{"id":517,"date":"2013-05-17T16:46:38","date_gmt":"2013-05-17T20:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/tempwolpert\/?page_id=517"},"modified":"2026-03-19T09:06:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T13:06:05","slug":"grw6705-1101","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/tempwolpert\/courses\/grw6705-1101\/","title":{"rendered":"GRW 6705: Attic Orators (Spring 2011)"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<section class=\"fullwidth-text-block\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container px-0 pt-5\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row align-items-start\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">GRW 6705: Attic Orators (Spring 2011)<\/h1>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Time and Location<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/tempwolpert\/files\/Demosthenes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/tempwolpert\/files\/Demosthenes.jpg\" alt=\"Demosthenes\" class=\"wp-image-481\" style=\"width:180px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/tempwolpert\/files\/Demosthenes.jpg 300w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/tempwolpert\/files\/Demosthenes-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/tempwolpert\/files\/Demosthenes-200x356.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Monday 3:30-6:30 PM Classics Library<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Texts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Required<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>MacDowell, D.M. 2003.\u00a0<em>Demosthenes Against Meidias<\/em>. London: Duckworth Publishing.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recommended<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Liddell, H.G., and Robert Scott, eds. 1945.\u00a0<em>An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon<\/em>, 7th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.<\/li>\n<li>Smyth, H.W. 1920.\u00a0<em>Greek Grammar<\/em>. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Additional Readings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><ul>\n<li>Links to readings for\u00a0Weekly Assignments\u00a0work off-campus only if you first &#8220;tunnel&#8221; into the campus network through\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uflib.ufl.edu\/login\/vpn.html\">VPN<\/a>. Alternatively, you may access linked items via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ares.uflib.ufl.edu\/\">Ares<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clas.ufl.edu\/users\/wolpert\/bib_GRW6705.html\">BIBLIOGRAPHY<\/a>\u00a0(useful to consult as you begin research for your term paper).\u00a0 This list is not exhaustive nor is it expected that you will be able to read all items during the course of the semester; rather it is intended to show you the main questions and topics on the Athenian democracy that are currently under investigation and to provide you a starting point for your own research.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clas.ufl.edu\/users\/wolpert\/readinglistGRW6705.html\">READING LIST<\/a>\u00a0for book reviews. Students will be assigned a book to review from this list by an electronic lottery\/acclamation process.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Course Description<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Study of Demosthenes 21 with particular attention to rhetorical methods of persuasion, the social dynamics of the disputing process, and the political and cultural impact of law on the Athenian democracy. Topics to be explored will include citizenship, authority, punishment, and ideology. In addition, students will gain a familiarity with new approaches to Greek law drawn from cultural studies, legal anthropology, legal studies, and political science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Course Requirements<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Weekly Assignments typically consist of 20-25 sections of Demosthenes 21 and 40-50 pages of secondary literature.<\/li>\n<li>Class Participation (5%) based on attendance, participation in discussions, and translation of weekly assignments.<\/li>\n<li>Two Presentations (5% total). Each student will 1) give the class an overview of the book that s\/he has selected for the book review and 2) present to the class his\/her findings from work on the term paper.<\/li>\n<li>Two Hourly Examinations (25% each) on February 21 and March 21.<\/li>\n<li>One Book Review (10%), 1,000-1,500 words, of a scholarly work on law outside of the field of Classics, due at the time of the class presentation of the work.<\/li>\n<li>One Term Paper (30%), 4,000-5,000 words (not including footnotes, endnotes, and bibliography) due on April 25.\u00a0 No extensions.\n<ul>\n<li>First Draft, due April 11 (10% reduction of grade on term paper if first draft is not handed in at the start of class; 5% reduction if first draft is incomplete)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Attendance Policy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students are expected to attend all class meetings and complete all requirements on the specified dates. Exceptions will only be granted in the case of a student who has an acceptable reason for his\/her absence as specified in the\u00a0graduate catalog, fulfills the conditions described therein, and provides timely notification and documentation when necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Grading Scale<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A = 90-100<br>\nA- = 87-89.9<br>\nB+ = 84-86.9<br>\nB = 80-83.9<br>\nB- = 77-79.9<br>\nC+ = 74-76.9<br>\nC = 70-73.9<br>\nC- = 67-69.9<br>\nD+ = 64-66.9<br>\nD = 60-63.9%<br>\nD- = 57-59.9<br>\nE &lt; 57<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Weekly Assignments<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">January 10<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Dem. 21.1-20<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Andrew Wolpert and Konstantinos Kapparis,\u00a0<em>Legal Speeches of Democratic Athens: Sources for Athenian History<\/em>\u00a0(Indianapolis: Hackett, 2011), Introduction (to be handed out).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/643044\">Stephen C. Todd, &#8220;The Use and Abuse of the Attic Orators,&#8221;\u00a0Greece &amp; Rome\u00a037 (1990): 159\u201378<\/a>\u00a0(also available on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ares.uflib.ufl.edu\/\">Ares<\/a>).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">January 17: No Class (Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">January 24<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Dem. 21.21-40<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/270674\">Michael Gagarin, &#8220;The Torture of Slaves in Athenian Law,&#8221;\u00a0Classical Philology<\/a>\u00a091 (1996): 1\u201318 (also available on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ares.uflib.ufl.edu\/\">Ares<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Student Report on\u00a0<em>Discipline and Punish<\/em>\u00a0by Foucault<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">January 31<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Dem. 21.41-60<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/642226\">N. R. E.\u00a0 &#8220;Hybris and Dishonour: I,&#8221;\u00a0Greece and Rome\u00a023 (1976): 177\u201393\u00a0<\/a>(also available on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ares.uflib.ufl.edu\/\">Ares<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/642496\">&#8220;Hybris and Dishonour: II,&#8221;\u00a0Greece and Rome\u00a026 (1979): 32\u201347<\/a>\u00a0(also available on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ares.uflib.ufl.edu\/\">Ares<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/631953\">Cairns, Douglas L. &#8220;Hybris, Dishonour, and Thinking Big,&#8221;\u00a0Journal of Hellenic Studies\u00a0116 (1996): 1\u201332<\/a>\u00a0(also available on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ares.uflib.ufl.edu\/\">Ares<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Student Report on\u00a0<em>Blood Revenge<\/em>\u00a0by Boehm<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">February 7<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Dem. 21.61-80<\/li>\n<li>David Cohen,<em>\u00a0Law, Violence and Community in Classical Ath<\/em>ens (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995) 87-118 (available on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ares.uflib.ufl.edu\/\">Ares<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/639179\">Gabriel Herman &#8220;Tribal and Civic Codes of Behaviour in Lysias 1,&#8221;\u00a0Classical Quarterly\u00a043\u00a0 (1993): 406\u201319<\/a>\u00a0(also available on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ares.uflib.ufl.edu\/\">Ares<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Student Report on\u00a0<em>Between Venegance and Forgiveness<\/em>\u00a0by Minow<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">February 14<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Dem. 21.81-116<\/li>\n<li>Student Report on\u00a0Order without Law\u00a0by Ellickson<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">February 21<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Dem. 21.117-135<\/li>\n<li>Midterm 1<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">February 28<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Dem. 21.136-160<\/li>\n<li>Steven, Johnstone,\u00a0<em>Disputes and Democracy: The Consequences of Litigation in Ancient Athens<\/em>\u00a0(Austin: University of Texas Press, 1999), 93-108 (available on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ares.uflib.ufl.edu\/\">Ares<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Adriaan M. Lanni, &#8220;The Homicide Courts and the Dikasteria: A Paradigm Not Followed,&#8221;\u00a0<em>Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies<\/em>\u00a041 (2000): 311\u201330 (available on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ares.uflib.ufl.edu\/\">Ares<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Student Report on\u00a0<em>Bloodtaking and Peacemaking<\/em>\u00a0by Miller<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">March 7: Spring Break<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">March 14<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Dem. 21.161-190<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">March 21<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Dem. 21.190-end<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Midterm 2<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">March 28: Work on Paper<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Discussions on Paper Topics<\/li>\n<li>Student Report\u00a0on\u00a0<em>Law and Literature<\/em>\u00a0by Posner<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">April 4: Work on Paper<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>No Class<\/li>\n<li>Individual Meetings<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">April 11: First Draft Due<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Presentations<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">April 18: Work on Paper<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Presentations<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">April 27: Final Draft Due<\/p>\n\n\n\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":0,"parent":8,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"featured_post":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-517","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/tempwolpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/tempwolpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/tempwolpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/tempwolpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/79"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/tempwolpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=517"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/tempwolpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1528,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/tempwolpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/517\/revisions\/1528"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/tempwolpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/tempwolpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}