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CLCV 205: Introduction to Ancient Greek History

Lecture 05 - The Rise of the Polis (cont.). In this lecture, Professor Donald Kagan tells the story of the emergence of the polis from the Dark Ages. He shows that by the time of the poet Hesiod, there is already a polis in place. He describes the importance of the polis in the Greek world and explains that it was much more than a mere place of habitation; it was a place where there was justice, law, community, and a set of cultural values that held Greeks together. Finally, Professor Kagan argues, following the lead of Victor David Hanson, that the polis came to be chiefly through the emergence of a new man: the hoplite farmer. (from oyc.yale.edu)

Lecture 05 - The Rise of the Polis (cont.)

Time Lecture Chapters
[00:00:00] 1. The "Polis" in Hesiod's Work
[00:22:01] 2. The Citizen
[00:26:32] 3. Greek Farmers and the Function of the "Polis"
[00:36:12] 4. Property Holding and Internal Colonization
[00:42:26] 5. The New Farm
[00:57:09] 6. Politics

References
Lecture 5 - The Rise of the Polis (cont.)
Instructor: Professor Donald Kagan. Rise of the Polis [PDF]. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov].

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Lecture 01 - Introduction
Lecture 02 - The Dark Ages
Lecture 03 - The Dark Ages (cont.)
Lecture 04 - The Rise of the Polis
Lecture 05 - The Rise of the Polis (cont.)
Lecture 06 - The Greek "Renaissance" - Colonization and Tyranny
Lecture 07 - The Greek "Renaissance" - Colonization and Tyranny (cont.)
Lecture 08 - Sparta
Lecture 09 - Sparta (cont.)
Lecture 10 - The Rise of Athens
Lecture 11 - The Rise of Athens (cont.)
Lecture 12 - The Persian Wars
Lecture 13 - The Athenian Empire
Lecture 14 - The Athenian Empire (cont.)
Lecture 15 - Athenian Democracy
Lecture 16 - Athenian Democracy (cont.)
Lecture 17 - The Peloponnesian War, Part I
Lecture 18 - The Peloponnesian War, Part I (cont.)
Lecture 19 - The Peloponnesian War, Part II
Lecture 20 - The Peloponnesian War, Part II (cont.)
Lecture 21 - The Struggle for Hegemony in Fourth-Century Greece
Lecture 22 - The Struggle for Hegemony in Fourth-Century Greece (cont.)
Lecture 23 - Twilight of the Polis
Lecture 24 - Twilight of the Polis (cont.) and Conclusion