Schedule of Assign­ments

Current as of 27 March, 2026

Assignments due by beginning of class on indicated days. Subject to change at instructor's discretion.

21-Jan Introduction to Course. No assignment.
26-Jan The past is ever new: Longus' Daphnis and Chloe (D&C), day 1.

Here's what you're being asked to do — note that all assignments are, unless otherwise noted, to be done in the following way:

  1. Read carefully the Study Guide, all of it.
    • Study Guides are always required reading. They provide access to
      • The readings themselves
      • Prompts for Short Writing Assignments (SWAs)
      • Introductions to subject matter, texts, issues, etc.
    • Think of class meetings as supplemental to Study Guides, not the other way around
  2. Read assigned reading, accessed via the Study Guide. Take good notes on it.
  3. Go back to the Study Guide; review the Short Writing Assignment prompt. Enter your response to that prompt in the text box provided on the BrightSpace course site > Assignments > Short Writing Assignments (SWAs) > SWA 1. Longus Daphnis and Chloe, day 1.
  • Reliance on third-party or AI summaries is no substitute for doing assignments as directed. It will inevitably compromise the quality of student work.
28-Jan D&C, day 2 (as per day 1).
2-Feb D&C, day 3 (as per day 1).
4-Feb You Are What You Read: Simon Swain on the ancient Greek novel (including Daphnis and Chloe). For reading access, SWA prompt, etc., see the Study Guide.
9-Feb Research session. Class meets in the Library Classroom, LN 1305, in the Innovation Lab, just across from the Tower Cafe. ASSIGNMENT: Read carefully the No study guide, but SWA prompt as follows:

Having studied the Oral Presentations, Papers, and Critical Thinking pages, what do you see as the biggest research challenge for Paper 1?
11-Feb Skill, contest, culture, emotion. For assignment specifics, SWA prompt, etc., see the Study guide.
16-Feb Historical-geographical overview. Reading-writing-reference work for hands-on intro to course-relevant times and places. Based on assigned readings and additional research as per study guide, which see for all links and instructions.
18-Feb Second sophistic: introduction. Text access, assignment details, SWA Prompt, general introduction: see Study Guide.
23-Feb Declamation, Quiz 1. See Study Guide for text access, assigned pages, SWA Prompt, Quiz 1.
25-Feb Oral Presentation 1 (OP1) = paper 1 pitch, day 1.
2-Mar OP1, day 2.
4-Mar OP1, day 3.
9-Mar Athletics and agōn. Readings access, etc. via Study Guide.
11-Mar van Nijf on Athletics and paideia during the second sophistic. Readings access, SWA Prompt, intro to plus notes on text via Study Guide.
15-Mar Due Sunday, 15-Mar, at or before 11:59 PM, Paper 1. Upload link via Brightspace course site > Assignments.
16-Mar Philostratus Dialogue on Heroes. What are heroes for? Study Guide with page ranges and SWA prompt.
18-Mar Artemidorus' The Interpretation of dreams. Daily life as agōn? Study Guide with reading access and SWA prompt.

PAPER 2 TOPICS. Email me @ ascholtz@binghamton.edu to schedule a ½-hour meeting, F2F or Zoom, for the week of 7-10 Apr. Keep in mind that Tu, 7-Apr is Monday schedule. See my schedule; supply multiple options. See also the Papers page.
23-Mar Sub-elite paideia: Mesomedes and Alciphron. Study Guide with reading access and SWA prompt.
25-Mar Encomium (praise speech) and figured rhetoric. See Study Guide for assigned readings, readings access, SWA Prompt.
30-Mar (No class: spring break)
1-Apr (No class: spring break)
6-Apr (No class: spring break)
7-Apr Know Your Other: Polemon's Physiognomy. For assigned readings, SWA prompt, etc., see the Study Guide.
8-Apr Oral Presentation 2 (OP2) = Student figured encomia, day 1. See Brightspace course site > "Content" for who presents when. (Monday classes meet)
13-Apr OP2, day 2.
13-Apr By 13-Apr @ 11:59pm, via BrightSpace assignments, enter your topic:
  • Statement of focus
    • Primary evidence (text? material evidence?). Cannot be the same as the one you write on for paper 1
    • Issue connected with same
  • Featured secondary source (FSS)
15-Apr OP2, day 3.
20-Apr OP2, day 4.
22-Apr Citizen-sponsored public works in the Roman East. For SWA Prompt, assigned readings, and readings access, see Study Guide. Also, quiz 2.
27-Apr Commensality, Agonism, and Sociality in the Roman East. Study Guide with SWA prompt.
29-Apr Lucian A Feast of Lapithae.
4-May Final summing up.
12-May Due Tuesday, 12-May, at or before 11:59 PM, Paper 2. Upload link via Brightspace course site > Assignments.

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