Donald Kagan

Sterling Professor of Classics and History

Yale University

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Yale CLCV 205: Introduction to Ancient Greek History

Yale University · CLCV 20522 lectures · 26h

History·introductory

Introduction to Ancient Greek History

Prof. Donald Kagan·Yale University

Donald Kagan traces Greek civilization from the Bronze Age collapse and rise of the polis through Athenian democracy, the Persian Wars, and Thucydides' Peloponnesian War.

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Polis, Empire & Constitutional Revolutions

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Polis, Empire & Constitutional Revolutions

Classical Greek citizenship, Roman transformation, and early modern statecraft

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2. The Dark Ages

2. The Dark Ages

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1:08:11

3. The Dark Ages (cont.)

3. The Dark Ages (cont.)

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1:12:30

7. The Greek "Renaissance" - Colonization and Tyranny (cont.)

7. The Greek "Renaissance" - Colonization and Tyranny (cont.)

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1:09:32

Lecture 20: The Peloponnesian War, Part II (cont.) (CLCV 205)

Lecture 20: The Peloponnesian War, Part II (cont.) (CLCV 205)

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1. Introduction

1. Introduction

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4. The Rise of the Polis

4. The Rise of the Polis

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5. The Rise of the Polis (cont.)

5. The Rise of the Polis (cont.)

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1:06:42

6. The Greek "Renaissance" - Colonization and Tyranny

6. The Greek "Renaissance" - Colonization and Tyranny

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Donald Kagan Yale University

1:08:31

Lecture 19: The Peloponnesian War, Part II (CLCV 205)

Lecture 19: The Peloponnesian War, Part II (CLCV 205)

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1:15:28

Lecture 12: The Persian Wars (CLCV 205)

Lecture 12: The Persian Wars (CLCV 205)

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1:19:02

Lecture 18: The Peloponnesian War, Part I (cont.) (CLCV 205)

Lecture 18: The Peloponnesian War, Part I (cont.) (CLCV 205)

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Lecture 9: Sparta (cont.) (CLCV 205)

Lecture 9: Sparta (cont.) (CLCV 205)

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1:13:06

Lecture 17: The Peloponnesian War, Part I (CLCV 205)

Lecture 17: The Peloponnesian War, Part I (CLCV 205)

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Lecture 13: The Athenian Empire (CLCV 205)

Lecture 13: The Athenian Empire (CLCV 205)

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1:20:36

Lecture 22: The Struggle for Hegemony in Fourth-Century Greece (cont.) (CLCV 205)

Lecture 22: The Struggle for Hegemony in Fourth-Century Greece (cont.) (CLCV 205)

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1:14:35

Lecture 11: The Rise of Athens (cont.) (CLCV 205)

Lecture 11: The Rise of Athens (cont.) (CLCV 205)

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1:13:01

Lecture 21: The Struggle for Hegemony in Fourth-Century Greece (CLCV 205)

Lecture 21: The Struggle for Hegemony in Fourth-Century Greece (CLCV 205)

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1:10:39

Lecture 10: The Rise of Athens (CLCV 205)

Lecture 10: The Rise of Athens (CLCV 205)

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1:11:39

Lecture 14: The Athenian Empire (cont.) (CLCV 205)

Lecture 14: The Athenian Empire (cont.) (CLCV 205)

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1:15:01