Topics for study may include: Homeric epic, drama (Euripides and Sophocles), historiography (Herodotos, Thucydides, Xenophon, oratory (Lysias, Demosthenes), art, architecture, Athenian society, Plato and Aristotle, Hellenistic Alexandria, New Testament, the novel. In studying the chosen text or texts and its political, social, and literary context, students continue their study of Ancient Greek language.

Students will select an appropriate text in consultation with the convener.

• by the end of semester students will have increased their ability to read Ancient Greek with pleasure and understanding: some texts at sight, any texts with the aid of dictionaries, grammars, translations, and textual notes.
  
• students will have become acquainted with a particular author or set of authors, the world they lived in, and the literary genre in question.
  
• students will have reviewed and extended their understanding of the grammatical constructions of Ancient Greek; and they will have extended their Ancient Greek vocabulary.

Exercises (20%), 2,000-3,000 words essay (25%), mid-semester test (15%) and final examination (40%).

One hour each week in class during the semester (13 hours)

GREK2101 Intermediate Ancient Greek, or HSC level Ancient Greek, or permission of Convener.