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SPRING 2010

Greek

CLG102 Beginner's Greek:  Attic Prose
Designed to enable the student to read classical Attic Greek with facility; at the end of the year a selection of short Attic prose will be read. Equal emphasis on acquiring a vocabulary and an understanding of the structure of the language.
Professor Constanze Güthenke
Class:  10-10:50am MTWTh

CLG103 Ancient Greek: An Intensive Introduction
This is an intensive introduction to Greek grammar. It covers in one semester material usually done in the standard two-semester introductory sequence (CLG 101/102). Students who complete this course and then take CLG 105 in the fall will be able to complete the usual three semesters' sequence in two and can fulfill the language requirement by taking only one additional course, typically CLG 108. This course aims at providing a reading knowledge of Classical Greek, quickly.
Professor Brooke Holmes
Class:  12:30-1:20pm MTWThF

CLG108 Homer
To learn to read Homer with pleasure. In addition to providing an introduction to Homeric dialect, oral poetry, and meter, we will discuss literary technique, epic's historical background, and Homer's role in the development of Greek thought.
Professor Joshua T. Katz
Class 1:  9-9:50am MTWTh (Katz)
Class 2:  12:30-1:20pm MTWTh (Thorarinsson)

CLG213 Tragic Drama
A close reading of one Greek tragedy, with supplementary readings (in English and Greek) illustrating the genre and its context.
Professor Janet Downie
Seminar:  11:00am-12:20pm MW


CLG304 Greek Historians:  Thucydides
Intensive examination of Thucydides, with special emphasis on his philosophy of history, historical method, narrative strategies, and the question of his reliability as an historical source for the study of the Peloponnesian War.
Professor Nino Luraghi
Seminar: 11:00am-12:20pm TTh

 

 

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