GRK 103: Lysias, Plato, and More (Introductory Reading Course)

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Greek 103.
Lysias, Plato & More
(Introductory Reading Course)
Spring 2011
Prof. Tarik Wareh

For more information about this course, or to make an appointment, please email the instructor (wareht).

Structure, Requirements, and Policies of the Course

Suggested Summer Readings

Books and Resources

Required Books

Malcolm Campbell, A Greek Prose Reading Course for Post-Beginners. Unit 1: Forensic Oratory. Lysias: On the Murder of Eratosthenes, ISBN 1853995371
See also Geoffrey Steadman's commentary on Lysias 1 (beta)
Malcolm Campbell, A Greek Prose Reading Course for Post-Beginners. Unit 2: Philosophy. Plato: Crito, ISBN 185399538X
Liddell and Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon, Oxford UP, ISBN 0199102066

Additional texts and materials will be distributed in class.

Important Online Reference Tools

Large lexicon via Harvard (Betacode) author abbreviations
same, via Perseus:
same, via U. Chicago:	translit. Uncode Gk. ^ = word-begin: ^fer or ^φερ will return φέρω but not, e.g., ἀναφέρω
Smyth §

Reader-friendly Greek texts of: the Lysias assignments & Plato's Crito

The 513 vocab items that cover 90% of Lysias 1 & Crito

In other words, these 513 words, though just 40% of the works' total vocab, are used 5,965 times out of 6,628 total words! Learn just the top half of the list, and you'll be covered for more than 80%: 249 words are used 5,302 times.

Greek Core Vocabulary Lists

Complete Guide to Online Classics Resources