Sections [Enrolled students will be notified if teacher schedules change between course posting in April and the scheduled start of classes. Please see Tuition and Fees for refund policy.]
Classes meet from September 1, 2009 to May 28, 2010
Tuesday 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM ET • Friday 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM ET
Tuition: $450.00
Website
There is currently no teacher website for this course.
Description
Homeric Greek: an introduction to the Homeric dialect, with prosodic analysis and a reading load approximately equivalent to that of the AP Latin (Vergil) course. We read selected passages from Homer's Odyssey, including several books in their entirety, and discuss morphological and syntactic variations from Attic Greek.
Meetings
This course meets 2 times per week for discussion and review of assigned homework.
Homework
Regular reading assignments, vocabulary and grammar drills and quizzes. The reading load begins at a modest pace and slowly increases throughout the year until the student should be able to read 100-130 lines per week.
Prerequisites
Greek III or equivalent. If not Greek III, please contact the instructor for evaluation and permission to enroll.
Recommended background
The course presupposes no prior acquaintance with the Homeric dialect, but substantial fluency in Attic Greek.
Textbooks and Materials
Greek Grammar Herbert Weir Smyth, Gordon M. Messing
This text is required. ISBN: 0674362500 Best sources: Scholars Online Bookstore
Homer: Odyssey I-XII Homer, W. B. Stanford
This text is required. ISBN: 1853995029 Best sources: Scholars Online Bookstore
Homeric Vocabularies: Greek and English Word List for the Study of Homer William B. Owen, Edgar J. Goodspeed
This text is required. ISBN: 0806108282 Best sources: Scholars Online Bookstore
Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect Richard J. Cunliffe
This text is required. ISBN: 0806114304 Best sources: Scholars Online Bookstore Other information: This lexicon or Autenrieth's is required.
Homeric Dictionary Georg Autenrieth
This text is recommended; purchase and use is optional. ISBN: 0715617737 Best sources: Scholars Online Bookstore Other information: An alternative to Cunliffe's Homeric Lexicon. One or the other is required.
