Course Syllabus

Prof. Alexander Hollmann

M-F 1.30-2.20 Music 216

Office hours (in-person or via Zoom): T 4-5 and by appointment

Denny Hall M (= Mezzanine) 262E

 

Welcome to the first course in a year-long sequence designed to introduce students to Ancient Greek (Classical and koine).

By the end of the course you will be able to:

-read and translate simple selections from ancient Greek authors and compose simple sentences in Greek.

-understand and explain literary, historical, and cultural context of ancient Greek texts

-analyze and explain ancient Greek grammar and syntax

-analyze and explain ancient Greek’s influence on and connection to other languages and literatures

By the end of the sequence (Greek 101, 102, 103 or Greek 300, Greek 103) you equip yourself to read any Greek author. In our second-year courses (Greek 304, 305, 306, 307) students read selections of Xenophon (306), Plato (307), Homer (307), and biblical texts (304).

 

Required textbooks:

Anne Groton, From Alpha to Omega (4^th ed.)

Anne Groton and James May, 46 Stories in Classical Greek

 

Course grade components:

Homework 40% (note last date for outstanding HW and quiz submissions is 12/12)

Quizzes 40% (take-home, open book)

Final exam 20% (take-home, open book, due 12/16)

Chart used to convert percentages to GPA here

 

Schedule (subject to change with notice: this version 11/4/2022)

 

Reading and homework is meant to be completed on the day assigned: e.g. “ M Oct. 3 Read pp. 9-11, Homework Ex A.1-8” means you should come to class on that day having read pp. 9-11 and attempted Ex A.1-8. You only need to submit homework if that is specifically requested and a submission link included. Submission can be made with corrections after class.

 

Week 1: Lessons 1,2

Before start of classes, please try to send me this information about yourself

W Sept. 28 THIS MEETING WILL BE VIA ZOOM Introduction. Alphabet. Read pp. 1-6. Powerpoint here (contains a lot of other stuff we didn't get to today).

Th Sept. 29 THIS MEETING WILL BE VIA ZOOM HW: A.1-24 (just copy the names to practice writing in Greek and then rewrite the names with English letters, e.g. Ποσειδῶν Poseidōn, don't worry about dividing into syllables). Submit here (you don't need to submit before the class)

F Sept. 30 THIS MEETING WILL BE IN PERSON! MUSIC 216 Accent. Read pp. 9-11 (and don’t panic: we will work on this gradually over the term). Powerpoint here

 

Week 2: Lessons 3,4

M Oct. 3 ω-verbs. Read pp. 13-19, concentrate on sections 20-24. HW: take any two verbs other than παιδεύω and generate and write down in Greek all possible forms introduced in this lesson (pres. indic. act. in all persons, s. and pl.; imperatives 2^nd and 3^rd person s. and pl.; infinitive). Submit here. Powerpoint shown in class today here

T Oct. 4 ω-verbs cont’d. HW: G to E p. 20 nos 1,4,6,7,10; E to G nos 1,4. Submit here. We looked at this handout of Greek passages using forms of ἐθέλω, θύω, κλέπτω, γράφω.

W Oct. 5 1^st declension fem. nouns, part 1. Read pp. 21-25. Powerpoint shown in class here.

Th Oct. 6 HW: take noun ἐπιστολή and give all possible forms, s. and pl.; p. 26 G to E nos 6,7,8,9; E to G no. 1. Submit here.

F Oct. 7 Quiz 1 (on quiz days class will not meet. Quiz is released here on Friday morning, students submit on the following Monday)

 

Week 3: Lessons 5,6

M Oct. 10 Lesson 5. First declension fem. nouns, part 2. Read pp. 27–29. Powerpoint shown in class here. Handout of Greek passages with forms of ἀγορά here.

T Oct. 11 Lesson 6. Ω-verbs: future active indicative and infinitive. Read pp. 31–34. Homework: take nouns θεράπαινα and κλίνη from p.28 and give all forms. Lesson 5 p. 29 G to E sentences 5-10. E to G: 4. Submit here. Powerpoint shown in class here.

W Oct. 12 Lesson 6. Homework: take any verb (except παιδεύω) from the list on p. 32 or introduced on p. 33 and give all forms of future active indicative plus future active infinitive. Lesson 6 p. 34 Gr.-Eng. sentences 1–5, Eng.-Gr. sentence  3. Submit here.

Th Oct. 13 Prepare reading Lesson 5 p. 30 "A Fowl Plan Backfires". Here is the exercise we did in class.

F Oct. 14 Prepare reading Lesson 6 p. 35 "Old Habits Never Die". Submit a translation here.

 

Week 4: Lessons 7,8

M Oct. 17 Lesson 7. Second declension masc. nouns. Read pp. 37–39. Powerpoint shown in class here.

T Oct. 18 Homework: choose any 2^nd decl. noun on p. 39 (except ἄνθρωπος  or θεός) and produce all possible forms. p. 40 Gr.-Eng. sentences 1–5, Eng.-Gr. sentence 2. Submit here.

W Oct. 19 Lesson 8. Second declension neuter nouns, 1^st/2^nd decl. adjectives. Read pp. 43–48.  Powerpoint shown in class here 

Th Oct. 20 Homework: translate Lesson 7 reading “Fleeting Joys and Fleeing Fish”, p. 40. Lesson 8 Gr.-Eng. sentences p. 48 1,2,5,7,9,10, Eng.-Gr. sentence 1. Submit here (only Lesson 8 HW)

F Oct. 21 Quiz 2 here. We do not meet on quiz days.

 

Week 5: Lessons 9,10,11

M Oct. 24  Lesson 9 First declension masc. nouns., substantives. Read pp. 51–54. Powerpoint presentation here.

T Oct. 25 Homework: Gr.-Eng. sentences p. 54 1,5,6,7,10. Eng.-Gr. sentence 1. Submit here.

W Oct. 26 Lesson 10 Ω-verbs imperfect active indicative. Read pp. 57–60. Powerpoint presentation here.

Th Oct. 27 Homework: Prepare a translation of “Asinine Behavior” p. 55. Worksheet on this passage here and handout on particles μέν and δέ here.

F Oct. 28 Lesson 11 Ω-verbs middle and passive, prepositions. Read §18 in Lesson 3, p. 13-16, esp. “Voice” (p. 14). Powerpoint presentation shown in class here.

 

Week 6: Lesson 11 cont'd, Lesson 12

M Oct. 31 Homework: take any verb (except παιδεύω) and form all possible middle/passive forms, and provide a translation for each form (e.g. θύεται: “he/she/it is sacrificed [passive] /sacrifices for himself/herself/itself [middle]). Gr.-Eng. sentences p. 68–69 1–10 (pay special attention to vocab. notes on p. 68 for special meanings some of these verbs have in the middle voice), p. 69 Eng.-Gr. sentences 2. Submit here. Here's the in-class exercise we did.

T Nov. 1 Homework: Prepare a translation of “An Ill-Fated Frog” p. 70. Worksheet on this reading plus passage from Aristophanes Frogs here.

W Nov. 2 Lesson 12 εἰμί, enclitics. Read pp. 71–74 (don’t panic re enclitics on pp. 73–74). Powerpoint presentation shown in class here.

Th Nov. 3 Homework: Gr.-Eng. p.75 1,2,3,4,7,8,9. Submit here.

F Nov. 4 Quiz 3 here. We do not meet on quiz days.

 

Week 7: Lesson 13

M Nov. 7 Demonstratives. Read pp. 77–79. Powerpoint presentation here.

T Nov. 8 Homework: p. 80 1,4,5,6,7,9,10. Submit here. In-class exercise.

W Nov. 9 Homework: prepare reading p. 76 “A Sheepish Mistake”

Th Nov. 10 Homework: prepare reading p. 81 “Sticking Together”. Submit here.

F Nov. 11 NO CLASS: Veterans Day

 

Week 8: Lessons 14,15

M Nov. 14 Personal Pronouns. Read pp. 83–85. Powerpoint presentation here.

T Nov. 15 Homework: Gr.-Eng. p. 85 1–8; Eng.-Gr. p. 86 2. Submit here. To work on pronouns and αὐτός we looked at some cool passages from Homer and Plato

W Nov. 16 Contract Verbs. Read pp. 87–92. Powerpoint presentation here.

Th Nov. 17 Homework: Gr.–Eng. 2–7, 9. Submit here.

F Nov. 18 Quiz 4. Submit here.

 

Week 9: Lessons 16

M Nov. 21 Third Declension: Stop, Liquid, and Nasal Stems. Read pp. 95–98. Powerpoint presentation here. 

T Nov. 22 Homework: take the nouns νύξ, νυκτός (f.) ‘night’ and ἐλπίς, ἐλπίδος (f.) ‘hope’ and produce all possible forms. Gr.-Eng. p. 98 sentences 1,2,6,7,8,9. Submit here.

W Nov. 23 CLASS CANCELLED: we will not meet today.

Th Nov. 24 NO CLASS: Thanksgiving Day

F Nov. 25 NO CLASS: Thanksgiving Break

 

Week 10: Lesson 17

M Nov. 28 Third declension cont’d: sigma stems and adjectives. Read pp. 101-104. Powerpoint presentation here.

T Nov. 29 Decline fully the noun γένος, γένους (n.) “class, type”. Homework: p.104 1,3,4,7,9. Submit here.

W Nov. 30 Prepare reading p.99 “Where To Draw the Lion”

Th Dec. 1 Prepare reading p.106 “Outfoxed”. Submit here.

F Dec. 2 Quiz 5 here

 

Week 11: Review and reading

M Dec. 5 Review of Lessons 1–7. We worked through part of this worksheet.

T Dec. 6 Review of Lessons 1–7 cont'd, begin review of Lessons 8–10. Worksheet for 8–10.

W Dec. 7 Review of Lessons 11–13. Worksheet for 11–13.

Th Dec. 8 Review of Lessons 14–17. Worksheet for 14–17. We read texts on this previously distributed handout featuring ἐγώ εἰμι statements.

Fr. Dec. 9 Instead of class, drop in Zoom office hour.

Exam Week

M Dec. 12 Take-home final posted here. Submit any outstanding HW and quizzes by 5.00 pm

F Dec. 16  Submit take-home final by 5.00pm