GRK 102: Lysias, Plato, and More (Introductory Reading Course)

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Greek 102.
Lysias, Plato & More
(Introductory Reading Course)
Spring 2007
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
Gilbert P. Rose, Plato's Republic Book I, Bryn Mawr Greek Commentaries, ISBN 0929524314
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
Large lexicon via Perseus (eta=e^, omega=o^):
Smyth §

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

The 561 vocab items that cover 90% of Lysias 1 & Republic I

In other words, these 561 words, though just one third of the works' total vocab, are used 10,684 times out of 11,871 total words! Learn just the top half of the list, and you'll be covered for more than 80%: 255 words are used 9,497 times.

Greek Core Vocabulary Lists

Complete Guide to Online Classics Resources