Lendon was an absolute pleasure. He is a brilliant, charismatic, bombastic, and hilarious educator. He presents the material in such an entertaining way and has an idiosyncratic interpretation of historical events that adds an extra element. That being said, most of the grading is done by the TAs (except for the unlucky few who had their papers graded by Lendon so he could show the TAs how to do it properly,) and so your final evaluation lies mostly on how lax or easy of a grader they are. My TA was definitely very chill. With that came what seemed to be little preparation on his part for discussions. Discussion section topics were pretty much left up to the students, to as questions and voice opinions, etc. However, Mr. Tennant was very nice and helpful with papers, matters outside of class. To do well in this class, you have to do well on the mid-term and final, which are very formidable exams. However, Lendon does require you to buy a study guide that lists all of the terms, essays, and works you need to be acquainted with to do these finals. As long as you do the reading each week (which can be petty demanding,) and go over the study sheets the week you go over the material, you should be good.

Professor Lendon is definitely energetic and his lectures are certainly entertaining. With regards to content, his lectures can be said to complement the readings, and occasionally lend some analytical insight into the "so what?" questions. The material is pretty interesting and the course is definitely concentrate on the political developments rather than the arts and philosophy.

The material can be tough because one is required to have a strong grasp of a lot of little details. I would caution students with extensive backgrounds in history to take a special note of the need to learn all theses details. After a couple of years of taking upper level courses that don't stress learning a bunch of dates, locations, names etc., it is tough to bring oneself to actually commit to learning 25 words a week.

Overall, a worthwhile course that was entertaining. I would just caution people against taking it to lightly, as I did.

This class has a heavy reading load, and much like most history classes, the exams and papers are challenging. However Lendon is an extremely engaging lecturer and the material is interesting. The discussions are a waste of time, but overall I would recommend the class.

The class has a lot of reading involved, but the material is very easy to read if you are at all interested in Ancient Greek history. Prof Lendon is also a great speaker and is always prepared for lecture. He always makes the lectures interesting by building in a joke in the beginning of class and having many examples of humorous Greek legends and stories to relate to the material we are discussing, in fact Lendon's lecture was the first class I did not fall asleep in.

Great class. Tough but worthwhile.

Great class, Lendon is hilarious and really knowledgeable and accessible. There is a ton of reading and if you don't do basically all of it you will not do well on the midterm and final, but the readings themselves are mostly interesting and not too difficult. Definitely go to lecture if for no other reason than to hear Lendon because he is great, although his lectures are very much a repeat of most of the stuff covered in the readings. Definitely a great class, worth the workload. Not hard to get a good grade in if you put in the effort.

Very entertaining lectures! Not as scary as he may initially seem

Definitely do the reading. There is reading for lecture and additional reading for discussion. This class requires attendance and thorough reading to get a B. Lendon is a very enthusiastic lecturer and makes the class worthwhile.

Hard class with lots and lots of reading but really enjoyable!

The class was extremely interesting; Lendon is definitely passionate about Greek history and he knows what he's talking about. Readings were intense and I wouldn't recommending taking this class with other reading intensive courses because of the nature of the reading (a lot of scattered/difficult names, dates, and places) but it will definitely improve your skills as a history major.