2009 Fall GREEK 63-01
Bulletin Course Description Readings in classical Attic prose literature. Instructor: Staff
(Instructor named in bulletin description above may not be current. For current instructor, see listing below.)
Title INTERMEDIATE GREEK Department GREEK Course Number 2009 Fall 63 Section Number 01 Primary Instructor Huelsenbeck,Bart A Prerequisites Prerequisite: Greek 2 or equivalent.
Synopsis of course content
Reading selected Attic prose combined with review of Greek grammar. We shall
read Plato's "Euthyphro" (the first of the four dialogues on the trial and death of
Socrates) and Lysias' court speech "On the Murder of Eratosthenes," from a case
concerning adultery, homicide, and intrigue.
Textbooks
Platos' Euthyphro; commentary by John E. Hare, second ed.; Bryn Mawr
Commentaries: (ISBN: 092952425X); probably best to purchase this new: this
is the kind of book that a previous owner may well have annotated heavily
(and not necessarily usefully!)
Lysias' On the Murder of Eratosthenes; commentary by R. Scodel, Bryn Mawr
Commentaries: (ISBN: 0929524195); probably best to purchase this new: this
is the kind of book that a previous owner may well have annotated heavily
(and not necessarily usefully!)
H. W. Smyth H. Messing, Greek Grammar (rev. ed. Cambridge, MA 1956):
(ISBN: 0674362500)
Liddell and Scott, An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon; 7th ed.; (ISBN:
0199102066)
Assignments
There will be daily preparations and all should be prepared to present fluent
translations in class. The aim of the course is for the students to achieve facility
and comfort in reading standard Greek prose of the Classical period.
Exams
Regular quizzes and tests and a final examination.
Term Papers
None
Grade to be based on
Class participation, in-class translation, and examinations.
