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11107 |
GRE 106 Intensive Greek: Herodotus, Euripides,
Lyric Poetry, the Bible |
James Romm |
M T W Th . |
10:30 - 12:50 pm |
HEG 300 |
FLLC |
8 credits This double-credit course will allow students to attain a
reading knowledge of Ancient Greek in one semester, and then to use
that knowledge to read central literary and religious texts. The first
twelve weeks of class, taught by James Romm, will consist of drills,
grammar exercises, and readings, as well as discussions of Greek history,
culture and religion. For the final three weeks of the term,
students will choose from one of four elective modules or mini-courses,
reading Greek texts in the original with teachers who are deeply engaged
with those texts: 1) the Bible, with Bruce Chilton; 2) Euripides, with
Daniel Mendelsohn; 3) Greek lyric poetry and pre-Socratic philosophy,
with William Mullen; 4) Herodotus, with Prof. Romm. No
prerequisites. Students who want to take the course but who have a
conflict with one of the scheduled meeting times should speak to Prof.
Romm, as there may be some flexibility in scheduling.
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11113 |
GRE 202 Intermediate Greek II: Lyric |
William Mullen |
M . W . . |
1:30 -2:50 pm |
RKC 200 |
FLLC |
In order to enter the spirit of Greek lyric, we
will begin by reading for a couple of weeks the opening the Homeric Hymn to Apollo, which sings of
the birth, haunts and skills of the god who presides over lyric composition and
performance. We will then read selected
poems of the two great poets of Lesbos, Sappho and Alcaeus, and later in the
spring enter the world of victory song in odes of Pindar and Bacchylides. For a final stretch we will study a few of
the great choruses of the Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes, to
be chosen in consultation with student interest. Careful attention will be paid from the beginning to meter, to questions
of original performance practices, and to the occasions for which the texts we
have were first fashioned.
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11114 |
GRE 302 Advanced Readings in Greek Lit |
William Mullen |
M . W . . |
1:30 -2:50 pm |
RKC 200 |
FLLC |
Additional lyrics, supplementing those of Greek 202,
may be read by advanced students.