CLST 171S | BIRTH OF THE WEST
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​Birth of the West

Thinking through the Greek Origins
​of Western Civilization

Study Guides

​This page contains study guide materials for exam review.
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Invention of the Alphabet - Writing Systems in the West
  • Alphabet Study Guide - Guide to key terms and ideas
  • Be sure also to review the slides for this module
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The Creation of Literary Culture - Gilgamesh and Iliad
  • Iliad Study Guide
  • Capsule Summary and Detailed Summaries of Iliad
  • ​Be sure also to review the (selected) slides for this module
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Making of History - Herodotus and Thucydides
  • Historiography Study Guide
  • Be sure also to review the slides for this module
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First Exam
  • Sample questions for Iliad and Historiography modules

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Democracy - Pericles, Athens, and Empire
  • Democracy  Study Guide
  • Be sure also to review the slides for this module - for this module, the images of the slides may be your prompt
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Birth of Drama - Sophocles, Euripides
  • Drama  Study Guide
  • Be sure also to review the slides for this module
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Origins of Western Philosophy - Presocratics, Socrates, Plato, "Greek Love"
  • Philosophy Study Guide
  • Be sure also to review the slides for this module
The archaic funerary statue pictured above is the Phrasikleia Kore, marble with traces of color, created by the artist Aristion of Paros. At left the statue is pictured as found; on right, with the original colors restored. Attic, 550-530 BCE. National Archaeological Museum of Athens, cat. nr. 4889.
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