Greek (GREK)
A first course in Greek language involving a systematic introduction to Attic or Homeric Greek through an intensive study of grammar, syntax, and vocabulary.
GPA units: 1
Common Area: Language Studies
Typically Offered: Annually
A first course in Greek language involving a systematic introduction to Attic or Homeric Greek through an intensive study of grammar, syntax, and vocabulary.
GPA units: 1
Common Area: Language Studies
Typically Offered: Annually
Translation and analysis of Greek prose and poetry, with close attention to grammar and syntax. Students without the prerequisite should consult the department.
Prerequisite: GREK 102 or equivalent.
GPA units: 1
Common Area: Language Studies
Typically Offered: Annually
Translation and analysis of Greek prose and poetry, with close attention to grammar and syntax. Students without the prerequisite should consult the department.
Prerequisite: GREK 213 or equivalent. Students who have taken any higher level GREK course may not enroll in GREK 214.
GPA units: 1
Common Area: Language Studies
Typically Offered: Annually
The GREK 301 seminars offer students the opportunity to study a variety of themes and authors in ancient Greek literature. The topics of the seminars change each semester, and typically one seminar is offered per semester. Students may take a GREK 301 seminar in as many semesters as they would like, so long as the material in that seminar does not substantially overlap with the material of a previous seminar the student has taken.
Prerequisite: GREK 214 or any previous GREK 300 level course.
GPA units: 1
Common Area: Literature
Typically Offered: Annually
A close reading in Greek of a variety of lyric poets such as Alcaeus, Pindar, and Sappho.
Prerequisite: GREK 214 or equivalent. Students without the prerequisite should consult the Department.
GPA units: 1
Common Area: Language Studies, Literature
Typically Offered: Every Third Year
A reading of selected books of the Iliad and/or Odyssey with special attention to their literary value as well as to problems of oral composition, metrics, linguistics, authorship and text history.
GPA units: 1
Common Area: Language Studies, Literature
Typically Offered: Every Third Year
Exegesis and translation of a biography by Plutarch, with attention to his essays and his place in Greek literature.
GPA units: 1
Common Area: Language Studies, Literature
Typically Offered: Every Third Year
An examination of selected passages from the historian Herodotus' account of the Persian Wars.
GPA units: 1
Common Area: Historical Studies, Literature
Typically Offered: Every Third Year
An in-depth survey of Thucydides' history of the Peloponnesian War. Extensive selections of historical and literary significance are read in the original Greek.
GPA units: 1
Common Area: Historical Studies, Literature
Typically Offered: Every Third Year
A close study of the speeches of one or more Attic orators. One unit.
Prerequisite: GREK 213
GPA units: 1
Common Area: Language Studies, Literature
A detailed study of the Agamemnon and other dramas of Aeschylus in the original.
GPA units: 1
Common Area: Language Studies, Literature
Typically Offered: Every Third Year
An analysis of two plays in Greek, with special attention to Euripides' dramatic technique.
GPA units: 1
Common Area: Language Studies, Literature
Typically Offered: Every Third Year
Designed for selected students with approval of a professor and the Department Chair. This work may be done for one or two semesters.
GPA units: 1
Typically Offered: Annually
Designed for selected students with approval of a professor and the Department Chair. This work may be done for one or two semesters.
GPA units: 1
Typically Offered: Annually