HI 243 Golden Age of Greece
This course examines the development of high culture in archaic and classical Greece; art, literature, philosophy, religion, and democracy of Athens from seventh century to death of Socrates and Solon, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, the Sophists, Thucydides, and Aristophanes. Topics include role of Pericles in Athenian democracy, imperialism, and Peloponnesian War.