Core 3 - 081

Core 3 Term 081

Core Three lecture are held every Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 10 A.M.

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Core Three Faculty

Susan Chattin, History
John Egan, Music
Robert J. Garrity, English
Philip Gilbert, C.PP.S., Mathematics
Michael Malone, Philosophy
John Rahe, Theatre Arts
Catherine Salyers, Library Sciences
Ilicia Sprey, History

Collegial Agreements

There will be a minimum of 20 pages of written work required of all Core 3 students. Your instructor will determine the writing assignments. He or she may assign summary papers, compare and contrast papers, creative writing papers, research papers, or other appropriate writing activities.
Each student is required to participate in a tragedy skit contest which will be explained by your instructor.
Unlike Core 1 and Core 2, there is no separate grade given for writing. Only one grade will be given for your work in Core 3.
Students must sit with their class in an assigned section during lecture.

Core Three Required Texts

The Aeneid. Virgil. Trans. by Robert Fitzgerald. Vintage Classics Edition: 1990.
A Brief History of the Western World. Thomas Greer. Ninth Edition. Wadsworth : 2005.
Core 3 Syllabus. Rensselaer , IN. Saint Joseph ’s College: 2007.
The Everyday Writer. Lunsford, Andrea and Connors, Robert. New York : St. Martin ’s Press, 1997.
Gilgamesh. A New English Version by Stephen Mitchell. Free Press: 2006.
A Guided Tour of Five Works by Plato. Christopher Biffle, ed. Third Edition. Mountain View , California . Mayfield: 1995.
A Guided Tour of Selections From Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics. Christopher Biffle, ed. Mountain View , California . Mayfield: 1991.
Lysistrata. Aristophanes. Translated by Douglass Parker. Signet Classic: 1964.
The New American Bible. Saint Joseph Edition (Large Type – Illustrated). Catholic Book Publishing Company.
The Odyssey. Homer. Trans. by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition: 1996.
Sophocles: The Three Theban Plays. Trans. by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics: 1984.

Topic	Date	Lecture	Required Reading
Introduction and Preamble: Ancient Mesopotamia	08-19	Michael Malone Introducing The Roots of Western Civilization	A Brief History Chapter 1: pp. 7-16
	08-21	Ilicia Sprey Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization	A Brief History Chapter 1: pp. 16-28 and Gilgamesh (Mitchell version) pp. 67-129 (Prologue and Books I - V)
	08-26	Michael Malone The Oldest Story Ever Told	Gilgamesh (Mitchell version) pp. 130-199 (Books VI - XI)
Hebrew Stories of the Beginning	08-28	Fr. Tim McFarland Introduction to the Hebrew Scriptures	A Brief History Chapter 1: pp. 40-53 and Genesis 1-9 (pp 2-12)
Hebrew Stories of the Beginning	09-02	John Nichols The Yahwist Epic	New America Bible Genesis 11-22 (pp 13-25)
Exodus from Egypt and the Rise of the United Kingdom	09-04	Fr. Tim McFarland The Exodus Event	New American Bible Exodus 13-24 (pp 59-71)
	09-09	Marcia Smith-Wood Commandments and Covenant	New American Bible Exodus 13-24 (pp. 71-83)
	09-11	Fr. Tim McFarland David and Solomon: The Kingdom of the Hebrews	New American Bible 2 Samuel 1 - 7; 11 - 12 (pp. 296-302; 304-306) 1 Kings 1 - 3 (pp. 322-327)
Prophetic Literature - Exile and Restoration	09-16	Michael Malone The Prophet Amos: A Voice for the Powerless	New American Bible The Book of Amos (pp. 1057-1066)
Prophetic Literature - Exile and Restoration	09-18	John Nichols The Restoration and the Suffering Servant	New American Bible Isaiah 5, 1-7; 40-55 (p. 829; pp. 863-881)

Topic	Date	Lecture	Required Reading
History: The Rise of the Greeks
History: The Rise of the Greeks	09-23	Ilicia Sprey The Greek Beginnings of Western Civilization	A Brief History Chapter 2: pp. 55-78
Greek Epic Literature, Religion, Arts & Architecture	09-25	Michael Malone/Susan Chattin Introducing Homer's Odyssey	A Brief History Chapter 2: "Greek Literature" pp. 84-89 and The Odyssey: Books I, II, and IV
	09-30	Robert Garrity The Gods and Goddesses of the Greeks: the Religion of Homer	A Brief History Chapter 2: "Greek Religion" pp. 76-78 and The Odyssey: Books V, VI, VII, and IX
	10-02	Ilicia Sprey Greek Art & Architecture	A Brief History Chapter 2: "Architecture and Sculpture" pp. 89-96 and The Odyssey: Books X, XI, and XII
	10-07	Video Selections Hollywood & the Homeric Epics	The Odyssey: Books XIV, XVI, XIX, and XX
	10-09	Michael Malone Traveling with Odysseus: In Search of Wisdom	The Odyssey Books XXI, XXII, XXIII, and XXIV
Drama: Tragedy & Comedy	10-14	Robert Garrity The Tragedy of Oedipus Rex	Oedipus The King pp. 155-251
	10-16	John Rahe Public Law v. Private Conscience in Antigone	Antigone pp. 55-128
	10-21	Michael Oakes The Decline of the City States and the Rise of Alexander (Prepare for Tragedy Contest)	A Brief History Chapter 2: "The Decline of the Greek City- State," pp. 96-103 and Lysistrata pp. 15-66
	10-23	John Rahe The Comedy of Lysistrata	Lysistrata pp. 66-113
	10-28	No Lecture Tragedy Contest	A Brief History Chapter 2: "The Founders of Western Philosophy," pp. 78-84
Philosophy and Rational Thought
	10-30	Brother Rob Reuter Socrates and the Allegory of the Cave	The Crito and the Death Scene from Phaedo and "the Allegory fo the Cave" inA Guided Tour of Five Works by Plato (pp. 60-90)
	11-04	John Nichols Aristotle's Ethics: Choosing What you Become	A Guided Tour of Selections From Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, pp. 14-57; 87-102
	11-06	Susan Chattin What is a Friend?	A Guided Tour of Selections From Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, pp. 115-130

Topic	Date	Lecture	Required Reading
History, Law and Culture	11-11	Ilicia Sprey/Susan Chattin The Romans	A Brief History of the Western World Chapter 3: pp. 106-128
History, Law and Culture	11-13	Ilica Sprey Pax Romana: Roman Contributions to Law and Culture	Selections from Polybius and Cicero Core 3 Syllabus (pp. 9-15) and A Brief History of the Western World Chapter 3: pp. 123-134
Roman Epic Literature	11-18	Robert Garrity Introducing Virgil's Aeneid	The Aeneid, Books I and II
	11-20	Maia Kingman Dido and the Cost of Rome	The Aeneid, Books IV and V
	Thanksgiving Break
	12-02	April Toadvine The Aeneid Reflected in Roman Society	The Aeneid, Books VI and VII and Book XII, lines 1069-1298 (pp. 396-402)
Fall of Rome and Birth of Christ	12-04	Michael Malone The End of the Roman Empire and the Birth of Christ	Brief History of the Western World Chapter 3: pp. 144-155 New American Bible Luke 1-2: pp 97-102

Core Three Links

These links were all checked on August 9, 2007

The Bible Gateway
The Dead Sea Scrolls
Interpreting Ancient Manuscripts
The Temple Mount in Jerusalem
Greek Art and Architecture
The Ancient Greek Gods
Atlas of Greek and Roman World
The Ancient Olympics
Diatima: The Study of Women in the Ancient World
Exploring Ancient World Cultures
Electronic Resources for the Classicist - A great site with many links and resources for study of the classics from ancient Greece and Rome.
Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome
The European History & Culture Image Project
Mythology in Western Art
People of Ideas - A nice site with information on many of the individuals you will be studying. See especially, Ancient Greece, Hellenist and Roman Age and Judaism and Early Christianity.
Ancient art and Architecture
Roman Art
Roman Mythology

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