Greek (GREK)

The elements of the Greek language with translation of stories and poems from selected readers. Parallel study of aspects of Greek civilization and of the legacy left by Greek culture and thought to the modern world.

The elements of the Greek language with translation of stories and poems from selected readers. Parallel study of aspects of Greek civilization and of the legacy left by Greek culture and thought to the modern world.

A course designed to introduce the student to the basic syntactical and stylistic elements of ancient Greek prose and poetry through a close reading of selected works of Plato, Lysias, Xenophon, Homer, Euripides and others.

A course designed to introduce the student to the basic syntactical and stylistic elements of ancient Greek prose and poetry through a close reading of selected works of Plato, Lysias, Xenophon, Homer, Euripides and others.

Readings from Plato, Aristotle, and others in the original Greek.

Readings in the original Greek from Homer and other epic poets.

Readings in the original Greek from Lysias, Demosthenes and other Greek orators and rhetoricians.

Readings in the original Greek from Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon and/or other ancient historiographers.

Readings in the original Greek of lyric poetry and related genres, including elegy and iambus. Authors read may include Archilochus, Sappho, Pindar and Callimachus.

Readings in the original Greek chosen from the plays of the great Athenian tragedians Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides.

Readings in the original Greek chosen from the works of the Athenian comic playwrights Aristophanes and Menander.

Readings in the original Greek chosen from the works of Longus, Achilles Tatius, Heliodorus, Lucian, and others.

Treatment of a selected topic in Greek language or literature (in the original Greek) that is not covered in regular course offerings.

A program of reading, writing, and discussion on a particular author or topic in Greek literature in the original language. Students accepted for this course will arrange their program of study with an appropriate faculty advisor.

The Department of Classical Studies offers Honors study in Greek or Latin as staff is available. Students admitted to this study will be enrolled in the course during both semesters of their senior year. The course comprises: (a) reading and discussion of selected authors in the language of the student’s emphasis, Greek or Latin; (b) supervised reading of a special bibliography in the field of the student’s major interest; (c) satisfactory completion, by April 15, of a scholarly essay; and (d) satisfactory completion of an oral examination on the subject and subject field of the essay.

The Department of Classical Studies offers Honors study in Greek or Latin as staff is available. Students admitted to this study will be enrolled in the course during both semesters of their senior year. The course comprises: (a) reading and discussion of selected authors in the language of the student’s emphasis, Greek or Latin; (b) supervised reading of a special bibliography in the field of the student’s major interest; (c) satisfactory completion, by April 15, of a scholarly essay; and (d) satisfactory completion of an oral examination on the subject and subject field of the essay.