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Campus | Haverford |
Semester | Spring 2025 |
Registration ID | PEACH119B001 |
Course Title | Culture and Crisis in the Golden Age of Athens |
Credit | 1.00 |
Department | Peace, Justice and Human Rights |
Instructor | Shirazi,Ava |
Times and Days | TTh 01:00pm-02:25pm
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Additional Course Info | Class Number: 2471 In this course, through the poetry, sculpture, history, architecture, painting, philosophy, and oratory produced by the inhabitants of fifth-century Athens, we will examine the daily workings of Athenian democracy, economy, love, art, science, education, and religion. As we conduct our inquiry into Athens' "Golden Age," we willl seek to discover ourselves in these ancient voices, and to illuminate the contrasts inherent between Athens and modernity. Restless, wary, elegant, vulgar, pious, and brutal, the Athenians left a legacy that continues to define and influence human achievement (and travails) to this day. In the last third of the class, students will embark on a multi-week simulation to rebuild Athens in the aftermath of the Peloponnesian Wars.; Crosslisted: Classical Studies, PJHR Humanities, A: Meaning, Interpretation (Texts), B: Analysis of the Social World (Hav: HU, A, B) |
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