CLAS 21 Elementary Greek I
Introduction to vocabulary, forms, and grammar of Attic Greek. Development of reading skills with supporting exercises in writing. No language laboratory.
CLAS 22 Elementary Greek II
Continuation of vocabulary, forms, and grammar of Attic Greek. Development of reading skills with supporting exercises in writing. No language laboratory.
CLAS 23 Elementary Greek III
Completion of Greek grammar. Introduction to reading Greek literature. (satisfies Core Curriculum Second Language requirement)
CLAS 151 Lucian
Selections from the author’s satirical treatments of mythology, history, philosophy, and rhetoric (e.g., Dialogues of the Dead) and/or from the fantasy called A True Story. Lucian’s place in the Second Sophistic.
CLAS 152 Homer's Odyssey
Selected passages demonstrating the fusion of the heroic and the romantic in an epic of peacetime. Consideration of epic meter and conventions.
CLAS 153 Euripides
A complete tragic drama. Attention to characterization, dramatic structure, and poetry, and to Euripides’ place in the history of tragedy. Metrical reading of dialogue.
CLAS 154 Herodotus
Selections from the Persian Wars. Herodotus’ achievements and limitations as the "Father of History." Peculiarities of the Ionic dialect.
CLAS 155 Plato
Careful reading from one or more dialogues such as Apology, Crito, Phaedo, and Republic. Detailed study of dialogue mode of discourse; overview of Plato’s philosophy.
CLAS 156 Greek New Testament
Readings selected from the Koine Greek text of the New Testament with a concentration on the gospels, John, or the epistles. Close reading of the text with a view to theological implications of the vocabulary. Introduction to primary research tools.
CLAS 161 Homer: Iliad
Selected passages illustrating the course and consequences of the wrath of Achilles and the nature of the hero. Consideration of epic meter and conventions.
CLAS 162 Sophocles
A complete tragic drama. Attention to characterization, dramatic structure, and poetry, and to the author’s particular contributions to the development of the tragic form. Metrical reading of the text.
CLAS 163 Aeschylus
A complete tragic drama. Attention to characterization, dramatic structure, and poetry, and to the author’s particular contributions to the development of the tragic form. Metrical reading of the text.
CLAS 164 Oratory
Selections from a representative Greek orator such as Demosthenes or Lysias. Consideration of classical rhetorical forms and topoi.
CLAS 165 Lyric Poetry
Fragments of Alcaeus, Archilochus, Sappho, Smonides, and others. Development of elegiac, iambic, and melic forms.
CLAS 167 Greek Special Topics: Poetry
Occasional courses in selected authors or genres for advanced students. Possible topics: Hesiod or Pindar in poetry. Careful reading and discussion of extensive selections from the Greek text of Hesiod’s Theogony and Works and Days, including the Greek version of the origin of the university, the "Ages of Man," and the Prometheus and Pandora myths. Sampling of recent and important literary criticism on the work of Hesiod. Practice in scansion of the dactylic hexameter.
CLAS 168 Greek Special Topics: Prose
Occasional courses in selected authors or genres for advanced students. Possible topics: Thurcydides or Xenophon in prose.
