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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Selected readings from the Iliad, the root of all Western literature and thought, with a focus on the Iliad's important themes concerning mortality, integrity, and compassion. Offered in rotation.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
A third semester reading course in ancient Greek focusing on the speeches of Lysias (c.459-c. 380 B.C.E). Critics ancient and modern hold Lysias up as a model of clarity, simplicity, and brevity, especially adept at vivid narration and at fitting each speech to the character which the speaker wishes to display. Lysias' is an artful simplicity, achieved by careful choice of ordinary words and the arrangement of these words in a seemingly effortless but often complex sentence structure. We will begin the course with "On the Murder of Eratosthenes", a defense speech for a man who murdered h is wife 's lover. Was it a justifiablhomicide according to Greek law? We will explore Athenian court practices as well as prevailing attitudes toward women and sexual behavior in Greece. Prerequisites: Two semesters of college ancient Greek or equivalent.
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2.00 - 4.00 Credits
Readings from selected authors at the third semester level, for students who have completed the fundamentals of Greek grammar but have not yet had a reading course.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Euripides composed tragedies that pushed the boundaries of genre and challenged the ethical, social, and theological norms of Athenian society. Like most avant-garde artists, he only found popular acclaim after he died, but the millennia since his death have done nothing to blunt his modernistic edge. This edge makes Euripides the most widely read and widely performed of the Classical dramatists today. In this advanced Greek class we will read in Greek his Electra, which, in typical Euripidean fashion, confronts the canonical myth of a girl and her brother who kill their own mother to avenge their father. In order to understand what makes this play so terrific, we will read Sophocles version of the same myth, as well as some other Euripides plays to round out our understanding of this essential poet. Prerequisites: At least three semesters of college ancient Greek or equivalent, or by permission of instructor.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
An intermediate reading course in ancient Greek focusing on the speeches of Lysias with reading assignments tailored to the fourth-fifth semester reading level (see above). Prerequisites: At least three semesters of college ancient Greek or equivalent.
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2.00 - 4.00 Credits
Study of such authors as Homer, the lyric poets, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Demosthenes, Plato, Aristotle, New Testament writers, and Greek composition, prose, or verse.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
For advanced readers of Greek, this class runs in tandem with CLST 3760-01. Students will write a major research paper that posits and proves an original thesis about Euripides using both primary evidence and modern scholarship to prove its points. All primary evidence will be handled in the original languages. We will use the fourth hour to learn Classics-specific research methods and to provide a forum in which students can discuss their ideas with their colleagues and professors. Prerequisites: At least five semesters of college ancient Greek or equivalent, or by permission of instructor.
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2.00 - 4.00 Credits
Study of selected authors for advanced students.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
This year-long study of Classical (ancient, biblical) Hebrew will focus on mastery of grammar, vocabulary, and syntax in order to lay the foundation for proficient reading of Hebrew texts. (This course is the same as RLST 1010 and RLST 1020).
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
This semester course will focus on a wide selection of readings in Classical Hebrew, with some attention to later forms of Hebrew, including Qumran and Rabbinic. (Same as RLST 2020).
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