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GRK 104 Elementary Ancient Greek (5).The essentials of ancient
Greek grammar, with readings.
GRK 105 Elementary Ancient Greek, Honors (5).The essentials of
ancient Greek grammar, with
readings. Prerequisite: Membership in the University Honors Program or
permission of instructor.
GRK 108 Ancient Greek Readings and Grammar (5).A continuation
of Greek 104, with extensive
readings from one or more classical authors. Prerequisite:GRK
104.
GRK 301 Philosophy and Oratory (3).Systematic grammar review in
conjunction with readings
selected from Plato, Aristotle and the Attic orators, with attention
to issues of interpretation
and social and cultural history. Prerequisite:GRK 108.
GRK 302 Drama and Lyric Poetry (3).Systematic grammar review in
conjunction with readings
selected from Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and the lyric poets,
with attention to issues of
literary interpretation and cultural history. Prerequisite:GRK
108.
GRK 303 Greek Narrative Prose (3).Systematic grammar review in
conjunction with readings
selected from the historians Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon, as
well as from the Greek novels
and the New Testament. Attention will be given to issues of
interpretation and cultural history.
Prerequisite:GRK 108.
GRK 310 Homer's Odyssey (3).Selections from Homer's Odyssey,
with attention to issues of
literary translation and interpretation, performance, and social and
cultural history.
Prerequisite: GRK 301, or GRK 302, or GRK 303.
GRK 312 Homer's Iliad (3).Selections from Homer's Iliad, with
attention to issues of
literary translation and interpretation, performance, and social and
cultural history.
Prerequisite:GRK 301, or GRK 302, or GRK 303.
GRK 375 Readings in: _____ (1-3).Readings in classical Greek
texts. May be repeated for up
to 12 hours. Prerequisite:GRK 108 or the equivalent.
GRK 496 Honors Essay in Greek (3).Individual directed research
and preparation of an essay
on a topic in Greek literature or language. Prerequisite: Eligibility
for departmental honors and
consent of essay adviser.
GRK 508 Early Greek Philosophy (3).A study of the doctrines of
Greek philosophy before
Plato. Emphasis on the Pre-Socratic philosophers with some attention
paid to the Sophists and the
Hippocratic Corpus. (Same as PHIL 508.) Prerequisite: PHIL
288, or GRK 301, or
GRK 302, or GRK 303, and either GRK 310, or
GRK 312, or permission of instructor.
GRK 701 Archaic Poetry (3). Close reading of texts from Homer
to the Hellenistic poets.
GRK 702 Drama (3) Close reading of texts from Aeschylus,
Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes.
GRK 703 History and Oratory (3) Close reading of texts from
Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon,
and Attic Orators.
GRK 704 Philosophy (3) Close reading of texts from the
Pre-Socratics, Plato, and Aristotle.
GRK 705 Readings in Classical Greek (3). Extensive reading in a
variety of Greek authors.
GRK 790 Practicum in the Teaching of Greek (0.5-1). Required of
all assistant instructors and
teaching assistants in the teaching of Greek. May be repeated up to
three semester hours credit in total.
GRK 798 Studies in: _____ (1-15). Selected reading for
qualified students who desire special
work on a flexible basis. May be repeated for credit, the maximum
being fifteen hours. Prerequisite:
Undergraduate proficiency in Greek or equivalent.
GRK 899 Thesis (1-4)
