Course Description
Archaeology, art, culture, and history of Greece and the East from the rise of Alexander to Rome's annexation of Egypt.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students are required to direct workshop sessions and write more extensive research papers.
Athena Title
The Hellenistic World
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in CLAS 4040W
Prerequisite
CLAS 1000 or CLAS 1000E or CLAS 1000H or CLAS 3000 or CLAS(ANTH) 3015 or CLAS(ANTH) 3015E or permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Not offered on a regular basis.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
1. STUDENTS WILL REVIEW THE BASIC HISTORY OF THE HELLENISTIC ERA. 2. STUDENTS WILL BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE MAJOR ARTISTIC MONUMENTS OF THE HELLENISTIC CITIES AND WILL LEARN BOTH HOW THEY DERIVE FROM CLASSICAL GREEK PROTOTYPES AND HOW THEY INFLUENCE ROMAN MONUMENTS. 3. STUDENTS WILL STUDY AND LEARN HOW TO DOCUMENT ARCHAEOLOGICALLY THE PROCESS OF HELLENIZATION -- HOW THE HELLENISTIC RULERS USED CLASSICAL GREEK ARTISTIC, ARCHITECTURAL, RELIGIOUS, URBAN, LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL PROTOTYPES TO UNIFY THEIR KINGDOMS. 4. STUDENTS WILL, IN PARTICULAR, LEARN HOW NUMISMATICS AND POTTERY CAN BE USED BY THE ARCHAEOLOGIST TO DOCUMENT HELLENIZATION. 5. STUDENTS WILL ENGAGE IN CRITICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS OF THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF EVIDENCE FOR HELLENIZATION. 6. STUDENTS WILL PRODUCE WRITING APPROPRIATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF HELLENIZATION AND TO THE DISCIPLINES OF CLASSICS AND CLASSICAL ARCHAEOLOGY.
Topical Outline
I. THE MACEDONIAN HOUSE AND THE RISE OF ALEXANDER. II. ALEXANDER'S SUCCESSORS AND THE DIVISION OF HIS EMPIRE. III. THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF MACEDONIA -- THE PALACE AT PELLA AND THE RECENTLY DISCOVERED TOMBS. IV. THE ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE HELLENISTIC CAPITALS -- SELEUCIA, ANTIOCH, AND ALEXANDRIA. V. HELLENISTIC ATHENS AND HELLENISTIC KINGS IN GREEK SANCTUARIES. VI. PERGAMON AND THE RISE OF ROME. GRADUATE STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO WRITE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE AND SYNTHETIC RESEARCH PAPER AND TO GIVE AT LEAST ONE ORAL PRESENTATION IN CLASS.