A continuation of Greek 101. In addition to continuing to learn grammar, we will read significant passages from Homer and the Christian New Testament in Greek. Students with High School Greek are certainly welcome and should see the instructor about placement.

8 credits This course is designed for students who wish to acquire a strong grasp of the Greek language and culture in the shortest time possible. Students with little or no previous experience of Greek will complete the equivalent of three semesters of college-level Greek.

A study of dactylic hexameter verse mainly through the Iliad, but also through selections for the Odyssey, the Homeric Hymns, and Hesiod's Theogony and Works and Days. Students will be asked to learn to scan hexameters and become acquainted with the features of word order, which distinguish epic verse from other kinds of verse as well as from prose. Weekly vocabulary quizzes will be given, based on the frequency of the appearances of words in Homer. We will also study the theory of oral composition by illiterate bards and take the measure of its consequences to the interpretation of Homeric and Hesiodic poetry.