Course Description
The archaeology of the Greek colonies in Ionia, Magna Graecia, and the Black Sea area is examined to identify and explain the combination of Greek and indigenous cultures in these areas on the fringes of the Greek world.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students are required to direct workshop sessions and write more extensive research papers.
Athena Title
Archaeology of Greek Colonies
Prerequisite
CLAS 1000 or CLAS 1000E or CLAS 1000H or CLAS 3000 or CLAS(ANTH) 3015 or CLAS(ANTH) 3015E or HIST 2301 or permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Not offered on a regular basis.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
1. STUDENTS WILL DISCUSS HOW ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS WERE "SOLVED" BY COLONIZATION IN ANTIQUITY. 2. STUDENTS WILL EXAMINE HOW MOTHER CITIES AND THEIR COLONIES CONTINUED TO INFLUENCE EACH OTHER AND THE HISTORICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF THAT INFLUENCE. 3. STUDENTS WILL STUDY AND BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORD OF THE MAJOR (I.E., BEST PRESERVED) GREEK COLONIES IN THE EAST, THE WEST, AND THE NORTH. 4. STUDENTS WILL INVESTIGATE HOW COLONISTS INTERACTED WITH INDIGENOUS CULTURES, HOW ARCHAEOLOGY DOCUMENTS THIS INTERACTION, AND THE CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF SUCH INTERACTION IN ANTIQUITY. 5. STUDENTS WILL ENGAGE IN CRITICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS OF THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF EVIDENCE FOR GREEK COLONIZATION. 6. STUDENTS WILL LEARN TO PRODUCE WRITING APPROPRIATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF GREEK COLONIZATION AND TO THE DISCIPLINES OF CLASSICS AND CLASSICAL ARCHAEOLOGY.
Topical Outline
I. THE IONIAN MIGRATION -- ITS CAUSES AND RESULTS II. THE IONIAN COLONIES -- MILETUS, ETC. III. COLONIZATION AS THE ANSWER TO PROBLEMS IN THE POLIS IV. THE GREEKS IN EGYPT - NAUKRATIS, ETC. V. THE BLACK SEA COLONIES - SINOPE, ETC. VI. COLONIZATION AND THE DELPHIC ORACLE