CLST 101 INTRODUCTION TO GREEK CIVILIZATION

CLST 101INTRODUCTION TO GREEK CIVILIZATION Dr Niall Christie Office Hours: Mon & Wed, 2:30-3:30, Tue & Thu, 4:00-5:00, or by appointment Copy of outline on the web at: <http://www3.telus.net/nchristi/CLST101outline.html>

demokratia = democracy kratos = power demos = people Questions of freedom

philosophia = philosophy philos = loving sophia = wisdom

St Augustine of Hippo (d. 430) St. Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274) “In the beginning was the Word (logos), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” John 1: 1 Thorny questions Plato’s Academy

Pythagoras (d. c. 500 BC) Archimedes (d. 212 or 211 BC) Hippocrates (d. c. 375 BC) Hippocratic Oath

Homer (10th-9th c. BC?) The Iliad The Odyssey Virgil (d. 19 BC) The Aeneid Dante Alighieri (d. 1321) The Divine Comedy John Milton (d. 1674) Paradise Lost William Shakespeare (d. 1616)

Socrates (c. 470-399 BC) Reading primary sources: Consider: Historical circumstances Agendas or loyalties Inclusions and omissions Ulterior motives

Greek (ελληνικά): Originally multiple dialects From 3rd c. BC Koiné is common dialect Modern Greek derived from ancient Indo-European, like Latin Heavy influence on modern vocabulary

CLST 101 INTRODUCTION TO GREEK CIVILIZATION

CLST 101 INTRODUCTION TO GREEK CIVILIZATION

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Classical Greek Civilization

Classical Greek Civilization

Chapter 5 – Greek Civilization

Greek Style of Civilization

Chapter 5 Greek Civilization

Greek Civilization

Greek Civilization

Early Greek Civilization

Greek Civilization

Greek Civilization Review

Greek Civilization

Greek Civilization

Ancient Greek Civilization

Greek Civilization

Greek Civilization

CLST 102 INTRODUCTION TO ROMAN CIVILIZATION

Introduction to Civilization

Ancient Greek Civilization

Beginnings of Greek Civilization

CLA 100: GREEK CIVILIZATION

Early Greek Civilization

GREEK CULTURAL CIVILIZATION