PHIL 421
Seminar in Philosophy: Aristotle's Ethics and Politics
Spring 2007 Prof. Cherubin
This vase from the superb Perseus collection
depicts Harmodius (right) and Aristogeiton (left) murdering Hipparchus
in an attempt to depose the tyranny led by his family. A 'tyrant' (turannos)
was any ruler who had attained his position by force as opposed to
lawful means. (I say 'his position' because I know of no female Greek
rulers who were considered tyrants in this sense.) Note that despite
the English meaning of the term 'tyrant,' not all Greek tyrants were
harsh rulers.
On this page you will find links to several kinds of materials
pertaining
to our course. If you would like to suggest further links, please
contact
me at rcherubi (at) gmu.edu.
Prof.
Cherubin's
main page
Syllabus
Reading
assignments (both required reading and supplementary reading;
updated
weekly)
Vocabulary
notes: discussion of ancient Greek terms
Want to look up more Greek words? Perseus
has an online version of the Liddell-Scott-Jones Greek-English Lexicon.
From the main page, click on "Tools" and then on "Dictionary Entry
Lookup." (Note: Perseus has been experiencing server difficulties. If
it is really slow or gives you lots of error messages, try it again at
less-busy times, such as midnight to 6 AM Eastern Time.)
