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Essentials of the Greek Language
A two-semester approach to ancient Greek with special emphasis on developing facility in rapid reading of Greek literature. Selections from Attic Greek authors. No previous knowledge of Greek is required.
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Introduction to Greek Literature
Introduction to Greek literature through intensive reading. Prerequisite: GREK 0200, GREK 0110, or the equivalent. This course focuses on translation and comprehension of Classical Greek prose. The goal is to expand your vocabulary, increase your ease with morphology, and deepen your understanding of syntax as each of these elements of the language interact with each other. The primary text will be Plato’s Symposium, in which Socrates and other guests at a drinking party consider the nature of love, ἔρως and its role in personal relationships, education, and even politics.
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Poetry of Gods and Heroes
Readings in early Greek hymns, creation myths (especially Hesiod's Theogony), and short poems about human struggle and values.
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The Greek Chorus
One of the most striking features of Greek drama is the presence of a chorus whose members dance, sing, and contribute to the dramatic action in ways that puzzle modern audiences. Besides the drama, choruses are also found in other genres: in victory odes for champions of athletic competitions, in hymns to gods and goddesses, and in other forms such as the dithyramb. In this class, we will read a representative selection of choral lyric, from Alcman to Aristophanes, including major figures such as Pindar, Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides.
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Imperial Greek Prose
How did Greek literature evolve under the Roman Empire? In this course we survey Greek prose literature of the 2nd-4th centuries CE, in particular trends related to what might be called “the Long Second Sophistic.” Authors and topics we study include: figures traditionally associated with the Second Sophistic (Dio Chrysostom, Philostratus, Lucian, Aristides), the Greek novel, rhetorical theory and textbooks, biographical literature, travel-writing (Pausanias), Athenian-trained Christian rhetors such as the Cappadocian Fathers, and the concept of paideia and its relationship to specialized disciplines such as medicine and logic.
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- MacDougall
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Special Topics
Section numbers vary by instructor. Please check Banner for the correct section number and CRN to use when registering for this course.
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- Hanink
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- Debrohun
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- Nieto Hernandez
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- Pucci
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- Scafuro
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Conference: Especially for Honors Students
Section numbers vary by instructor. Please check Banner for the correct section number and CRN to use when registering for this course.
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- Reed
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- Nieto Hernandez
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- Pucci
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- Hanink
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Political Trials: Treason and Accountability in Fourth Century Athens
In studying trials of treason and accountability, we shall examine the
democratic ideologies and political factionalism that fueled the
trials and also the legal armature that rendered them possible. Our
sources for the most part are speeches written by the Attic orators
(Demosthenes, Aeschines, Lycourgos, Deinarchos, and Hypereides) and
include impeachment trials for treason by commission of adultery, for
having the wrong dream in the Amphiareion, for leaving Athens in
wartime; an accountability trial for treasonous conduct while serving
on an embassy; and trials (including the prosecution of Demosthenes)
for accepting bribes from Alexander’s agent, Harpalos.
- Primary Instructor
- Scafuro
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Preliminary Exam Preparation
For graduate students who have met the tuition requirement and are paying the registration fee to continue active enrollment while preparing for a preliminary examination.
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- E: Grad Enrollment Fee/Dist Prep
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Reading and Research
Section numbers vary by instructor. Please check Banner for the correct section number and CRN to use when registering for this course. Instructor permission required.
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- Reed
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- MacDougall
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- Debrohun
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- Hanink
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- Gill
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- Nieto Hernandez
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- Kidd
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- Oliver
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- Scafuro
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- Papaioannou
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Thesis Preparation
For graduate students who have met the residency requirement and are continuing research on a full time basis.
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