Greek 38: Studies in Greek

TTh 3-4:15 p.m.

2405B (Classics Library)

Office Hours: Wednesdays 9-11 a.m.

Schedule

Professor Donna Wilson

2407 Boylan

951-5560

dwilson@brooklyn.cuny.edu

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This is a reading course in ancient Greek for students who have passed the intermediate level. We shall read selections from Homer's Iliad. Although the focus of our work will be on reading the Greek, we shall consider issues of critical interpretation along the way.

TEXTS

Homeri Ilias (van Thiel, ed)

Cunliffe, A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect

Recommended Reading: G Nagy, Best of the Achaeans

REQUIREMENTS AND EVALUATION

1) Attendance and Participation (25%)

Students will be allowed 2 absences without penalty; excessive lateness will be treated as an absence as well.
Students should prepare each day's assigned reading before coming to class; i.e., be prepared to read the Greek text, discuss grammatical and syntactical features of the passage, and translate it into English.

2) Periodic translation quizzes (15%)

3) Three one-hour translation exams (45%)

4) Class presentation / 2 - 4 pg. written project (15%). Topics will be assigned the first day of class.

SCHEDULE

We shall start the semester reading approximately 100 - 150 lines a week and increase the pace with a goal of reading 4 - 500 lines a week. We will not necessarily cover in class all the lines assigned for each day. Thus, assignments for each class period will be made the class before until we come up to speed. If you must miss a class, be sure to get the next assignment from the instructor or a classmate.

1/30	Introduction	12/1	*Prepare Iliad* 1.1-32**
2/6	No Class	2/8	*Prepare Iliad* 1.32-67 Reports:Sims, Betti**
2/13	Monday schedule	2/15	*Prepare Iliad* 1.68-100 Reports: Borishansky, DeVoe**
2/20	Prepare Iliad 1.100-129 Report: Luhrs	2/22	*Prepare Iliad* 1.130-171**
2/27	*Prepare Iliad* 1.172-222**	3/1	*Prepare Iliad* 1.223-258**
3/5	*Prepare Iliad* 1.259-303 Choose any ten lines in the Iliad, scan them, and be prepared to recite them in class. (You do not have to memorize them!)**	3/7	*Prepare Iliad* 1.303-356**
3/13		3/15	*Prepare Iliad* 1.356-412**
3/19	Prepare Iliad 1.413-456	3/22	*Prepare Iliad* 1.457-510**
3/27	First Hour Exam Iliad 1.1-510	3/29	*Prepare Iliad* 1.511-550 FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 7:30 P.M.: PIZZA AND HOMER AT PROF. WILSON'S APARTMENT.**
4/3	No class	4/5	*Prepare Iliad* 19.1-153**
4/10	Spring break	4/12	Spring break
4/17	*Prepare Iliad* 19.154-265**	4/19	*Prepare Iliad* 19.266-337**
4/24	*Prepare Iliad* 19.338-424**	4/26	*Exam 2 over Iliad* 1.510-end and 19**
5/1	Prepare Iliad 24.1-158	5/3	*Prepare Iliad* 24.159-246 7:30 PM, PIZZA AND HOMER (at sight, picking up at line 246) AT PROF. WILSON'S.**
5/8	*Prepare Iliad* 24.247-348**	5/10	*Prepare Iliad* 24.349-447**
5/15	no class	5/24	*THIRD EXAM 3:30-5:00 over Iliad* 24.1-xx.**

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