CLST 101 INTRODUCTION TO GREEK CIVILIZATION Dr Niall Christie Office Hours: Mon & Wed, 2:30-3:30, Tue & Thu, 4:00-5:00, or by appointment Copy of outline.

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CLST 101 INTRODUCTION TO GREEK CIVILIZATION Dr Niall Christie Office Hours: Mon & Wed, 2:30-3:30, Tue & Thu, 4:00-5:00, or by appointment Copy of outline on the web at:

demokratia = democracy kratos = power demos = people Questions of freedom

philosophia = philosophy philos = loving sophia = wisdom

St Augustine of Hippo (d. 430) St. Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274) “In the beginning was the Word (logos), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” John 1: 1 Thorny questionsPlato’s Academy

Pythagoras (d. c. 500 BC) Archimedes (d. 212 or 211 BC) Hippocrates (d. c. 375 BC) Hippocratic Oath

Homer (10th-9th c. BC?) The IliadThe Odyssey Virgil (d. 19 BC)The Aeneid Dante Alighieri (d. 1321)The Divine Comedy John Milton (d. 1674)Paradise Lost William Shakespeare (d. 1616)

Socrates (c BC) Reading primary sources: Consider:Historical circumstances Agendas or loyalties Inclusions and omissions Ulterior motives

Greek ( ελληνικά ) : Originally multiple dialects From 3rd c. BC Koiné is common dialect Modern Greek derived from ancient Indo-European, like Latin Heavy influence on modern vocabulary