Greek V

Recommended Prerequisites

Students must possess:

- skills in understanding and translating texts of medium difficulty into Attic Greek;

- a medium level of knowledge of the morphology and syntax of Attic Greek.

-Previous knowledge of Greek: Greek I + Greek II + Greek III + Greek IV

Teaching Methods

Starting from the study of artificial language and -Theoretical exposure, based on textual examples;

-Presentation of the Greek texts by the students, under the orientation of the teacher;

-Translation (and textual commentary) at first sight;

-Solution of small exercises on the board.

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course unit the learner is expected to

-know, in a generic way, the main Greek dialects;

- identify the distinctive characteristics of each dialect group;

- be able to comment on the artificiality of the homeric language;

- understand the homeric text and its linguistic subtleties;

- know the metric structure of the dactyl hexameter.

 

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

The Iliad and the Odyssey: study of selected steps.

-The linguistic geography of Ancient Greece.

-Introduction to the study of Greek dialects.

-Homeric language as dialectal amalgam.

-The main phonetic, morphological and syntactic aspects of the homeric language.

-Dactylic hexameter metrics.

Head Lecturer(s)

Cláudia Raquel Cravo da Silva

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Participation: 40.0%
Frequency: 60.0%

Bibliography

Edições:

M. L. West, Ilias, Volumen Prius : Rhapsodiae I-XII, Stutgardiae et Lipsiae, Teubner, 1998.

P. von der Muehll, Homeri Odyssea, Stutgardiae, Teubner, 1984.

 

AUTENRIETH, G., Homeric Dictionary, London.

BUCK, C.D. (1955), The Greek Dialects, Chicago.

BOAS, E.E. et alii (2019), The Cambridge Grammar of Classical Greek, Cambridge University Press.

COLVIN, S. (2014), A Historical Greek Reader: Mycenaean to the Koiné, Oxford.

HEUBECK, A. & HOEKSTRA, A. (1989), A Commentary on Homer’s Odyssey, Books IX-XVI, Oxford.

KIRK, G.S. (1985), The Iliad: A Commentary. Volume I: Books 1-4, Cambridge.

LIDDELL, H. & SCOTT, R. (1996), A Greek-English Lexicon, with a revised Supplement, Oxford.

MONRO, D.B. (1891 = 2003), Homeric Grammar, Bristol.

WEST, M.L. (1982), Greek Metre, Oxford.