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CLASSICS
GREEK

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GREEK 101 Introductory Greek (5) A&H
An intensive study of grammar, with reading and writing of simple Attic prose. First in a sequence of three. Offered: A.
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GREEK 102 Introductory Greek (5) A&H
An intensive study of grammar, with reading and writing of simple Attic prose. Second in a sequence of three. Prerequisite: GREEK 101. Offered: W.
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GREEK 103 Introductory Greek (5) A&H
Reading of selections from classical Greek literature. Third in a sequence of three. Prerequisite: GREEK 102 or GREEK 300. Offered: SpS.
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GREEK 300 Introductory Greek, Accelerated (5) A&H
Intensive introduction to Attic Greek. Not accepted as upper-division credit toward a major in Greek or classics. Does not satisfy foreign language proficiency requirement. Cannot be taken for credit if credit received for GREEK 101. Offered: WS.
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GREEK 301 Greek Language, Accelerated (5) A&H
Intensive introduction to Attic Greek. Not accepted as upper-division credit toward a major in Greek or classics. Does not satisfy foreign language proficiency requirement. Cannot be taken for credit if GREEK 101 already taken. Prerequisite: GREEK 300. Offered: SpS.
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GREEK 304 Introductory Readings in Greek Literature (5, max. 15) A&H
Introduction to reading Greek literature in prose and poetry from various Greek authors; grammar review. Recommended: either GREEK 103 or GREEK 301. Intended to be taken prior to GREEK 305 or more advanced classes. Offered: S.
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GREEK 305 Attic Prose (5) A&H
Translation of selections from Attic prose; elementary exercises in Attic prose composition. Intended as first in a sequence of three. Recommended: one year of college-level Ancient Greek or equivalent. Offered: A.
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GREEK 306 Attic Prose (5) A&H
Translation of selections from Attic prose; elementary exercises in Attic prose composition. Intended as second in a sequence of three. Recommended: one year of college-level Ancient Greek or equivalent. Offered: W.
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GREEK 307 Homer (5) A&H
Translation of selections from the Iliad or the Odyssey; Attic prose composition, metrics. Intended as third in a sequence of three. Recommended: one year of college-level Ancient Greek or equivalent. Offered: Sp.
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GREEK 308 Introduction to Koine Greek Texts (3) A&H
Reading and discussion of selected religious and philosophical texts from Koine Greek.
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GREEK 404 Advanced Readings in Greek Literature (5, max. 15) A&H
Advanced readings in Greek literature in prose and poetry from various Greek authors; grammar review. Recommended: either GREEK 103, GREEK 301, or GREEK 307. Intended to be taken prior to more advanced classes. Offered: S.
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GREEK 405 Undergraduate Seminar in Classics (5, max. 15)
Seminar on a broadly defined topic in classics. Includes reading in Latin or Greek as appropriate for individual students. Additional readings of works in English translation and works of scholarship chosen to give undergraduate majors familiarity with research methods and perspective on the discipline.
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GREEK 413 The Pre-Socratic Philosophers (3) A&H
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GREEK 414 Plato (3) A&H
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GREEK 415 Aristotle (3) A&H
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GREEK 422 Herodotus and the Persian Wars (3) A&H
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GREEK 424 Thucydides and the Peloponnesian War (3) A&H
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GREEK 426 Attic Orators (3) A&H
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GREEK 428 Imperial Greek Literature (3-5, max. 15) A&H
Readings in imperial Greek prose and poetry from the first century CE onward, including Dio Chrysostom, Appian, Plutarch, Aelius Aristides, Lucian, Athenaeus, and New Testament Koine.
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GREEK 442 Greek Drama (3) A&H
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GREEK 443 Greek Drama (3) A&H
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GREEK 444 Greek Drama (3) A&H
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GREEK 449 Greek Epic (3) A&H
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GREEK 451 Lyric Poetry (3) A&H
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GREEK 453 Pindar: The Epinician Odes (3) A&H
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GREEK 461 Early Greek Literature (3-5, max. 15) A&H
Readings and discussion of selected authors of the early Greek period.
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GREEK 462 Literature of Classical Athens (3-5, max. 15) A&H
Readings and discussion of selected authors of classical Athens.
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GREEK 463 Hellenistic Greek Literature (3-5, max. 15) A&H
Readings and discussion of selected authors of the Hellenistic Age.
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GREEK 490 Supervised Study (*, max. 18)
Special work in literary and philosophical texts for graduates and undergraduates.
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GREEK 500 Grammar and Composition (5)
Translation of passages from English to Greek for the purpose of acquiring advanced knowledge of the grammar and the style of the classical tongue.
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GREEK 501 Homer (5)
Readings from the Iliad or the Odyssey.
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GREEK 503 Aristophanes (5)
Select comedies.
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GREEK 504 Plato (5)
The Republic or other dialogues.
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GREEK 506 Aristotle (5)
Politics or Ethics.
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GREEK 508 Lysias and Demosthenes (5)
Select speeches, oratorical theory, historical questions.
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GREEK 510 Greek Historians (5, max. 10)
Selections from Herodotus, Thucydides, or Xenophon.
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GREEK 512 Greek Tragedy (5, max. 10)
Aeschylus, Sophocles, and/or Euripides.
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GREEK 515 Greek Epigraphy (5)
Selected inscriptions from various Greek states and sanctuaries and evidence they provide for religious and social practices, literature, and political history. Classification and editing of inscriptions, and epigraphical techniques.
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GREEK 520 Seminar (5, max. 45)
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GREEK 540 Topics in Greek Literary History (5, max. 25)
Reading of a range of Greek texts by various authors.
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GREEK 590 Supervised Study (*, max. 18)
Prerequisite: permission of Graduate Program Coordinator.
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GREEK 600 Independent Study or Research (*-)
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