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| Campus | Bryn Mawr |
| Semester | Fall 2022 |
| Registration ID | GREKB201001 |
| Course Title | Plato and Thucydides |
| Credit | 1.00 |
| Department | Classical Studies |
| Instructor | Wallace,Audrey Elizabeth |
| Times and Days | MWF 12:10pm-01:00pm
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| Additional Course Info | Class Number: 2370 This course is designed to introduce the student to two of the greatest prose authors of ancient Greece, the philosopher, Plato, and the historian, Thucydides. These two writers set the terms in the disciplines of philosophy and history for millennia, and philosophers and historians today continue to grapple with their ideas and influence. The brilliant and controversial statesman Alcibiades provides a link between the two texts in this course (Plato’s Symposium and Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War), and we examine the ways in which both authors handle the figure of Alcibiades as a point of entry into the comparison of the varying styles and modes of thought of these two great writers. Suggested Prerequisites: At least 2 years of college Greek or the equivalent. Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI), Writing Attentive; Haverford: A: Meaning, Interpretation (Texts) (A), Humanities (HU) |
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