ca!
12 Plutarch’s Alexander: Some observations 14 How to write a life at Chaeronea: More Observations
19 And now for Caesar Plutarch, Caesar 21 Comparing Lives: Plutarch’s Caesar and Alexander
25 Preparing for Graduate and Professional Schools
26 Caesar (continued) 28 Paying Tribute to your Teacher at 70 Plato's Apology
October 3 The Philosopher's Life: apologia 5 Paying Tribute to your Teacher Dead at an Early Age Marcus
10 Gospel and Heroes Third assignment assigned 2nd Professional Report. 12 Athenians I: Themistocles Plutarch, Themistocles
17 Themistocles X 3
19 Themistocles
24 Athenians II: Pericles
Thucydides, Book 1.139-146; Book 2. 1-65 How to Improve Your Academic Writing" 26 First examination 08:30 Vari Hall 1154
31 Romans: Fabius Maximus Plutarch, Fabius Maximus November 2 And Caesar iter Third assignment due.
7 Vincent Farenga, Citizen and Self in Ancient Greece: Individuals Performing Justice and Law Paczek Petrilli Cabrera Sebasta
Pater et Filius Suetonius, divus Augustus Caesar Augustus, res gestae divi Augusti
9 Ian Worthington, Alexander the Great: Man and God Brewer Connelly Mandrapilias Martin-Kirchner Panetta
Caesar and Julius
14 Gabriel Danzig, "Why Socrates was not a farmer: Xenophon's Oeconomicus as a philosophical dialogue." Greece and Rome 50 (2003), pp.57-76 Ayala Mangoff Zaharopoulos Sarunas
The Deeds of Cyrus 16 Hendrika Nicoline Roskam, The Purpose of the Gospel of Mark in its Historical and Social Context Sfetkopoulos Cammisuli Orrell
Xenophon, Cyropaedea 4-5
21 Maria Wyke,The Roman Mistress Trimmeliti Gniewek Ramkisson Xenophon, Cyropaedea 6-8
23 Robert T. Radford, A Study in the Origins of Republican Philosophy Fuda LaBerge Marshall
Old Romans Plutarch, Marcus Cato Nepos, Cato
28 T.T.Ryder "????" in ?????? edited by Ian Worthington pp.??-?? Lozynsky Margiotta 30 Second examination 08:30 Vari Hall 1154 Final assignment due.
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