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Classical Studies.....where Do I begin?

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  • 09-11-2007 12:40pm
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    lilmissprincess
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    I'm doing Classics on my own, and I have all books and the syllabus, but I have no idea where I'm meant to start from. First Topic I'm doing is Alexander the Great, and I have notes from cai-teachers.ie....but where do I begin? Whats the starting point?

    My other topics are Greek Drama, Ancient Epic and The Philosopher in Society.


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    Léan
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    Basically just learn off the battles from Alexander the Great, there's a load of them there :/ We spent most of last year doing them.
    Can't really help you with the rest, we've just finished poets at the moment and haven't done the other topics you mentioned.


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    failsafe
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    A good way to start would be just to read through the story. I read the Arrian version (only a slimmed down copy) which was an easy enough read and had some good illustrations of the battle formations.

    Here's a link to the book on amazon linky

    And here's where me and a few others will be building a collection of Classical Studies notes that you might find useful (or want to help us build!) over the course of the year:
    http://www.zulunotes.com/wiki/index.php/Classical_Studies
    (so far I've only started on Roman Art and Architecture)


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