Assignments
Virtual CC 1.1 - Spring 2007
Assignments
This assignment page lists two separate items each
week, with separate due dates: a cyber-assignment and an in-class assignment.
Classroom sessions are on Wednesdays; on-line assignments are listed under
Mondays. (Note that on Wednesday, Sept. 6 and Tuesday, Oct. 3 the college will follow a Monday schedule.)
The topics which we will be discussing each week,
both in class and in our on-line conference, are listed in red
with each assignment. Links to be followed are in blue
and underlined. Papers and tests are in bold and are flagged with
a 
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There are also links to background information and to the Core 1 Study Guide. These pages are a required part of the assignment.
Once you've read the assigned material, you can follow the links to the on-line quizzes. These quizzes will not count, but you are responsible for the information which they test.
Part 1: Greek Epic
- Jan. 29
- Introduction
- Jan 31
- Homer, Iliad, Books 1 and 3
- *Gods and Goddesses in Books 1 and 3 of Homer's Iliad
- (*On-line discussions are marked with an asterisk. See the Caucus web site for details.)
- Background information on Homer's Iliad
- Check out the Core 1 Study Guide on Homer.
- When you're ready, take a self-quiz on Book 1 of the Iliad.
- Self-quiz on Iliad 3
- Feb. 5
- Iliad 6
- The Trojans (Iliad 3 and 6)
- Study Guide
- Self-quiz on Iliad 6
- Feb. 7
- Iliad 9
- *Achilles, Odysseus, Phoinix, Aias
- Study Guide
- Self-quiz on Iliad 9
- Feb. 14
- Iliad 16
- *An Inquiry into the Death of Patroklos
- Study Guide
- Self-quiz on Iliad 16
- Feb. 15
- Iliad 18, 19
- Achilles and Agamemnon
- Study Guide
- Self-quiz on Iliad 18
- Self-quiz on Iliad 19
- Feb. 21
- Iliad 20, 21
- Mortals and Immortals
- Study Guide
- Self-Quiz on Iliad 20 and 21
- Feb. 26
- Iliad 22
- *Scenes of Supplication [on-line + class discussion]
- Study Guide
- Self-Quiz on Iliad 22
Feb. 28
Part 2: Greek History and Drama
- Mar. 5
- Thucydides, pp. ix-xix, 1-31
- Myth and History
- Background information on Thucydides
- Study Guide
- Self-quiz on Thucydides (part 1)
- Mar. 7
- Thucydides, pp. 39-50, 52-58, 66-76
- *Thucydides and Homer: Two Views of War
- Study Guide
- Self-quiz on Thucydides (part 2)
- Self-quiz on Thucydides (part 3)
- Mar.12
- Thucydides, pp. 89-95, 102-109
- Melos and Morality
- Study Guide
- Self-quiz on Thucydides (part 4)
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- First paper due
- Mar. 14
- Introduction to Greek Tragedy by Roger Dunkle
- Background information on Antigone
- Sophocles, Antigone
- *The Athenian Theater
- Study Guide: Antigone
- Self-quiz on Antigone
- Mar. 21
- Euripides, Hippolytus
- Background information on Hippolytus
- Self-quiz on Hippolytus
- *Hippolytus/Artemis, Phaedra/Aphrodite
- Mar. 26
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- Mid-Term Test
- March 28
- Euripides, Hippolytus
- *Justice and the Gods
Part 3: Greek Philosophy
- April 18
- Plato, Republic, Book I, 327a-347d
- Sterling/Scott translation: pages 25-45
- Cornford translation: pages 2-29
- *Theories of Justice: Cephalus, Polemarchus, Thrasymachus
- Study Guide: Republic
- Self-quiz on the Republic (part 1)
- Apr. 23
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Plato, Republic, Book 2, 367e-374e; Book 4, 412b-445a
- Sterling/Scott translation: pages 63-70, 110-138
- Cornford translation: pages 53-63, 102-148
- Plato and Democracy
- Study Guide: Republic
- Self-quiz on the Republic (part 2)
- April 25
- Plato, Republic, Book 2, 374e-398b; Book 5, 451e-461e
- Sterling/Scott translation: pages 70-95, 142-153
- Cornford translation: pages 63-85, 148-162
- *Censorship of Literature
- Study Guide: Republic
- Self-quiz on the Republic (part 3)
- Sterling/Scott translation: pages 199-201, 204, 209-215; 285-292; 304-311
- Cornford translation: pages 221-235; 324-333; 351-359
Part 4: Epic and Satire in the Roman World
- May 9
- Vergil, Aeneid, Book 2
- Study Guide: Aeneid
- *Vergil's Iliad: The Fall of Troy
- Self-quiz on Aeneid 2
- May 14
- Aeneid, Book 4
- Andromache, Antigone, Phaedra, Dido
- Study Guide: Aeneid
- Self-quiz on Aeneid 4
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Second
paper due
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