GREEK Course Descriptions for 2007-2008

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GREEK 1CFUNDAMENTALSCLAXTON, C.In this final quarter of beginning Classical Greek, we will complete the remaining chapters our textbook. We will also read selected passages from various authors, including Aesop, Xenophon, and Herodotus. Weekly quizzes, midterm, and final examination. Prerequisite: Greek 1B or equivalent.
GREEK 98DIRECTED GROUP STDYSTAFF
GREEK 99SPEC STUDIES: GREEKSTAFF
GREEK 104GREEK POETRY:HOMERKARANIKA, A.The aim of this course is to enhance our reading skills of ancient Greek poetry while also interpreting one of the most important texts of World Literature. We will read closely the entire book 6, and selections from book 11 and 12 of Homer’s Odyssey. One of the most graceful episodes of the Odyssey is the encounter between Odysseus and Nausicaa in Book 6, the book that marks the beginning of the “real” Odyssey and that brings to focus Odysseus as a storyteller of his own adventures and a hero. In Book 6, past and present meet to prepare the future and final stages of the heroic homecoming. We will also read selected passages of Odysseus’ storytelling (from books 11 and 12). We will do a review of Greek grammar, with a focus on Homeric grammar and syntax but also read and discuss brief scholarly work on the Odyssey and epic oral tradition.