ANCH 042. Democracy and Its Challenges: Athens in the Fifth Century

Using diverse primary sources (Thucydides’ Histories, tragedy, comedy, and others), this course explores several aspects of classical Athenian culture: democratic institutions and ideology, social structure, religion, intellectual trends, and the major historical events that affected all of these and shaped the Greek world in the fifth and early fourth centuries B.C.E.
Social Sciences.
(Writing course) Note: ANCH 042 Fall 2026 will not be a Writing Course.
1 credit.
Fall 2026. Munson.
Catalog chapter: Classics
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/classics

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