Greek
(For descriptions of majors and minors, see Classics.)
Courses
101. Elementary Greek
A two-semester course that covers the essential grammar of classical Greek and introduces students to the reading of simple Attic prose. Resources in the audio lab and the computer lab will assist students in proper pronunciation and in drill and review.
(Nancy Evans)
Intermediate courses
The following 200-level courses are open to students who have successfully completed Greek 101; students who have previously studied Greek must take the department's placement test. These courses do not form sequences. Each course combines grammatical study and review with practice in close reading and textual analysis. Students will learn how to study and do research in specific disciplines in both primary and secondary materials. Readings in the original are supplemented by readings in English; critical writing in English is stressed. These courses will frequently be offered as connections courses.
213/313. Theologia: Religious and Philosophical Inquiry
Talking about God in Greek: hymns, narratives, myths, catechisms. Translation and analysis of key texts: Homer and Hesiod, Pre-Socratics and Hellenistic philosophers, Septuagint and New Testament, neo-Platonists.
(Nancy Evans)
215/315. Private Lives and Public Citizens
A study of the Greek household of the Classical era. Key texts include Xenophon's Oeconomicus and Lysias's Murder of Eratosthenes.
(Nancy Evans)
219/319. Euclid and Greek Mathematics
A study of the origins and development of Greek mathematics. Selections primarily from Books I-VI of Euclid's Elements, but with additional materials from late Greek mathematicians.
Greek 319 is the section for more advanced Greek language students, and includes additional readings from Greek mathematic and scientific texts.
(Joel C. Relihan)
222/322. Homer, Iliad
Achilles and Hector at the walls of Troy. Selections from the Iliad.
(Nancy Evans)
224/324. Homer, Odyssey
The wanderings of Odysseus. Selections from the Odyssey, Books 9 - 12.
226/326. Attic Drama
The tragic hero. Selections from Sophocles and Euripides.
(Keeley C. Schell)
290/291. Tutorial in Coptic
A year-long course introducing students of Greek to the study of Sahidic Coptic. The first semester covers basic grammar; the second semester is devoted to the study of Coptic Biblical texts and their Greek originals and then to Coptic Gnostic texts.
(Joel C. Relihan)
Advanced courses
The department's 300-level courses concentrate exclusively on the improvement of Greek language skills. Students in the 300-level versions of the above intermediate courses read the Latin texts covered in the courses with which they meet and other, related texts. Greek and Classics majors are strongly urged to take 351 and 352 in sequence.
351. Elementary Greek Prose Composition