Greek Minor - Undergraduate - 2009 University Catalog

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GREEK MINOR

Complete 18 semester hours, from the following:

  1. Complete the following 2 courses:

    GREK 101 Beginning Greek I 3
    GREK 112 Beginning Greek II 3

  2. Complete 12 semester hours from the following:

    GREK 261 Greek New Testament 3
    GREK 262 Greek Epic Poetry 3
    GREK 351 Attic Orators 3
    GREK 352 Greek Tragedy 3
    GREK 361 Greek Historians 3
    GREK 451 Greek Philosophers 3

Course Descriptions:

GREK101: Beginning Greek I

The fundamentals of ancient Greek grammar. Reading of simple texts. Meets the 1983 General Education Requirement (GER) - Foreign Language. Meets the World Languages and Cultures Requirement - World Languages. 3 sh.

GREK112: Beginning Greek II

The continuation of Beginning Greek I. The fundamentals of grammar and reading of selected texts. Meets the 1983 General Education Requirement (GER) - Foreign Language. Meets the World Languages and Cultures Requirement - World Languages. 3 sh.

GREK261: Greek New Testament

Selected readings from the New Testament with attention to historical context and to the nature and development of Koine Greek. 3 sh.

GREK262: Greek Epic Poetry

Representative selections from the Iliad and Odyssey. Homer as an oral poet. 3 sh.

GREK351: Attic Orators

Representative works of Lysias, Isocrates, Demosthenes, and others. The orators as stylists and as a source for political and social history. 3 sh.

Prerequisites: GREK 112 or departmental approval.

GREK352: Greek Tragedy

Selected plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. The metrics, style, themes, and structure of Attic tragedy. The influence of the Greeks on Western drama. 3 sh.

Prerequisites: GREK 112 or departmental approval.

GREK361: Greek Historians

Readings from Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon. The development of Greek historiography as a literary genre and as a medium for reporting events. 3 sh.

Prerequisites: GREK 112 or departmental approval.

GREK451: Greek Philosophers

Selected readings, especially from Plato's Dialogues concerning the trial and death of Socrates. The Greek philosophical tradition and its development in the archaic and classical periods. 3 sh.

Prerequisites: GREK 112 or departmental approval.

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