Schedule of Assign­ments

Current as of 9 February, 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 Philostratus Lives of the Sophists. See Study Guide for text access, assigned pages, SWA Prompt. Also, quiz 1
25-Feb Oral Presentation 1 (OP1) = paper 1 pitch, day 1.
2-Mar OP1, day 2.
4-Mar Philostratus Heroicus, excerpts.
9-Mar Dickie on envy, emulation, and agōn in the Roman Imperial East. Readings access, SWA Prompt, intro to text via Study Guide.
11-Mar Athletics and agōn in the Greco-Roman East 1. Readings access, SWA Prompt, intro to text via Study Guide.
13-Mar Due Friday, 13-Mar, at or before 11:59 PM, Paper 1. Upload link via Brightspace course site > Assignments.
16-Mar Athletics and agōn in the Greco-Roman East 2. Readings access, SWA Prompt, intro to text via Study Guide.
18-Mar Citizen-sponsored public works in the Roman East. For SWA Prompt, assigned readings, and readings access, see Study Guide.
23-Mar Sophia and the Art — and Science — of Networking. For assigned readings, SWA Prompt, etc., see the Study Guide.
25-Mar Commensality, Agonism, and Sociality in the Roman East.
30-Mar (No class: spring break)
1-Apr (No class: spring break)
6-Apr (No class: spring break)
7-Apr Encomium (praise speech) and figured rhetoric. See Study Guide for assigned readings, readings access, SWA Prompt.
8-Apr Oral Presentation 2 (OP2) = Student figured encomia, day 1. See Brightspace course site > "Content" for schedule of in-class presentations: who presents when. (Monday classes meet)
13-Apr OP2, day 2.
15-Apr OP2, day 3.
20-Apr OP2, day 4.
22-Apr Competition, tradition, and (?) Realism: Alciphron's Letters.
27-Apr Lucian True Story, day 1
29-Apr True Story, day 2. Also, quiz 2
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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