Class meets promptly at 1:40 MWF in Allen 229. For the first third to half of the semester, I will be there at 1:25 to direct the mental gymnastics warm-up to the class. At the front we will focus on morphology; later we will mix in syntax as well. The mental gymnastics portion of the class is optional, but strongly recommended unless your Greek is very solid in all respects (and even then it's not a bad idea). We will have occasional days "off" to balance for this time.
For those who prefer a systematic review of core principal parts ("PP" in the directions below), see the verbs tab. We will gradually add all but the most obvious to our review.
Review: Personal and
relative pronouns §2,4; αὐτος, οὗτος
(esp. feminine) §3,11; interrogative/indefinite pronouns τίς /
τις §15,16; οἶδα §45
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Monday, September 2nd
Quiz 1, Eros Reading 2A, 1-15
Review: Readings 1A and
1B, εἶμι §65-66
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Wednesday, September 4th
Eros Reading 2A, 16-33
Review:
λύω present/progressive active (all), aorist active (all),
perfect active (indicative, participle, infinitive only), PP ἄγω,
τυγχάνω[next time εὑρίσκω]
Review:
δίδωμι, τίθημι, ἵημι
present/progressive active only §60, p. 37 + imperfect (only) on p. 38; PP
for δίδωμι,
τίθημι, ἵημι [next time
δοκέω]
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Monday, September 16th
Quiz 3, Eros Reading3A
Review: Third declension
less regular nouns, πόλις,
βασιλεύς, ναῦς
§46-47, PP βάλλω, ἔχω, θνῄσκω
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Wednesday, September 18th
Eros Reading 3A
Review: ἵστημι,
PP + present/progressive active §60, p. 37; study not for recitation but for
parsing all the middle-passive forms of –μι verbs in §60, pp.
38-39
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Friday, September 20th
Eros Reading 3B, 1-15 – QUIZ 3 on Reading 2C
Re-review and study to
distinguish for parsing εἰμί, εἶμι,
ἵημι; [next time PP
δείνυμι]
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Monday, September 23th
Eros Reading 3B, 16-33
Start reviewing for the
exam
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Wednesday, September 25th
Exam 1
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Friday, September 27th
Eros Reading 4A, 1-28
Review: εἷς,
μία, ἕν (§71), PP
λαμβάνω,
μανθάνω
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Monday, September 30th
Eros Reading 4A, 29-36, 4B 1-17
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Wednesday, October 2nd
Eros Reading 4B, 18-49
Friday, October 4th
waj in NYC – No
Class - Catch up day or R&R
Monday, October 7
FALL BREAK
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Wednesday, October 9th
Eros Reading 5A, 1-33
Review: verbal
adjectives in –τεος (§125-8), PP
λείπω, πίπτω, φέρω
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Friday, October 11th
Eros Reading 5A, 34-43
Readings in translation (in
box folder): (1) Ormand on sexuality, (2) Symposium in translation through
Eryximachus’s speech
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Monday, October 14th
Eros Reading 6A, 1-38
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Wednesday, October 16th
Eros Reading 6A, 39-49 + 6B, 1-23
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Friday, October 18th
Eros Reading 6B, 24-47
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Monday, October 21th
Eros Reading 6C, 1-30
[PP
τρέπω]
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Wednesday, October 23th
Eros Reading 6C, 31-51 + 6D 1-16
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Friday, October 25th
Eros Reading 6D, 17-50
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Monday, October 28th
Exam 2 – waj at conference on Reading Cultures
25a
Tuesday October 29th
Special office hours from
2:30-4:30: Allen 229B
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Wednesday, October 30th
Bring completed exam to
class; no assignment otherwise – Agathon’s speech in translation
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Friday, November 1st
Eros Reading 8A
Review PP of
μιμνήσκω, memorize PP for
πάσχω, δοκέω,
πράττω
Monday, November 4th
Eros Reading 8B
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Wednesday, November 6th
Eros Reading 9A
Friday, November 8th
waj in Calif. – No
Class - Catch up day or R&R
30
Monday, November 11th
Eros Reading 9B
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Wednesday, November 13th
Eros Reading 9C, lines 1-38, writing out lines 1-15 at
sight (handout).
PP of ἀφικνέομαι
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Friday, November 15th
Eros Reading 9C, lines 39-52
Socrates’ speech in
translation
Halperin 1990
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Monday, November 18th
Eros Reading 10A, 1-42 [mostly read in class on 11/15]
Read and think hard
about: Socrates’ speech in
translation (PDF), Halperin 1990 (Handout)
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Wednesday, November 20th
Eros Reading 10A, 43-59, 10B, 1-35
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Friday, November 22th
Eros Reading 10B, 36-53, 10C, 1-18
Middle of Alcibiades speech
in translation
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Monday, November 25th
Eros Reading 10G (unusually long assignment)
THANKSGIVING BREAK
37
Monday, December 2nd
Eros Reading 10H
PP of
γιγνώσκω, εὑρίσκω
38
Wednesday, December 4th
Eros Reading 11, 1-35
PP of
λανθάνω
39
Friday, December 6th
Eros Reading 11, 36-61
Week of December 11th-16th
Final Exam – TAKE
HOME EXAM — due by Sunday December 15 @ 10:00 PM
The fresco painting above is from the Tomb of the Diver in Paestum (a Greek site south of Naples in Campania, Italy), showing men at a symposium, reclining and playing a game (kottabos). For images of the entire room for these extraordinary paintings, click here.