GREEK HISTORY II (GH2-B)

St. Thomas Aquinas Academy

Course Registration No. SOC-720

COURSE OVERVIEW

Part II: This is the second part of a two-part course, a continuation of the study started in Greek History I.

BOOKS AND MATERIALS

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Xenophon: The Expedition of Cyrus (Anabasis)

Author: Xenophon
Publisher/Copyright: New York: Oxford University Press, 2005, 2009. Print.
Translator: Robin Waterfield
ISBN: 0199555982 978-019955598
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288 pages; Introduction, Bibliography, Chronology, Explanatory notes, Textual notes, Index of names.

Making of the West: Peoples and Cultures: A Concise History: Volume I to 1740, 2nd Edition

Author: Lynn Hunt, et al.
Publisher/Copyright: Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2006. Print.
ISBN: 0312439458 978-0312439453
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ORDER BY ISBN NUMBER. "Making of the West" is a SECULAR, lower division college text that is used in St. Thomas Aquinas Academy's U.S. Studies IA, Greek Studies I & II, Roman Studies I & II, and European Studies I & II courses. Note that this is the CONCISE version of the textbook. While the page numbers will not line up exactly, the 3rd edition of the CONCISE version will work just as well as the 2nd edition of the CONCISE version. Amazon.com regularly has used copies available for 25-75% off the new price. 607 pages.

Plutarch’s Lives, Volume 1 (Modern Library Classics)

Author: Plutarch
Publisher/Copyright: New York: Modern Library, 2001. Print.
Translator: John Dryden, Arthur Hugh Clough
ISBN: 0375756760 978-0375756764
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816 pages.

Great Dialogues of Plato

Author: Plato
Publisher/Copyright: New York, NY: Signet Classics, 2015. Print.
Translator: W.H.D. Rouse
ISBN: 0451471709 978-0451471703
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656 pages; Complete texts of "The Republic", "The Apology", "Crito", "Phaedo", "Ion", "Meno", and "Symposium".

Cliff's Notes: Plato’s Republic [ORDER USED]

Author: Thomas Thornburg
Publisher/Copyright: Hoboken, NJ: Cliffs Notes, 2000. Print or online.
ISBN: 076458670X 978-0764586705
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128 pages. Printed guide is currently out of print but is easy to find from used sources and can always be found online for free at http://www.cliffsnotes.com/study_guide/literature/republic.html.