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No knowledge of Greek is assumed. Vocabulary and syntax of the classical language.

Continuation of CLASSGRK 1. Vocabulary and syntax of the classical language.

Vocabulary and syntax of the classical language. Prerequisite: CLASSGRK 2 or equivalent placement. CLASSGRK 3 fulfills University language requirement.

This is a one term intensive class in Biblical Greek. After quickly learning the basics of the language, we will then dive right into readings from the New Testament and the Septuagint, which is the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible. By the end of the term everyone will be able to read the Greek Bible with ease. No previous knowledge of Greek required.

This is a continuation of the Winter Quarter Biblical Greek Course. We will be reading selections primarily from the New Testament (both Gospels and Epistles) as well as focusing on knowledge of key vocabulary and grammar needed to read the Greek Bible with ease. Readings will be supplemented with sections from the Septuagint and Early Christian texts (Apostolic Fathers and Early Creeds). Pre-requisite: ClassGrk 5 or a similar introductory course in Ancient Greek.

Introduction to reading continuous Greek prose (Plato, Lucian, Herodotus). Prose style, reading fluency, vocabulary building, and grammar review.

Read and compare Xenophon's and Plato's approaches to desire. Then we will move to earlier poetry and read Sappho, Anacreon, Alcman, Ibycus, and other lyric poetry on eros. Review of grammar and vocabulary also included. Classics majors and minors may repeat for credit with advance approval from the Director of Undergraduate Studies.

Selections from Homer's Iliad in Greek, aimed at enabling students to master Homeric language in order to read the poetry with precision and pleasure. In addition, the class will read the entire Iliad in English; discussions will focus on Homeric style, narrative technique, world-view and the history of interpretation. Classics majors and minors must take for a letter grade and may repeat for credit with advance approval from the Director of Undergraduate Studies.

The primary focus of this class will be Euripides' Medea. Accordingly, we will read the classic tragedy from cover to cover, in Greek. In order to facilitate discussion of (e.g.) prosody, meter, and interpretive problems, we will employ Mastronarde's excellent Cambridge commentary. In order to contextualize Euripides' particular version of the Medea-myth, we will also consider several alternatives (e.g. Neophron's or Pasolini's Medea, or the Policoro hydria). Classics majors and minors must take for a letter grade and may repeat for credit with advance approval from the Director of Undergraduate Studies.

The Athenians enjoyed their oratory¿a bit too much, according to Thucydides, who added some of the finest specimens himself. We will read in Greek a selection of speeches, mostly forensic ones by Antiphon and Lysias, but also one example each of the two other rhetoric genres. Our primary objective is to increase comprehension and enjoyment of Attic oratory, but we will also pay attention to Athenian history and culture.

Euclid and Archimedes. Reading texts from Greek science. The relationship between form and meaning in the presentation of scientific information, introduction to Greek Paleography. Classics majors and minors must take for a letter grade and may repeat for credit with advance approval from the Director of Undergraduate Studies.

(First-year graduate students register for 275A,B.) Review of Greek grammar and instruction in Greek prose composition skills. Begins sixth week of Winter Quarter and continues through Spring Quarter. Classics majors and minors must take course for letter grade. Prerequisite for undergraduates: three years of Greek.

(First-year graduate students register for 275A,B.) Review of Greek grammar and instruction in Greek prose composition skills. Begins sixth week of Winter Quarter and continues through Spring Quarter. Classics majors and minors must take course for letter grade. Prerequisite for undergraduates: three years of Greek.

The primary focus of this class will be Euripides' Medea. Accordingly, we will read the classic tragedy from cover to cover, in Greek. In order to facilitate discussion of (e.g.) prosody, meter, and interpretive problems, we will employ Mastronarde's excellent Cambridge commentary. In order to contextualize Euripides' particular version of the Medea-myth, we will also consider several alternatives (e.g. Neophron's or Pasolini's Medea, or the Policoro hydria). Classics majors and minors must take for a letter grade and may repeat for credit with advance approval from the Director of Undergraduate Studies.

The Athenians enjoyed their oratory¿a bit too much, according to Thucydides, who added some of the finest specimens himself. We will read in Greek a selection of speeches, mostly forensic ones by Antiphon and Lysias, but also one example each of the two other rhetoric genres. Our primary objective is to increase comprehension and enjoyment of Attic oratory, but we will also pay attention to Athenian history and culture.

(First-year graduate students register for 275A,B.) Review of Greek grammar and instruction in Greek prose composition skills. Begins sixth week of Winter Quarter and continues through Spring Quarter. Classics majors and minors must take course for letter grade. Prerequisite for undergraduates: three years of Greek.

(First-year graduate students register for 275A,B.) Review of Greek grammar and instruction in Greek prose composition skills. Begins sixth week of Winter Quarter and continues through Spring Quarter. Classics majors and minors must take course for letter grade. Prerequisite for undergraduates: three years of Greek.

We will perform a detailed reading of the Aristotelian text, including careful translation. Apart from issues relevant to textual transmission, discussion of varied commentaries and comparisons among different translations, we will also discuss the text in the context of fourth century BC poetic and philosophical discourses as well as performance practices. Reading of earlier poetic texts (with an emphasis on tragedy) will be included.