A survey of Greek political, military, cultural, and literary history from the end of the Bronze Age (ca. 1100 B.C.) to the time of the Roman conquest of the Greek world (1st century B.C.). A thematic focus will be the origins, evolution, and problems of the most important Greek political-social-cultural structure, the polis, or “city-state.” This course is offered alternate years in the fall semester. Next anticipated offerings will be fall semesters of 2013 and 2015.
