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Annapolis — Freshman Reading List 2011-2012
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The following reading list may be subject to change. Please always check with tutors or cross-reference with the paper reading list distributed by the dean's office.
| Date | Freshman Reading (Detailed) |
| Aug. 25, 2011 | Homer: Iliad I-VI |
| Aug. 29, 2011 | Homer: Iliad VII-XII |
| Sep. 01, 2011 | Homer: Iliad XIII-XVIII |
| Sep. 05, 2011 | Homer: Iliad XIX-XXIV |
| Sep. 08, 2011 | Homer: Odyssey I-VIII |
| Sep. 12, 2011 | Homer: Odyssey IX-XVI |
| Sep. 15, 2011 | Homer: Odyssey XVII-XXIV |
| Sep. 19, 2011 | Plato: Meno |
| Sep. 22, 2011 | Aeschylus: Agamemnon |
| Sep. 26, 2011 | Aeschylus: Libation Bearers; Eumenides |
| Sep. 29, 2011 | Plato: Gorgias 447A-481B |
| Oct. 03, 2011 | Plato: Gorgias 481B-527E |
| Oct. 06, 2011 | Plutarch: Lives Lycurgus; Solon |
| Oct. 10, 2011 | Herodotus: History I; II, 50-53, 112-120; III, 37, 38, 66-87 |
| Oct. 13, 2011 | Herodotus: History V, 76-78, 91-93, 105; VI, 48, 56-72, 94-120; VII (entire) |
| Oct. 17, 2011 | Herodotus: History VIII; IX |
| Oct. 20, 2011 | Plato: Republic I-II 367E |
| Oct. 24, 2011 | Plato: Republic II 367E-IV 427C |
| Oct. 27, 2011 | Plato: Republic IV 427D-VI 502C |
| Oct. 31, 2011 | Plato: Republic VI 502D-VII |
| Nov. 03, 2011 | Plato: Republic VIII-IX |
| Nov. 07, 2011 | Plato: Republic X |
| Nov. 10, 2011 | Aristophanes: Clouds |
| Nov. 14, 2011 | Plato: Apology and Crito |
| Nov. 17, 2011 | Plato: Phaedo 57A-84B |
| Nov. 21, 2011 | Plato: Phaedo 84B-118B |
| Nov. 28, 2011 | Thucydides: Peloponnesian War I; II, 1-46 |
| Dec. 01, 2011 | Thucydides: Peloponnesian War II, 47-end; III; IV, 1-41 |
| Dec. 05, 2011 | Thucydides: Peloponnesian War IV, 42-end; V; VI, 1-32 |
| Dec. 08, 2011 | Thucydides: Peloponnesian War VI, 33-end; VII |
| Dec. 12, 2011 | Plato: Symposium beginning-198A |
| Dec. 15, 2011 | Plato: Symposium 198-end |
2011-2012 Seminar Reading List - Spring Semester
| Date | Freshman Reading (Detailed) |
| Jan. 9, 2012 |
Plato: Parmenides beginning-148D, 166C |
| Jan. 12, 2012 |
Plato: Theaetetus beginning-186 |
| Jan. 16, 2012 |
Plato: Theaetetus 187-end |
| Jan. 19, 2012 |
Plato: Sophist beginning-242B |
| Jan. 23, 2012 |
Plato: Sophist 242C -end |
| Jan. 26, 2012 |
Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics - All Aristotle assignments are listed both by book and chapter divisions and by marginal numbers. The marginal line numbers are the same in all editions when they are used. The book divisions are fairly standard, but some editions vary the chapters. When in doubt, follow the marginal line numbers, which should serve as a reliable guide. For January 27 the assignment is Nicomachean Ethics I-II (1094a1-1109b26). |
| Jan. 30, 2012 |
Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics III (1109b27-1119b19) IV 2-3 (1122a19-1125a35) V 1-7 (1129a1- 1135a14) |
| Feb. 2, 2012 |
Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics VI, VII |
| Feb. 6, 2012 |
Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics VIII, IX (1155a1-1172a15) |
| Feb. 9, 2012 |
Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics X (1172a16-1181b24) |
| Feb. 13, 2012 |
Aristotle: Politics I 1-7 (1252a1-1255b40), 12-13 (1259a37-1260b25) III 1-11 (1274b30-1282b13) |
| Feb. 16, 2012 |
Aristotle: Politics III 12-18 (1282b14-1288b6) IV 1-12 (1288b10-1297a13) VII 1-4 (1323a14-1326b26), 7 (1327b18-1328a21) |
| Feb. 20, 2012 |
Sophocles: Oedipus Tyrannus |
| Feb. 23, 2012 |
Sophocles: Oedipus at Colonus |
| Feb. 27, 2012 |
Sophocles: Antigone |
| Mar. 1, 2012 |
Plato: Timaeus Beginning-57 |
| Mar. 19, 2012 |
Aristotle: Physics I (A) 1 (184a10-184b16), 7-9 (189b30-192b7) II (B) (192b8-200b11) |
| Mar. 22, 2012 |
Aristotle: Physics III (G) 1-3 (200b12- 202b19) IV (D) 10-14 (217b30- 224a16) |
| Mar. 26, 2012 |
Aristotle: Physics III (G) 4-6 (202b30- 207a32) IV (D) 1-2 (208a28- 210a13) 4-5 (210b33-213a12) 8 (214b12-216b21) |
| Mar. 29, 2012 |
Aristotle: Physics VIII (q) 1 (250b11- 252b6) 4-7 (254b7-261b26) 9-10 (265a13-267b26) |
| Apr. 2, 2012 |
Sophocles: Philoctetes |
| Apr. 5, 2012 |
Aristotle: Metaphysics I (A) 1-7 (980a21- 988b22) II (a) (993a30- 995a20) |
| Apr. 9, 2012 |
Aristotle: Metaphysics IV (G) 1-4 (1003a21- 1009a5) VII (Ζ) 1-3 (1028a10- 1029b12), 17 (1041a6-b33) |
| Apr. 12, 2012 |
Aristotle: Metaphysics IX (Θ) 6 (1048a25-b36), 8 (1049b4-1051a3) XII (Λ) 1 (1069a18-b7), 6-10 (1071b3- 1076a4) |
| Apr. 16, 2012 |
Euripides: Hippolytus |
| Apr. 19, 2012 |
Euripides: The Bacchae |
| Apr. 23, 2012 |
Aristotle: Poetics |
| Apr. 26, 2012 |
Aristophanes: The Frogs |
| Apr. 30, 2012 |
Aristotle: On the Soul I, 1; II, 1-7, 11-12 |
| May 3, 2012 |
Aristotle: On the Soul III, 1-13 |
| May 7, 2012 |
Plato: Phaedrus beginning-257 |
| May 10, 2012 |
Plato: Phaedrus 257-end |
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