Greek 3 and 4
(Hons) |
For
most purposes 3rd and 4th year students work and
are taught together. A range of one-term literary
modules is available in each two-year cycle. How
many of these courses you take depends on your
degree curriculum; but in all instances you have
some freedom of choice to pursue your particular
interests. The majority of the courses listed below are run on a biannual basis. For further details contact the Classics secretary or the Course Organizer.
Greek 1hA
and Greek 1hB
These are Junior Honours level courses introducing
absolute beginners to the morphology and syntax
of Ancient Greek, and developing this knowledge
and the student's skill in reading original Greek
texts. The courses are open to 3rd year students
in the following degree programmes:
ACMME;
Classical Studies; Latin Studies; Ancient History;
Ancient & Medieval History; Ancient History
& Classical Archaeology; Ancient History &
Latin; Classical Archaeology and Latin; Latin
& Scottish Historical Studies; Sanskrit &
Latin.
Course Organiser:
Dr Simon
Trépanier |
Greek
Language A and B |
More advanced
study of Greek language is sustained throughout
the 3rd Year (in Greek Language A) and 4th
Year (in Greek Language B), with written
assignments and tutorials to hone linguistic
skills and to give experience of a wide
variety of styles.
Course Organiser: Dr
Simon Trépanier
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Lyric
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The
study of important works of archaic Greek
lyric, elegiac, and iambic poetry.
Course Organiser:
Prof
Douglas Cairns |
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Herodotus
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The course will
look at the most important aspects of Herodotus'
work in their literary and historical
contexts as well as in the context of the
Greek intellectual history of the 5th century
BC.
Course
Organiser: Dr
Michael Lurje |
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Socrates
and Plato
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An advanced
introduction to Socrates and Plato through
the
study of four early Platonic dialogues in
translation and one
text in the original.
Course
Organiser: Dr
Simon Trépanier
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Greek
Comedy |
Comedy is one
of the oldest established literary genres,
and like epic and tragedy, it is a legacy
from the Greeks. The course will focus upon
a close reading, in the original, of two
plays. In Session 2004/05 these will be,
for Old Comedy, Aristophanes' 'Lysistrata',
and for New Comedy, Menander's 'Dyscolus'.
Both plays are representatives of the two
broad types of literary Comedy recognised
by the ancients, two types which developed
not alongside one another, but in succession.
Course
organiser: Dr
Simon Trépanier
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Hellenistic
Poetry
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The aim of this
course is to study Hellenistic Poetry by
examining the works of the period's three
major poets: Callimachus, Apollonius and
Theocritus. Particular attention is paid
to literary innovations and the interpretive
issues that arise from them.
Course Organiser
Dr.
Stephanie Winder
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Early
Greek Philosophy |
An advanced-level introduction to Early
Greek Philosophy, starting from the Homeric
and Hesiodic background, down to the early
Atomists and the Sophists, including an
introduction to early Greek cosmological
speculation and the early history of the
problem of knowledge.
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Plato and
Justice
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This course will look at book 1 of Plato's
Republic. The text will be studied and analysed
in detail and interpreted in its philosophical,
literary and historical context. In particular
the course will be concerned to explore
the nature of Greek concepts of justice.
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Greek Historiography
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The course looks at the origins and development
of history-writing in Greco-Roman antiquity.
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Greek Tragedy
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The course will examine two fifth century
Attic tragedies. The texts will be studied
and analysed in detail and interpreted in
their literary and historical contexts.
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In all Classics
curricula students write a dissertation
on a classical topic in their fourth year.
The dissertation topic is chosen by negotiation
between student and staff and studied with
some supervision but less instruction than
the courses described above.
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Polybius
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Polybios' history
of the rise of Roman is one of the most
important historical documents to survive
from antiquity. It is the earliest surviving
account of Roman history and written not
by a Roman but by a Greek politician who
spent many years as a hostage in Rome.
This course will look at significant sections
of Polybios' history, selected for the light
they throw not only on Rome but also on
his reasons for writing. |
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