1st Essay Assignment Greek Civilization

Essays are to be 1500-2500 words in 12 pt font, double spaced, submitted in a Microsoft Word Document.
Essays must use at least TWO primary sources (you can get a lot of these from your Readings in Greek
History textbook) and at least THREE secondary sources (by the way, remember that your Pomeroy
textbook counts as a secondary source).
Due Date: March 25th, 8:00PM to be submitted via email.
Remember to cite your sources in MLA style (do a Google search if you dont know what this is).
Choose ONLY ONE Essay Topic below to answer! Please note that the sources below are suggested
reading of where you can start, these are not necessarily the only sources you can use. That being said,
DO NOT provide secondary sources that seem to have nothing but information provided by Wikipedia,
Ask.com, Yahoo! Answers, etc. as this is a University paper and needs to have University level, peer
reviewed sources.

Essay 1: To what extent can Solons reforms be described as successful?

Suggested Reading, Primary Sources
Plutarch, Life of Solon
Aristotle, The Constitution of Athens
Suggested Reading, Secondary Sources
Dillon, M. and Garland, L. Ancient Greece: Social and Historical Documents from Archaic Times to the
Death of Socrates, chap. 3.
Dunstan, W.E. Ancient Greece, pp. 106109
Ehrenberg, V. From Solon to Socrates, pp. 50-76 (RR)
Fine, J.V.A. The Ancient Greeks: A Critical History, pp. 190-208 (RR)
Stanton, G.R. Athenian Politics c. 800 500 BC, chaps 2-3
(b) [Aristotle] Athenaion Politeia 512 (RR)
Andrewes, A. The Greek Tyrants, chap. 7, pp. 78-91 (RR)

Andrewes, A. The Growth of the Athenian State in J. Boardman & N.G.L. Hammond (eds.) The
Expansion of the Greek World, Eighth to Sixth Centuries B.C., Cambridge Ancient History, 2nd ed., vol.
III.3, ch. 43 pp. 360-391 (RR)
Burn, A.R. The Lyric Age of Greece, pp. 22-25, 285-302 (RR)
Bury, J.B. and Meiggs, R. A History of Greece, pp. 121-126 (RR)
Ellis, J.R. and Stanton, G.R. Factional Conflict and Solons reforms, Phoenix 22 (1968) 95-110 (RR)
Forrest, W.G. The Emergence of Greek Democracy, chap. 6, pp. 143-174 (RR)
French, A. The Growth of the Athenian Economy, chap. 2, pp. 10-29 (RR)
Hammond, N.G.L. A History of Greece, pp. 157-166 (RR)
Hignett, C. A History of the Athenian Constitution, ch. 4, pp. 86-107 (RR)
Hopper, R.J. The Solonian Crisis in E. Badian (ed.) Ancient Society and Institutions: Studies in Honour
of Victor Ehrenberg, pp. 139-146 (RR)
Murray, O. Early Greece, pp. 173-191 (RR)
Sealey, R. A History of the Greek City States, pp. 107-123 (RR)
Snodgrass, A.M. The Hoplite Reform and History, JHS 85 (1965) 110-22 (RR)

Essay 2: How far can it be said that the rule of the Pisistratids (i.e. Peisistratus and his family) was
beneficial for Athenian political and economic development?
Suggested Reading, Primary Sources:
Herodotus, I.59-64, V.62-65 (This a link to this will be put up on Blackboard)
Plutarch, Solon, 29-31 (A link to this will be provided on Blackboard)
Aristotle, The Constitution of Athens (a link/scan for this will be provided on Blackboard)
Suggested Reading, Secondary Sources:
Pomeroy textbook, pp 127-130
Dillon, M. and Garland, L. Ancient Greece, chap. 4.

Ehrenberg, V. From Solon to Socrates, chap. 4, pp. 77-90

Fine, J.V.A. The Ancient Greeks: A Critical History, pp. 208-227
Andrewes, A. The Greek Tyrants, chap. 9, pp. 100-115
Forrest, W.G. The Emergence of Greek Democracy, chap. 7, pp. 175-189
French, A. The Growth of the Athenian Economy, pp. 30-48
Hammond, N.G.L. A History of Greece to 322 BC, pp. 164-166, 179-185
Hignett, C. A History of the Athenian Constitution, chap. 5, pp. 108-123.
Jeffery, L.H. Archaic Greece: the City-States c. 700-338 BC, chap. 7
Kagan, D. (ed.) Problems in Ancient History, vol. I, pp. 236-262
Lewis, D.M. The Tyranny of the Pisistratidae in Cambridge Ancient History, 2nd ed., vol. 4 (Cambridge,
1988), chap 4, pp. 287302
Sealey, R. Regionalism in Archaic Athens, Historia 9 (1960) 155-180
Shear, T.L. Tyrants and Buildings in Archaic Athens, in W.A.P. Childs (ed.) Athens Comes of Age; From
Solon to Salamis (Princeton, 1978), pp. 1-19
Smith, J.A. Athens under the Tyrants
Essay 3: Discuss the various uses colonization by the Archaic city-states. Was colonization always
for reasons of overpopulation? What were the responsibilities of the colonists once they got to the
colony? Was there any way they could return? What were the ups and downs of a colonys relation
with its metropolis? When answering your question, provide at least 2-3 specific examples of Greek
colonies (i.e. dont just mention them, but give a measured yet concise description of them).

Suggested Reading, Primary Sources:

Foundation Oath of Cyrene (found on page 111 of your Pomeroy textbook).
Suggested Reading, Secondary Sources:
Pomeroy textbook, 110-116.
Dillon, M. & Garland, L., Ancient Greece: Social and Historical Documents from Archaic Times
to the Death of Socrates, chap. 1.
Dunstan, W.E. Ancient Greece, pp. 7082.

Ehrenberg, V. (1973) From Solon to Socrates, ed. 2, pp. 14-20

Fine, J.V.A. The Ancient Greeks: A Critical History, pp. 6293
(b) Austin, M.M. Greece and Egypt in the Archaic Age (Cambridge, 1970), pp. 22-33
Boardman, J. The Greeks Overseas: Their Early Colonies and Trade (London, 1980)
Braun, T.F.G.R. The Greeks in the Near East in J. Boardman, N.G.L. Hammond (eds.) The
Expansion of theGreek World, Cambridge Ancient History, III2.3 (Cambridge 1982) pp.1-31
Braun, T.F.G.R. The Greeks in Egypt in J. Boardman, N.G.L. Hammond (eds.) The Expansion
of the Greek World, Cambridge Ancient History, III2.3 (Cambridge, 1982), pp. 32-56
Cawkwell, G.L. Early Colonisation Classical Quarterly 42 (1992) 289-303
Graham, A.J. Patterns in Early Greek Colonization Journal of Hellenic Studies 91 (1971) pp.
35-47
Graham, A.J. (1982) The Colonial Expansion of Greece in J. Boardman, N.G.L. Hammond
(eds.) The Expansion of the Greek World, Eighth to Sixth Centuries B.C., Cambridge Ancient
History, III2.3 (Cambridge, 1982) pp. 83-162
Graham, A.J. The Western Greeks in J. Boardman & N.G.L. Hammond (eds.) The Expansion of
the Greek World, Eighth to Sixth Centuries B.C.: Cambridge Ancient History, III2.3 (Cambridge
1982), pp. 163-195
Graham, A.J. Colony and Mother City in Ancient Greece (Chicago, 2nd. ed., 1983) ch. 3 The
Role of the Oikist pp. 29-39
Jeffery, L.H. Archaic Greece: the City-States c.700-500 BC (New York, 1976) pp. 50-59
Sealey, R. A History of the Greek City States, pp. 3033