Greek Course Descriptions

Fall. Introduction to the fundamental principles of classical Greek. Students will attain as rapidly as possible the ability to read and understand literary works.

Spring. Continuation of Greek 101. Further study of forms and syntax, followed by reading from one or more authors.

An intensive introduction to the fundamentals of classical Greek grammar and syntax. Students will attain as rapidly as possible the ability to read and interpret ancient works in Attic Greek.

Fall. A review of grammar and introduction to Greek prose through selections from one or more authors such as Plato, Herodotus, Lysias, and Xenophon.

Spring. Selected reading in Homer's Iliad or Odyssey, with attention to poetic art as well as grammar and syntax.

Credit, one to four hours.

Reading of one or more works by philosophical writers such as Plato, Aristotle, or the Sophists, with attention to philosophical content and literary form.

Reading of one or more tragedies by Aeschylus, Sophocles, or Euripides, with attention to language, staging, and dramatic form and meaning.

Reading of one or more tragedies by Aeschylus, Sophocles, or Euripides, with attention to language, staging, and dramatic form and meaning.

Reading of Herodotus, Thucydides, or other historians, with attention to historical aims, critical methods, and literary art.

Reading in Homer's Iliad or Odyssey, with attention to language, oral style, and poetic interpretation.

Reading of one or more works by the Attic orators, with attention to historical, legal, and literary issues.

Reading of one or more plays by Aristophanes, with attention to the political background and dramatic conventions of old Attic comedy.

Selected reading from the lyric poets of Archaic Greece with discussion of genre, myth, and poetic strategy.

Topics will vary; the course may be repeated for credit as topic varies.

May be repeated as topic varies.

Credit, two to four hours.

Credit, one to four hours. Advanced supervised reading in Greek literature.