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Greek 102. Lysias, Plato & More (Introductory Reading Course) Spring 2008 Prof. Tarik Wareh

Structure, Requirements, and Policies of the Course

Structure and Schedule

Thursday and Friday Sight Readings may include...

• Atticized Herodotus:
  • How Games were invented by the Lydians to relieve their Distress in Time of Famine
  • How the Egyptian King Psammetichus discovered the Oldest Race on Earth
  • How Crocodiles are worshipped by some Egyptians, captured and eaten by Others
  • How Mycerinus, who governed the Egyptians justly after they had been grievously oppressed by his Predecessors, was fated to die in Six Years' Time, and how, by turning Night into Day, he contrived to live Twelve Years in Six
  • How Amasis, who usurped the Throne of Egypt, induced his Subjects to respect him, in Spite of his low Birth
• An 81-line passage from Aristophanes' Acharnians
• Sappho, fr. 94 (more on Sappho's dialect here)
• From Xenophon's Memorabilia: Socrates and Theodote
• Thucydides 5.101-3¹ (from the Melian Dialogue)
• Euripides, Bacchae 826-848
• Philogelos, Eleven Jokes and 54 More Jokes
• Something from the New Testament
• The first 44 lines of the Iliad

Lysias, Crito, and Antigone Readings

Our Weekly Routine

Each Friday, instead of just preparing to translate and review the day's text in class, you will hand in a written, triple-spaced translation of the assignment. We will use most of our class time on Fridays for sight reading from other texts.

We will meet during an extra hour (Thursday 1:30-2:35 in Hum. 012) for additional sight readings. There is never any assignment for these meetings. In a typical week, therefore, we will spend two hours reviewing the set reading upon which students are graded, and two hours discovering various interesting and amusing bits of Greek literature and sharpening our language skills for fun. Students should expect to derive different and complementary benefits from each activity.

Quizzes will generally be given on Fridays, approximately every other week. In addition to translations from the assigned readings, you will be asked to identify forms and give explanations of syntax. Occasionally, if announced, specific grammar points may also be quizzed. (The final exam will also include some sight translation.)

Requirements and Grading

Course Policies

Office Hours. My scheduled S08 office hours are Mon. 2:30-3:30, Thu. 10-11. Feel free to drop by my office at any time. Please email me to make an appointment, which can usually be arranged with short notice. I also encourage you to contact me as often as you like to ask questions about the Greek or to run your ideas by me.

The Honor Principle. The Honor Principle requires that you guarantee that all work submitted for this course is your own. You may work with others in preparing assignments. If you ever have any question about the propriety of collaboration, please consult with me.

Disabilities. I encourage students with disabilities, including invisible disabilities such as chronic diseases, learning disabilities, and psychiatric disabilities, to discuss with me, after class or in my office, appropriate accommodations that might be helpful to them. I request that you speak to me by the end of the second week of the term, so that timely arrangements for adjustments or accommodations can be made.