Classical Greek (Division 385)

Elementary Courses

101. Elementary Greek. Graduate students should elect the course as Greek 502. (4). (LR).
Introduction to Greek grammar and reading of simple selections from Plato to the New Testament.

102. Elementary Greek. Greek 101. No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in 103, 310, or 503. Graduate students should elect the course as Greek 503. (4). (LR).
A continuation of Greek 101, with more extended readings from classical Greek prose authors and a first introduction to Greek literature.

301. Second-Year Greek. Greek 102. The language requirement is satisfied with the successful completion of both Greek 301 and 302. Graduate students should elect the course as Greek 507. (4). (LR).
Selections from Attic prose.

302. Second-Year Greek. Greek 102. The language requirement is satisfied with the successful completion of both Greek 301 and 302. (4). (LR).
Selections from Homer's Odyssey.

307/ACABS 307. The Synoptic Gospels: Matthew, Mark and Luke. Greek 101 and 102; and permission of instructor. (3). (Excl).
Careful attention is paid to the morphology and syntax of Koine Greek, particularly as the morphology and syntax contrasts with Attic Greek. The three Gospels are read in their entirety, with close attention paid to stylistic differences in the accounts.

308/ACABS 308. The Acts of the Apostles. Greek 101 and 102; and permission of instructor. (3). (Excl).
A continuation of Greek 307, with greater attention to New Testament idiom and style. Special attention is given to selected vocabulary: the etymology and the shift in meaning as the words are used in Attic, Hellenistic and Koine Greek.

Intermediate Courses

401. Readings in Classical Greek Prose. Greek 302. (3). (HU). May be repeated for a total of nine credits.
Selected readings from Greek prose authors of the fifth and fourth centuries. Different authors/works are considered from one year to the next.

402. Greek Drama. Greek 302. (3). (HU). May be repeated for a total of nine credits.
Three plays from Greek drama of the fifth century are read and discussed as typical examples of Greek tragedy and comedy.

405. Intermediate Greek. Three terms of Greek. (3). (LR). May be repeated for a total of six credits.
Reading from works of moderate difficulty by representative Greek authors, with attention to mode of thought and manner of expression.

Advanced Courses

410. Elementary Greek Prose. Greek 302. (3). (Excl).
Practice in writing correct Attic Greek idiom. The course includes weekly compositions along with grammatical and stylistic exercises, not only in Greek prose but also epigrams.

435. Fifth-Century Prose. Greek 301 and 302. (3). (Excl).
An introduction to Attic and Ionic oratory and history, with emphasis on rapid reading.

436. Herodotus. Greek 301 and 302. (3). (Excl).
Concentrated readings and analysis of Herodotean style. This course comments on relevant problems in Greek history of the sixth and fifth centuries.

457. Greek Orators. Greek 302. (3). (Excl).
Reading and interpretation of selected speeches by representative orators of the fourth century B.C., with attention both to style and to the legal and historical background.

485/ACABS 427. The Gospel of Mark in Greek. One to two years Greek or the equivalent. (3). (Excl).
Reading of the Gospel of Mark with exegesis of selected passages covering the essential philological, historical, and theological problems of the work.

486. Readings in Later Greek Prose. Greek 402. (3). (Excl).
Selected works of Lucian and Plutarch which are types of the philosophic essay and of moralistic and historical biography.

499. Supervised Reading. Permission of instructor. (1-4). (Excl). May not be included in a concentration plan in Greek Language and Literature or Classical Languages and Literatures. (INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for credit.
Regular reports and conferences required.

506. Advanced Greek Composition. Greek 410. (3). (Excl).
Develops facility in stylistic composition based on classical Greek models.

516. Aristophanes. Greek 301 and 302. (3). (Excl).
Selected plays are read and interpreted carefully as representative specimens of the art of Greek comedy.

519. Aeschylus. Greek 402. (3). (Excl).
Detailed study of two or more plays of Aeschylus, with particular attention to the early development of tragedy as a dramatic form.

554. Plato: Meno and other Early Dialogues. Greek 302. (3). (Excl).
This course serves as an introduction to epistemology (theory of knowledge) in Classical Greek philosophy. The Theaetetus is important both for understanding Plato's views of how the mind works and for its digression on the views of the sophist, Protagoras. In this course we translate Plato's dialogue along with other texts relevant to the study of ancient Greek epistemology. These include fragments of the Sophists, parts of Aristotle's De Anima, as well as some readings in Alexander of Aphrodisias and Plotinus. We will also work with several recent English commentaries.

556. Greek Philosophical Literature I. Greek 302. (3). (Excl).
Greek philosophical literature including the Pre-Socratics, Sophists, and Plato's Early Dialogues.

591. History of Greek Literature, Homer to Sophocles. 20 credits of Greek. (3). (Excl).
A survey of the development of Greek literature from the beginning to the Periclean Age, including epic, lyric, tragedy (Aeschylus and Sophocles), and the beginnings of philosophy and historiography. Lectures and assigned readings.

599. Supervised Reading in Greek. Permission of instructor. (1-4). (Excl). (INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for credit.
Regular reports and conferences required.

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