BEGINNING ANCIENT GREEK LANGUAGE
GRE1130/1131 (section 0534/4613)
Summer A/B 2009
Turlington 2306
3rd-4th periods MTuWThF
images: 5th BCE century Athenian inscription; opening of the Iliad; papyrus fragment of Paul's Epistle to the Romans
Welcome to ancient Greek! The language of the Iliad and Odyssey,
of Euripides and Plato and the New Testament and many more of the
greatest texts ever written can be learned here at the University of
Florida in a single summer. This
intensive (but not too intensive) course is equivalent to the entire
1st-year ancient Greek
sequence; students who complete it will be prepared to enter reading
courses. Prior languague experience is not
assumed. We will cover 3-4 fundamental concepts of grammar per week
while acquiring vocabulary along the way, and in a month we will be
reading substantial passages from original Greek texts. NOTE: Students
should if possible register for both GRE1130 (Summer A) and GRE1131
(Summer B).
click to download SYLLABUS
instructor
Jim Marks (Summer A)
Department of Classics Dauer 139
office hours: daily after class
jmarks@ufl.edu
Megan Daly (Summer B)
Department of Classics
office hours:
mmdaly@ufl.edu
required textbook (available at
the University of Florida Bookstore or purchase online)
Hardy Hansen and Gerald Quinn. Greek:
An Intensive Course 2nd revised edition. Fordham University
Press. ISBN 0823216632
click for assigned exercises
evaluation
students will be evaluted on the basis of daily quizzes and weekly exams
quizzes: 20 X 3% each = 60% of final grade
exams: 4 X = 10% each = 40% of final grade (dates:
5/18, 5/27, 6/5, 6/19)
PLEASE NOTE:
the accelerated pace of the class and cumulative nature of
the material will require daily attendance and approximately 2-3 hours of
daily study outside of class.
