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Western Culture 1-3: Greek Histories

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  1. Introduction to The Histories
  2. Lesson 1: Overview of Greek History
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  3. Lesson 2: Herodotus 1: The Story of Croesus
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  4. Lesson 3: Herodotus 2: Stories of Egypt and the Other Nations
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  5. Lesson 4: Herodotus 3: The Beginning of the Persian Wars and the Battle of Marathon
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  6. Lesson 5: Herodotus 4: The Battle of Thermopylae
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  7. Lesson 6: Herodotus 5: The Battle of Salamis, and the End of the Persian Wars
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  8. Lesson 7: Thucydides 1: Introduction, Thucydides' Philosophy of History, and the Beginning of the Peloponnesian War
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  9. Lesson 8: Thucydides 2: The Early Years, Pericles, and the Great Plague
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  10. Lesson 9: Thucydides 3: Mytiline, Exile, Revolution, and Melos
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  11. Lesson 10: Thucydides 4: The Sicilian Campaign, and the Downfall of Athens
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  12. Lesson 11: Xenophon: The March of the Ten Thousand
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  13. Lesson 12: The Lessons of Greek History
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DISCUSSION TOPICS

  1. Does the American view of civilization line up more with the Greek or Persian mindset? (As characterized by Herodotus.) Has it changed over time?
  2. Historical readings of the United States Constitution interpret Article 1, Section 8 as a prohibition against the federal government maintaining a standing army. How might the history of the Peloponnesian Wars have influenced our (classically educated!) founding fathers with regard to what role the military should have in the relationship between the states and federal government? How were the American colonies similar to the Greek city states? How were they different? Are there parallels between the original arrangement of the Delian League and the original role of the state militias? Why or why not?

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