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. In 2011 Semester 2  we are reading selections from Lucian's Satirical Sketches.

This course aims to introduce students to the Greek of Homer's epics and to bring them to a point where they can read the epic dialect with some fluency. By the end of the semester they should be able to read and comprehend significant portions of Homer's Iliad and to handle other sections with the assistance of dictionaries and other resources.

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

Three hours in class per week for 39 hours

Assumed knowledge of GREK2101 or HSC Ancient Greek or equivalent; no other skills required

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

GREK2101 or equivalent; no co-requisites

Lucian, Selections, edited with notes and vocabulary by K. Sidwell, Duckworth.

No advanced technology needed. Some students may wish to download and use a Greek font