| Introduction |
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| M 3/27 | Introduction |
| W 3/29 | Begin Osborne's Very Short Introduction |
| F 3/31 | Finish Osborne's Very Short Introduction |
| The Early Ionians |
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| M 4/3 | Thales
McKirahan, Chs. 1, 3-4 |
| W 4/5 | No class |
| F 4/7 | No class |
| M 4/10 | Anaximander, Anaximenes, Xenophanes
McKirahan, Chs. 5-7 |
| Hesiod |
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| W 4/12 | Reading Quiz
McKirahan, Chs. 8, 2 |
| F 4/14 | Hesiod, Theogony |
| M 4/17 | Hesiod, Works and Days |
| Parmenides |
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| W 4/19 | McKirahan, pp. 151-163
Synthesis Assignment |
| F 4/21 | No class
Please attend the Classics conference! |
| M 4/24 | McKirahan, pp. 163-178 |
| Anaxagoras |
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| W 4/26 | Paper 1 due
McKirahan, pp. 196-219 |
| F 4/28 | Finish Anaxagoras and begin Empedocles:
McKirahan, pp. 219-237
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| Empedocles |
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| M 5/1 | McKirahan, pp. 237-255
Synthesis Assignment |
| W 5/3 | McKirahan, pp. 255-269 |
| F 5/5 | No class: Steinmetz Symposium
McKirahan, pp. 269-291 |
| Heraclitus |
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| M 5/8 | McKirahan, pp. 116-130
Synthesis Assignment |
| W 5/10 | McKirahan, pp. 130-150 |
| Lucretius |
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| F 5/12 | M.F. Smith, Introduction to Lucretius
On the Nature of Things, pp. 1-7 (Book One, lines 1-163) |
| M 5/15 | On the Nature of Things, continue Book One |
| W 5/17 | On the Nature of Things, finish Book One |
| F 5/19 | On the Nature of Things, Book Two (entire)
Guest lecture, on the structure of Lucretius' poem, by Prof. Joseph Farrell
Reading Quiz |
| M 5/22 | On the Nature of Things, begin Book Three |
| W 5/24 | On the Nature of Things, finish Book Three
Paper 2 due |
| F 5/26 | On the Nature of Things, Book Four (entire) |
| M 5/29 | On the Nature of Things, begin Book Five
Final Paper worksheet due |
| W 5/31 | On the Nature of Things, finish Book Five |
| F 6/2 | On the Nature of Things, Book Six (entire) |
| Final Paper |
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| W 6/7 | Due by 2 p.m. |
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