Courses in Greek (Division 385)

Greek (Ancient) 101. Elementary Greek.

(Elementary Courses)

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.

Greek (Ancient) 102. Elementary Greek.

(Elementary Courses)

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.

Greek (Ancient) 301. Second-Year Greek.

(Elementary Courses)

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.

Greek (Ancient) 302. Second-Year Greek.

(Elementary Courses)

Greek 102. The language requirement is satisfied with the successful completion of both Greek 301 and 302. (4). (LR).

Selections from Homer's Odyssey.

Greek (Ancient) 401. Readings in Classical Greek Prose.

(Intermediate Courses)

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.

Greek (Ancient) 402. Greek Drama.

(Intermediate Courses)

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.

Greek (Ancient) 405. Intermediate Greek.

(Intermediate Courses)

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.

Greek (Ancient) 410. Elementary Greek Prose.

(Advanced Courses)

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.

Greek (Ancient) 435. Fifth-Century Prose.

(Advanced Courses)

Greek 301 and 302. (3; 2 in the half-term). (Excl).

An introduction to Attic and Ionic oratory and history, with emphasis on rapid reading.

Greek (Ancient) 436. Herodotus.

(Advanced Courses)

Greek 301 and 302. (3; 2 in the half-term). (Excl).

Concentrated readings and analysis of Herodotean style. This course comments on relevant problems in Greek history of the sixth and fifth centuries.

Greek (Ancient) 457. Greek Orators.

(Advanced Courses)

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.

Greek (Ancient) 459. Greek Bucolic Poets.

(Advanced Courses)

Greek 301 and 302. (3). (Excl).

Selections from Theocritus, Bion, and Moschus are read and comparisons drawn with the Roman bucolic.

Greek (Ancient) 475/Latin 475. Roman Historiography.

(Advanced Courses)

(3). (Excl).

Survey of Roman historical writing, evading the stylistic masterpieces, concentrating on the sources of historical and chronological data; the aims, doctrines, and influence of antiquarians, and Roman philosophies of history in their Hellenistic and early Christian contexts. Guided readings in the most important works from Polybius to Cassiodorus and instructed use of the standard collections.

Greek (Ancient) 486. Readings in Later Greek Prose.

(Advanced Courses)

Greek 402. (3). (Excl).

Selected works of Lucian and Plutarch which are types of the philosophic essay and of moralistic and historical biography.

Greek (Ancient) 499. Supervised Reading.

(Advanced Courses)

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.

Greek (Ancient) 506. Advanced Greek Composition.

(Advanced Courses)

Greek 410. (3). (Excl).

Develops facility in stylistic composition based on classical Greek models.

Greek (Ancient) 510. The Homeric Hymns.

(Advanced Courses)

Graduate standing or permission of instructor. (3). (Excl).

The Homeric hymns are interpreted as literary texts as well as documents of Greek religion in light of both traditional philological and literary approaches (language, metre, comparison with Homer, etc.) and modern critical methods. Students read the four major hymns and a selection of the minor hymns; the hymns to Hermes and Demeter are interpreted in greater depth.

Greek (Ancient) 516. Aristophanes.

(Advanced Courses)

Greek 301 and 302. (3; 2 in the half-term). (Excl).

Selected plays are read and interpreted carefully as representative specimens of the art of Greek comedy.

Greek (Ancient) 519. Aeschylus.

(Advanced Courses)

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.

Greek (Ancient) 520. Sophocles.

(Advanced Courses)

Greek 402. (3; 2 in the half-term). (Excl).

A detailed study of two plays of Sophocles and rapid reading of several others. Consideration of the theory of tragic form.

Greek (Ancient) 554. Plato: Meno and other Early Dialogues.

(Advanced Courses)

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.

Greek (Ancient) 556. Greek Philosophical Literature I.

(Advanced Courses)

Greek 302. (3). (Excl).

Greek philosophical literature including the Pre-Socratics, Sophists, and Plato's Early Dialogues.

Greek (Ancient) 591. History of Greek Literature, Homer to Sophocles.

(Advanced Courses)

20 credits of Greek. (3; 2 in the half-term). (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.

Greek (Ancient) 599. Supervised Reading in Greek.

(Advanced Courses)

Permission of instructor. (1-4). (Excl). (INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for credit.

Regular reports and conferences required.