SignUpIntroduction to Ancient Greek History
Yale,, Fall 2007 , Prof. Donald Kagan
Updated On 02 Feb, 19
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Yale,, Fall 2007 , Prof. Donald Kagan
Updated On 02 Feb, 19
Introduction - The Dark Ages - The Rise of the Polis - The Greek - Sparta - The Rise of Athens - The Persian Wars - The Athenian Empire - Athenian Democracy - The Peloponnesian War - The Struggle for Hegemony in Fourth-Century Greece - Twilight of the Polis - Twilight of the Polis (cont.) and Conclusion
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Introduction to Ancient Greek History (CLCV 205)
In this lecture, Professor Donald Kagan tells the story of the emergence of the polis from the Dark Ages. He shows that by the time of the poet Hesiod, there is already a polis in place. He describes the importance of the polis in the Greek world and explains that it was much more than a mere place of habitation; it was a place where there was justice, law, community, and a set of cultural values that held Greeks together. Finally, Professor Kagan argues, following the lead of Victor David Hanson, that the polis came to be chiefly through the emergence of a new man the hoplite farmer.
0000 - Chapter 1. The Polis in Hesiods Work
2201 - Chapter 2. The Citizen
2632 - Chapter 3. Greek Farmers and the Function of the Polis
3612 - Chapter 4. Property Holding and Internal Colonization
4226 - Chapter 5. The New Farm
5709 - Chapter 6. Politics
Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website httpopen.yale.educourses
This course was recorded in Fall 2007.
Sam
Sep 12, 2018
Excellent course helped me understand topic that i couldn't while attendinfg my college.
Dembe
March 29, 2019
Great course. Thank you very much.
