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COURSES - FALL 2008

GREEK

CLG101 Beginner's Greek: Greek Grammar
Designed to enable the student to read classical Attic Greek with facility; at the end of the year a short Platonic dialogue or comparable text will be read. Equal emphasis on acquiring a vocabulary and an understanding of the structure of the language.
Professor Brooke Holmes
Class: 12:30-1:20pm MTWTh - Blaire Hall T5

CLG105 Socrates
This course aims to build fluency in reading Greek prose. Its subject matter focuses on Socrates as reflected in some of Plato's dialogues.
Professor Janet Downie
Class 01: 9:00-9:50am MTWTh - Firestone B-03-J

CLG213 Tragic Drama
A close reading of Greek tragedy (one play to be read in full, with supplementary readings in Greek) plays.
Professor Andrew Ford
Seminar: 11:00am-12:20pm TTh - Firestone B-03-J


CLG301 Plato
The course provides an introduction both to Plato's philosophy and to Plato's art of writing. Accordingly, the emphasis will be put on language, dialogical form and philosophical content.
Professor Constanze Güthenke
Seminar: 11:00am-12:20pm TTh - East Pyne 215

CLG307 Homer and the Epic Tradition
The aim of this course is to gain close familiarity with the imagination and artistry of Homer's Odyssey, surely one of the most enduring masterpieces of Greek literature. To that end, we will read a substantial amount in Greek, the rest in English translation, with attention to the epic language, structure, themes, conventions and values of the entire poem. Selected secondary readings in Homeric criticism and other relevant materials.
Professor Froma Zeitlin
Seminar:  1:30-2:50 Tuesday & Friday - East Pyne 111

 

 

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