Perikles hält die Leichenrede (Pericles' Funeral Oration), an 1852 painting by Philipp Foltz. (This image is in the public domain. Source: Wikimedia Commons.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. William Broadhead
MIT Course Number
21H.237
As Taught In
Fall 2014
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This course investigates the relationship between urban architecture and political, social, and cultural history of Athens in the 5th and 4th centuries BC. It surveys and analyzes archeological and literary evidence, including the sanctuary of Athena on the Acropolis, the Agora, Greek houses, the histories of Herodotus and Thucydides, plays of Sophocles and Aristophanes, and the panhellenic sanctuaries of Delphi and Olympia.