Primary Source Analysis
Successful students will consider available primary sources of information for ancient Greek history and be able to evaluate the reliability of those sources.
Ancient Greek Historical Sources
Successful students will consider available primary sources of information for ancient Greek history and be able to evaluate the reliability of those sources.
Greek Literature Analysis
Successful students will be exposed to selections of Greek literature and be able to evaluate those texts as sources for Greek history; critical skills will be improved by the careful treatment of historiographical texts.
Critical Theories
Successful students will discuss critical theories that are relevant to the texts treated in class and be able to evaluate and judge the rhetorical complexities facing the various authors discussed and how those authors resolved those complexities as they composed their historical narratives.
Historical Knowledge of Greek History
Successful students will demonstrate a basic understanding of Greek History from the Bronze Age to the Hellenistic Age
Historical Texts and Ancient Historiography
Successful students will be able to locate the historical texts treated in class in the context of Classical literature generally and of ancient historiography specifically.
