Course Title: Athens on Site I: Archaeology and the City Course Code: GREA ARAN 310 Subject: Archeology /Anthropology Credits: 3 Semester/Term: Semester J- Term Summer Course Description: Course Requirements: Athens is the oldest city of Europe. Its historical, archaeological, architectural and topographical importance has been recognized as crucial for the formation of the Hellenic world, both classical and Hellenistic. Democracy and the concept of the Polis City- State were born and developed inside its walls. The huge impact of the Athenian Philosophy and Drama over the European cultural heritage makes of Athens a historical metropolis of the World. Studying Athens, from its earliest phases to the modern city becomes a personal challenge, a game and a genuine time traveling of 4 millennia of history. Required Text Ancient authors assigned to be read for class are available on reserve and via the Blackboard class page. You can also find them in alphabetical order by author s name under the Classics: Texts tab at the Perseus Digital Library: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/ Aristotle, The Athenian Constitution. Pausanias, Description of Greece, Attica, Athens. Thucydides: The Peloponnesian War, Book I. Primary that is Scholarly Readings for Athens on Site (all on reserve in Arcadia Library) Bastea E. 2000. The Creation of Modern Athens. Planning the Myth, Cambridge. Brouskari M. 1974. The Acropolis Museum: A Descriptive Catalogue, Athens. Camp, J.McK.II. 2001. The Archaeology of Athens, New Haven. Frantz A. 1961. The Middle Ages in the Athenian Agora. Princeton.* Grant M. 1998. From Rome to Byzantium. New York. Immerwahr Anderson S. Early Burials from the Agora Cemeteries. Princeton.* Korres M. 1995, From Pentelicon to Parthenon. Athens. Knigge U. 1991. The Athenian Kerameikos, Athens. Lang. M. 1968. The Athenian Citizen, Princeton.* Lang M. 1968. Waterworks in the Athenian Agora. Princeton.* Lang M. 1978. Socrates in the Agora, Princeton.* Lang M. 1994. Life, Death and Litigation in the Athenian Agora. Princeton.* Papageorgiou Venetas A. 1994. Athens: the Ancient Heritage and the Historic Cityscape in a Modern Metropolis. Athens Ridgway B.S 1997. Fourth Century Styles in Greek Sculpture. The University of Wisconsin Press Sparkes B.A/Talcott L. 1963. Pots and Pans of Classical Athens, Princeton* Thompson H. A. 1976. The Athenian Agora. Athens. Thompson Burr D./ Griswold R.E 1963. Garden Lore of Ancient Athens. Arcadia University The College of Global Studies 1
Princeton.* Travlos, J. 1971. Pictorial Dictionary of Athens, Princeton. (Abbreviated here PDA). Tyrell, W.B. 2004, The smell of Sweat, Wauconda. Wycherley R.E. 1978. 1978. The Stones of Athens, Princeton. *(Download: http://www.ascsa.edu.gr/publications/p_books.htm ) Secondary that is Scholarly Readings for Athens on Site (all on reserve in Arcadia Library) Boersma, J.S. 1970. Athenian Building Policy from 510/0 to 405/4 B.C., Croningen. Bremmer J.N. 2006. Greek Religion, Cambridge. Hoff, M.C. and S.I.Rotroff,eds. 1997. The Romanization of Athens, Oxford. Articles: Alcock, S. The Problem of Rome, the Power of Athens 1 to 8. Lawrence, A. W. 1973. 3 rd Ed. Greek Architecture, Baltimore Parker, R. 1996. Athenian Religion: a History, Oxford. Simon, E. 1982. The Ancient Theatre, New York. Stewart, A. 1993. Greek Sculpture: An exploration, New Haven. Assignments Course Requirements Percentages 1. Essay 15 % 2. Short essay 25 % 3. Field Study 10 % 4. Final exam 25 % 5. Participation 25 % Total 100% Essay In the essay (1000 words) you are expected to summarize a problem in the scholarship of ancient Athens, to describe and give your own opinion about a monument, a site or an architectural complex. In the short essay (500 words) you are expected to write your own opinion about the topic assigned once a week. To do so you have to read the selected readings (primary and secondary), and to find further readings on your own (Arcadia Library). You are expected to GIVE to your instructor your homework when requested. Essay Topics, as the following relate to Athens The Ancient Agora Demosion Sema Academy of Plato and Colonos Hippios Pnyx and western hills The role of the Acropolis of Athens in the history of the City Arcadia University The College of Global Studies 2
Roman Athens Walls of Ancient Athens Greek and Roman buildings (Baths, Temples, other) Sites of Minor Importance Ancient Roads The Agora and the Political Proceedings The evolution of Ancient Agora: from earliest to later times Neighbourhoods of ancient Athens Philosophical Schools of Athens Prehistoric Athens Medieval Athens The Neoclassic Movement Paganism VS Christianity The Herulian attack State and popular religion in Athens Final Exam The exam on the last day of class will include identification of selected buildings or entire sites with multiple choice questions about their era, and function and a choice of essay (1000 words), on Athenian Topography, history and archaeology. You may have an oral exam, if you prefer, presenting a topic of your own choice. Learning Outcomes and/or Expected Student Competencies: On completion of the course, students should be able to: Learning Outcomes 1. List and discuss the history, topography and archaeology of Athens from the 13th cent. BCE through the 20th cent. CE. 2. Compare and contrast the topographical and historical of Ancient Athens to the Modern city 3. Interpret the archaeological remains as to their placement in the ancient and modern city, the period of their construction and their function. Course Outline: Session Topic Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Introduction to Athens on Site Meet: Classroom, Arcadia Center Athens through the centuries Meet: Syntagma Metro Station, exit to Syntagma Square. Read: Camp The Archaeology of Athens, Preface IX/XII and Introduction 3/10 Agora of Athens I Read: Camp, The Archaeology of Athens, ch. 2, Lang, Socrates in the Agora, entire booklet, Thu 9/27 Arcadia University The College of Global Studies 3
Session 4 Session 5 Agora of Athens II Read: Lang, Life, Death and Litigation in the Athenian Agora, entire booklet. Thompson H. A. The Athenian Agora, 21/36, Figs: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. Pausanias Book I, Attica, chs 2/3, 5, 14/17 Areios Pagos Meet: Monastiraki Metro Station Session 6 Acropolis 1 Meet: Acropolis Metro Station, exit Makriyiannis str. Read: Aristotle, The Athenian Constitution, entire text. Camp, The Archaeology of Athens, ch. 3 and 248/257. Travlos PDA, 127/137 (Asklepieion), 387/391 (Odeion), 523/526 (Stoa of Eumenes), 537/552 (Theater and Sanctuary of Dionysos), 562/565 (Thrasyllos Monument). Wycherley, The Stones of Athens, ch. 8. Pausanias, Book I Attica, chs. 20/21 Session 7 The Acropolis Hill 2 Meet: Acropolis Metro Station. Read: Pausanias, Book I Attica, chs. 22/27. Camp, The Archaeology of Athens, ch. 4, Brouskari, The Acropolis Museum: A Descriptive Catalogue, figs: 1/379 Session 8 The Acropolis Hill 3 Meet: Acropolis Metro Station. Read: Travlos PDA, 72/75 (Mycenaean Spring House), 323/331 (Klepsydra), 566/568 (Tripodon str.), Camp, The Archaeology of Athens, ch. 5 Session 9 The Main Cemetery of Athens: The Kerameikos 1 Read: Camp, The Archaeology of Athens, ch. 6, Knigge, The Athenian Kerameikos, 8/48, Sparkes/Talcott, Pots and Pans of Classical Athens, entire booklet., Wycherley, The Stones of Athens, ch. 1, ch. 11 (on cemeteries), Pausanias, Book I Attica, chs. 2/3, 5, 14/17 Session 10 The Main Cemetery of Athens: The Kerameikos 2 Read: Ridgway, Fourth Century Styles in Greek Sculpture, 157/170 (on funerary sculpture). Thucydides, Book I. Camp, The Archaeology of Athens, 59/60 and ch. 7. Session 11 Residential Areas: Melite/Koile Meet: Acropolis Metro Station Read: Travlos PDA 392/401 (on houses), Wycherley: The Stones of Athens, 237/252. Session 12 Pnyx and Philopappos Meet: Theseion Metro Station Arcadia University The College of Global Studies 4
Session 13 Session 14 Session 15 Session 16 Session 17 Session 18 Session 19 Session 20 Session 21 Mid Term Exam Meet: Arcadia Center. The ancient marble quarries of the Pentelikon Mountain Meet: Arcadia Center. Roman Athens: The Olympieion Meet: Acropolis Metro Station. Read: Camp, The Archaeology of Athens, 183/222 and 266/270, Travlos PDA, 242/243 (Hadrian s aqueduct), 253/257 (Hadrian s Arch), 289/298 (Ilissos area), 402/411 (Olympieion). Pausanias, Book I Attica, ch. 18, 19 Roman Athens: The Roman Agora Meet: Monastiraki Metro Station. Read: Camp, The Archaeology of Athens, 223/238, Travlos PDA, 28/41 (Agora of Caesar and Augustus), 281/288 (Horologion of Andronikos), 342/344 (on latrines). The Library of Hadrian Meet: Monastiraki Metro Station. Read: Travlos, PDA, 244/252 (Library of Hadrian), 439/443 (Pantheon). Wicherley, The Stones of Athens, ch. 6. The Panathenaic Stadium Meet: Entrance to the Panathenaic Stadium, Vasileos Konstantinou Avenue. Read: Travlos PDA, 498/504 (Stadium), Tyrell, Smell of Sweat, 141/180. Field Study: East Attica Marathon, Ramnus, Thorikos, Ancient Silver Mines Field Study: West, NW Attica Eleutheres, Phyli, Eleusis, Academy of Plato National Archaeological Museum Session 22 The Greek and the Roman walls of Athens 1 Meet: Panepistimion Metro Station. Read: Travlos, PDA 158/179 (on city walls and gates) Session 23 The Greek and the Roman walls of Athens 2 Session 24 Session 25 Session 26 Session 27 Session 28 Session 29 Session 30 Theophrastos Secret Garden Field assignment Ancient Spolia in medieval buildings Neoclassicism Neoclassicism Review Final Exam Arcadia University The College of Global Studies 5
Other Policies: Expectations Professional behavior is expected of all students. This includes preparation for classes, on- time attendance at classes, attendance at all group sessions and appropriate participation in the form of attentiveness and contributions to the course. Respect for the academic process is the major guiding principle for professional behavior and extends to all communications, including e- mail. Attendance/Participation Prompt attendance, full preparation, and active participation in class discussions are expected from every student in every class session. Course Policies For e- mail communications, students must use their Arcadia University e- mail account. Students are responsible for any information provided by e- mail or through Intranet postings. Plagiarism Representation of another s work or ideas as one s own in academic submissions is plagiarism, and is cause for disciplinary action. Cheating is actual or attempted use of resources not authorized by the instructor(s) for academic submissions. Students caught cheating in this course will receive a failing grade. Fabrication is the falsification or creation of data, research or resources to support academic submissions, and cause for disciplinary action. Late or Missed Assignments Will not be accepted for grading. Students with Disabilities Persons with documented disabilities requiring accommodations to meet the expectations of this course should disclose this information while enrolling into the program, and before leaving the United States so that appropriate arrangements can be made. Prerequisites: Country and Program Connection: None This examination of the history, politics, religion and culture of ancient Greece explores concepts that have become common to the western world: The Topos Metamorphosis Ethics The Citizen The Republic, Philosophy and Philosophical Thought Theater Arcadia University The College of Global Studies 6