Spring 2007

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1. Paul Bahn, A Very Short Introduction to Archaeology, pp. 1-53.
2. J. Hurwit, The Athenian Akropolis, chap. 2.
3. John Camp on a drought in Athens, Hesperia 48 (1979) 397-411.
4. J.J. Coulton, Greek Architects at Work, chaps. 1-2
5. Perikles' Funeral Oration (Thucydides 2.34-46)
6. Aristotle's Athenian Constitution
7. T. Leslie Shear, Jr., "Tyrants and Buildings in Archaic Athens" from Athens Comes of Age.
8. H. W. Parke, Festivals of the Athenians, pp. 29-50
9. Naomi J. Norman, "The Panathenaic Ship" Archaeological News 12 (1983) 41-46.
10. J. Hurwit, Athenian Akropolis, chap. 7
11. R. Osborne, Classical Landscape, chaps. 1-2
12. Plutarch's life of Perikles. Available online on the Perseus site.
13. M. Korres, Stones of the Parthenon
14. Thucydides, 2.34-46, Perikles' Funeral Oration. Available online on the Perseus site.
15. I. Morris, Death Ritual & Social Structure, chap. 4
16. R. Garland, The Piraeus. chap. 4.
17. Greek Sanctuaries: New Approaches, chap. 6
18. E. Simon, Festivals of Attica, chap. 2
19. A. Stewart, Attalos, Athens & Akropolis, chap. 1
20. J. Camp, Archaeology of Athens, chap. 7
21. J. Rothenberg, "Acquisition of the Elgin Marbles"
22. F. Malloucho-Tufano, lecture on restoration of the Akropolis
23. Selected entries from Travlos, Pictorial Dictionary of Ancient Athens
24. Homeric Hymn to Demester. Available online on the Perseus site or the Diotima site.