{"id":233,"date":"2025-07-29T15:17:56","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T15:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/program-philosophy\/?page_id=233"},"modified":"2025-08-26T20:46:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T20:46:18","slug":"materials","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/program-philosophy\/materials\/","title":{"rendered":"Materials"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-233\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-233-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-233-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-233-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>In addition to the books below for purchase, I will give each of you well before departure (probably before spring break) a binder of readings, some of which are about the trip (e.g., itinerary) and some of which are readings for the seminars (e.g., Paul\u2019s First Letter to the Corinthians, some modern Greek poetry).<\/p>\n<p>Getting your books on an electronic device saves on packing weight and cost, although some versions can make for clumsy thumbing through of pages for our seminar discussions (\u201cBut then look here in the second paragraph on page 37\u2026\u201d). It\u2019s your call. (Each year some students, as they need more space in their suitcases during the trip, donate their copies of books they\u2019re done with to the hotels\u2019 reading library for other guests.).<\/p>\n<p>One other warning\u2014this one about buying used copies of books through vendors like Amazon.com: recent student experience has shown that choosing a used copy under the new book listing often doesn\u2019t get you a copy of the same translation. For example, when you might THINK you\u2019re purchasing a used copy of Svarlien\u2019s translation of Euripides\u2019 Medea, you\u2019re just as likely to be getting some quite outdated translation, which goes by (of course) the same title but might be translated with thou and thee. Many listings of used copies on Amazon.com don\u2019t provide the information on the translator. I\u2019ve chosen these translations for a reason; not just any translation will do.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-233-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-233-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-233-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>These good, modern translations are portable and affordable, as all\u00a0are from Hackett Publishing Company.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Euripides\u2019 Medea, translated by Diane Arnson Svarlien; introduction and notes by Robin Mitchell-Boyask, 2008 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Medea-Euripides\/dp\/0872209237\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1248743160&amp;sr=8-1\">978-0-87220-923-7<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Aeschylus\u2019 Oresteia, translated by Peter Meineck, 1998 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Oresteia-Aeschylus\/dp\/0872203905\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1248743228&amp;sr=8-1\">978-0-87220-390-7<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Sophocles\u2019 Antigone, translated by Paul Woodruff, 2001 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Antigone-Hackett-Classics-Sophocles\/dp\/0872205711\">978-0872205710<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Plato\u2019s The Trial and Death of Socrates, 3rd edition (translated by G.M.A. Grube and revised by John M. Cooper), 2000 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Trial-Death-Socrates-3rd\/dp\/087220555X\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1248743599&amp;sr=8-1\">978-0-87220-554-1<\/a>) [Note that we\u2019ll be reading only the work The Apology in this volume, and the death scene from the Phaedo.]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-233-1-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-233-1-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-c67d20f9f743-233\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/205\/2025\/07\/2012-pose.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/205\/2025\/07\/2012-pose.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/205\/2025\/07\/2012-pose-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/205\/2025\/07\/2012-pose-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" alt=\"Six people stand outdoors in front of green foliage, holding books and interacting with each other, appearing engaged in conversation or study.\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to the books below for purchase, I will give each of you well before departure (probably before spring break) a binder of readings, some of which are about the trip (e.g., itinerary) and some of which are readings for the seminars (e.g., Paul\u2019s First Letter to the Corinthians, some modern Greek poetry). 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