| GREEK 1B | FUNDAMENTALS | KARANIKA, A. | This course is a continuation of first-year Greek and we will complete another seventeen lessons of our beginning book, From Alpha to Omega. Strict attention will be paid to the mastery of forms and syntax and we will also increase our reading skills. Weekly quizzes, midterm, and final examination. Prerequisite: Greek 1A, equivalent, or permission of instructor. The course will help students fulfill General Education requirement VI (Language Other Than English) as well as the School of Humanities foreign language requirement. |
| GREEK 103 | THE THIRTY | CLAXTON, C. | After the end of the Peloponnesian War in 404 BCE, Athens was ruled by a brief and brutal oligarchy known as "The Thirty Tyrants" which lasted about eight months. The main sources for this event are Xenophan, Hellenica 2.1-4; Ath. Pol. 34-40; Diodorus 14.3-6, 32-3; Lysias XII and XIII; and Plutarch's Life of Lysander. In this class, we will explore some of the primary sources for this time period in Athenian history by reading Lysias XII. Against Eratosthenese. in Greek and a selection of the other sources in English. If time permits, we will read selections from additional sources in Greek as well. When reading Lysias' speech, special attention will be paid to accurate grammatical understanding, increasing vocabulary and the speed of reading as well as to the historical details of these events. |