GENT 402/2 Foundations of the Classical World
[The course examines the Minoan culture and then the concurrent cultures of the Mycenaean Greeks, Neo-Babylonians, Hittites, and the Old Testament Hebrews, focusing on history, visual culture, religion, and literature. Not open to students with credit in WRLD 20. GENT 1 through 15 must be taken in multiples of three (to total three units) in order to transfer to the UC system. Portions of instruction may be offered online; may also be offered fully online.]
Tuesday [September 17]
8:45-9:40 Prehistoric Aegean: Cycladic and Minoan visual cultures, Gamble Prehistoric Aegean – Cyclades, Minoan Crete
9:40-9:55 Break
9:55-10:50 Late Bronze Age Aegean civilizations: Hittites, Minoans and Mycenaeans, Tom Minoans_2024 Hittites&Myceneans_2024
Thursday [September 19]
8:45-9:40 Old Testament and Human Nature, Stephanie
9:40-9:55 Break
9:55-10:50 Younger Sons in the Hebrew Bible, Alan Younger Sons and Tricksters in Genesis
Tuesday [September 24]
8:45-9:40 Greece: Prehistoric and “Geometric” periods, Gamble Greece (Prehistoric, Geometric periods)
9:40-9:55 Break
9:55-10:50 Homer’s Iliad and the Philosophy of Supplication, Alan Homer as Origins of Philosophy in West
Thursday [September 26]
8:45-9:40 Orphic Religions and Ecstatic Knowledge, Stephanie
9:40-9:55 Break
9:55-10:50 Beginning of the Iron Age: Invasions and New States, Tom NewStatesAfter1200_2024
Tuesday [Oct 1]
8:45-9:40 Greece: “Orientalizing” period, Gamble Greece (Orientalizing period)
9:40-9:55 Break
9:55-10:50 Early Greece: The Dark Ages, Tom Greek Dark Ages
Thursday [Oct 3]
8:45-9:40 Pre-Socratic Philosophy, Stephanie
9:40-9:55 Break
9:55-10:50 Homer’s Odysseus as Xenos and Beggar, Alan Odysseus’ Nostos
Tuesday [Oct 8]
8:45-9:40 The Origins of the Law, Stephanie
9:40-9:55 Break
9:55-10:50 Three Greek Poli Compared: Priene, Athens and Sparta, Tom Priene, Athens, and Sparta
Thursday [Oct 10]
8:45-9:40 Dialogue, Team Hesiod Dialogue Handout.docx
9:40-9:55 Break
9:55-10:50 Exam on Canvas for students taking for graded credit
