Thursday 9/30: Athenian Democracy, War, and a Pandemic...

Read or view before class:

1. Hughes, chapters 20-22, 29, 40-44, 48-49

2. Thucydides, “On Dying For Your Country: Pericles’ Funeral Oration,” How to Think About War

3. Robert Meagher, “The World of Herakles,” Herakles Gone Mad. You'll find the PDF below. Click on the little box with the arrow pointed up and to the right, in the upper-right corner of the file.

Zoom link to attend our 6pm class can be found here.

If you are prompted for a passcode, it is 874024

The recording of this class can be found here.

Prepare or organize before class:

Pericles, in his “Funeral Oration,” seeks to rally Athenian citizens to patriotism, and to war. Make a list of the arguments he uses.

According to Meagher, how did Athens understand and grapple with the impact of war on returning soldiers?

According to Hughes, what impact did the Peloponnesian War have on Athens?