CLAS 2216

A history of Late Classical and Hellenistic Greek culture from the end of the Peloponnesian Wars through the empire of Alexander the Great to the Hellenistic World. Topics to be discussed include relations between and among the Greek city-states and the Persian Empire, developments in art, religion, literature, and philosophy, the career and legacy of Alexander, and the new world order of kings and kingdoms he ushered in. No knowledge of Greek is expected.