Syllabus
How many quizzes are there in this course?
10
Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey?
Homer
Thales thought what was the course of all things?
Water
Is there an exam for this course?
No
Who wrote the Theogony?
Hesiod
Anaximander thought what was the source of all material?
Apeiron
Are you permitted to use generative AI in this course?
No
Gaia is the personification of what natural object?
Earth
Anaximenes thought what was the source of all matter?
Air
When is Summary 1 due?
Sept 30
Ouranos is the personification of what?
Sky
Xenophanes was famous for the first critique of what?
Anthropomorphic gods
What must you submit with all written assignments?
A copy of the rough notes/draft
Prior to the presocratics, Gods were appealed to in order to explain what?
Everything, esp. natural phenomena
What area were all these early presocratics from?
Asia Minor/ Ionia / modern-day Turkey