U N I V E R S I T Y O F P E N N S Y L V A N I A
Topography and Monuments of Athens
Classical Studies 510
AAMW 510
S y l l a b u s
| Week 1 | January 16 | Introduction, Organization, Bibliography | Camp, Arch ch.1-2; Agora 13, ch.1; Hurwitt ch.1,4; Camp Agora, ch. 1-2 | |
| Week 2 | January 23 | Prehistoric Athens | Camp, Arch ch. 3, pp.21-26; Hurwitt ch. 5; Coldstream ch. 1, pp. 25-35; Desborough, ch. 7-8 | |
| Week 3 | January 30 | The Dark Ages | Camp Arch, ch. 3, pp. 26-58; Camp Agora, ch. 3. | |
| Week 4 | February 6 | Archaic Athens | Hurwit, Chap. 6, pp. 99-137. | |
| Week 5 | February 13 | Archaic Athens | Camp, Agora, chap. 3. Wycherley, Stones, chap. 2. | Old Athena Temple, Older Parthenon |
| Week 6 | February 20 | Classical Athens |
Camp Arch ch. 4; Camp Agora, chap. 4; |
Parthenon, Sculptural, Program of the Parthenon Propylaia, Erechtheion |
| Week 7 | February 27 | Classical Athens | Hurwit Chaps. 8, 9. | Athena Nike, Hephaisteion |
| Week 8 | March 5 | Fourth-Century Athens | Camp, Arch, pp. 137-160. | Ship sheds, Piraeus; Lysikrates Monument and Thryasyllos Monument; Pnyx Hill |
| Week 9 | S p r i n g B r e a k | |||
| Week 10 | March 19 | Hellenistic Athens | Camp, Arch, chap. 5 | Stoa of Attalos, Theater of Dionysios |
| Week 11 | March 26 | Hellenistic Athens | Hurwit, chap. 12; Camp, Agora, chap. 5. | Tower of the Winds |
| Week 12 | April 2 | Roman Athens | Camp, Arch, chap. 6 | Roman Agora, Odeion of Agrippa |
| Week 13 | April 9 | Roman Athens | Camp, Agora, chap. 6; Wycherley, chap. 6. | Temple of Olympian Zeus, Library of Hadrian |
| Week 14 | April 16 | Late Roman Athens | Camp, Arch, chap. 7 | Law courts. Socratics in the Agora. |
| Week 15 | April 23 | Late Roman Athens | Hurwit, Epilogue | Philadelphia tour. |