Course Description
Review of Classical Attic Greek grammar, as needed, plus selected readings in Herodotus and Euripides.
Athena Title
Intermediate Greek I
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in GREK 2001W
Prerequisite
GREK 1002 or GREK 2060
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
STUDENTS WILL LEARN HOW TO TRANSLATE CLASSICAL GREEK PROSE AND TRAGEDY. COURSE WORK WILL CONSIST OF DAILY TRANSLATION, BOTH PREPARED AND AT SIGHT. STUDENTS WILL ALSO READ SOME SECONDARY LITERATURE ABOUT THE WORKS BEING TRANSLATED AND WILL HAVE SOME WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS.
Topical Outline
WEEKS 1-8: TRANSLATION OF SELECTIONS FROM BOOKS 1-6 OF HERODOTOS' HISTORIES WEEKS 9-15: TRANSLATION OF ONE COMPLETE TRAGEDY BY EURIPIDES. TRANSLATION ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY WEEKLY QUIZZES AND PERIODIC TESTS.
General Education Core
CORE IV: World Languages and Global CultureSyllabus