2009 Fall GREEK 201-01
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Title READINGS IN GREEK LIT Department GREEK Course Number 2009 Fall 201 Section Number 01 Primary Instructor Gonzalez,Jose M. Prerequisites
Synopsis of course content
The goals of this course are to help you:
1. improve the facility and speed with which you read Greek prose and poetry
2. read the Greek Reading List
3. develop your understanding of texts as cultural artifacts within given social, political, economic, and literary matrices
4. familiarize you with aspects of Greek literary history (periodization, social occasion, generic conventions, intertextuality, etc.)
You will be expected to read the equivalent of 17 OCT pages of Greek per session. In class you will be asked to construe the Greek from a clean copy of the text. You are welcome to use whatever method of preparation best suits you. But during class you may not rely on annotated texts, vocabulary lists, or written-out translations. We will only be able to review a fraction of the assigned reading. Be ready to ask questions about the rest. Exams will cover all assigned material.
Textbooks
Required
1. Usher, S. "Greek Orators III: Isocrates, Panegyricus and Ad Nicoclem". Aris & Phillips. ISBN 9780856684142
2. Sheets, G.A. "Herodotus, Book 1". Bryn Mawr Commentaries. ISBN 0929524136
3. Hunter, R.L. "Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica Book 3". Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521312363
4. Ross, W.D. "Aristotelis Politica". Oxford Classical Texts. ISBN 9780198145158
5. Yunis, H. "Demosthenes, On the Crown". Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521629300
6. Copies of Pindar's "Olympian 1" and "Pythian 4" will be distributed in class
Recommended
1. Liddell, H.G. and R. Scott, eds. "Abridged Greek-English Lexicon". ISBN 0199102074 (You should seriously consider buying a "Big LSJ" and using it regularly)
2. Smyth, H.W. "Greek Grammar". Harvard University Press. ISBN 0674788109
Assignments
Daily translation and discussion of the texts
Exams
Three hourly tests
Final exam
Term Papers
None
Grade to be based on
50% Daily translation
30% Hourly tests
20% Final exam
