Western Civilization
September 21, 1998
Professor Knight

Classical Greece

I.  The Origins of Greek Democracy
	Role of Athens
	Solon reforms legal code-594BC
	Pisistratus-Athenian tyrant-comes to power in 546BC
	Cleisthenes leads democratic uprising-508BC
	The Demos-Free adult males native to Athens
	How "democratic" was Athens? The problem of women and slaves.

II.  The Turbulent 5th Century BC
	Persian Wars (499-479)
		Battle of Marathon-Greeks Defeat Persians (490BC)
		Xerxes leads invasion of Greece (480BC)
		Battle of Salamis (480BC)
	The Athenian Empire
		Delian League
	The Peloponnesian War (431-404BC)
		Stalemate between Athens and Sparta
		Athenian expedition to Sicely (415)
		Alcibiades
		Athens defeated (405BC)
	Aftermath-Wars of the Fourth Century BC
		Battle of Leuctra-Sparta defeated by Thebes (372BC)
		Phillip II of Macedonia (359-336BC)
		Demosthenes (384-322BC)
		Alexander the Great (336-323BC)

III.  The Legacy of Classical Greece
	History
		Herodotus (483-425BC)
		Thucydides (455-399BC)
	Literature
		Aeschylus (525-456BC)
		Sophocles (495-406BC)
		Euripides (485-406BC)		
		Aristophanes (455-385BC)
	Philosophy
		Socrates (469-399BC)
		Plato (427-348BC)
		Aristotle (384-322BC)