GREEK 360a:
Greek Prose Selections


 

Instructor:

Aara Suksi, Department of Classical Studies
My office: Talbot College 429 Phone 661 2111 ex 82278
Office Hours: Wednesday 1-3 or by appointment
web-site: http://publish.uwo.ca/~asuksi/

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Time & Place: Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday 11:30-12:20. TC 403


Objectives:

Students will read selections from Plato's Symposium in the original Greek and consolidate their mastery of Attic Greek grammar and syntax. We will consider the place of the Symposium in its historical context and in the ancient Greek literary tradition.

Prerequisites:

Greek 222 (formerly Greek 020) or the permission of the department.


Texts:

Plato's Symposium, text and commentary (2 vols.) by Gilbert P. Rose. Bryn Mawr, 1981.


H.G. Liddell. Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford 1959.


Both of the above will be available at the Book Store at Western.

Evaluation:

1. 10% Quizzes (approximately every two weeks, translation and grammar questions)
2. 15% Participation and preparation
3. 20% Homework assignments (may include prose composition, a short presentation)

4. 20% Midterm (translation and grammar questions, Thursday, November 3)
5. 35% Final Exam (translation, grammar questions, and some short written answers)

NOTE FROM THE DEAN OF ARTS:
You are responsible for ensuring that you have successfully completed all course prerequisites and that you have not taken an antirequisite course. Lack of prerequisites may not be used as basis of appeal. If you are not eligible for a course, you may be removed from it at any time, and you will receive no adjustment to your fees. These decisions cannot be appealed.

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