Greek IV

Recommended Prerequisites

The student ought ideally to have sucessfully concluded the previous levels of Greek.

Teaching Methods

- Theoretical presentation by the teacher on grammatical and lexicographical issues

- Reading, analysis, grammatical interpretation and translations of texts by Xenophon and Euripides

- Exercises in translating into Greek.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the semester, the students should have reinforced their previous knowledge of Greek and improved their competence in the Attic dialect. The main grammatical focus is on Greek morphology. Basic notions of syntax will also form an important part of the learning process (especially subordinate clauses).

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

The syllabus aims to consolidate the students' knowledge of Attic Greek at an intermediary level, to which purpose the two authors which act as mainstays are Xenophon and Euripides. Selected pieces from Xenophon's Anabasis and Cyropaedia will be read and translated in class, with a clear grammatical focus. From Euripides, the selected pieces are taken from the plays Alcestis, Helen, Orestes and Bacchae.

Head Lecturer(s)

Maria de Fátima de Sousa e Silva

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 50.0%
Frequency: 50.0%

Bibliography

GOODWIN, W. W. (2013 = 1879), Greek Grammar, Bloomsbury.

LIDDELL, H. & SCOTT, R. (1996), Greek- English Lexicon. With a revised supplement. Oxford.

MOORWOOD, J. (2001), Oxford Grammar of Classical Greek, Oxford.

XENOPHON (2005), The Persian Expedition. Edited with introduction, notes and vocabulary by J. Antrich and S. Usher, Bristol Classical Press, New edition.