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GREEK 300 A Summer 2023: Introductory Greek, Accelerated

Mon-Fri 8:30-10:40 AM, on Zoom

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We will use the same link to join class every day.

Instructor: Mary McNulty

Email: mcnultym@uw.edu

Office Hours (via Zoom): Mondays 1:00-2:00 PM or by appointment

Zoom link for office hours: https://washington.zoom.us/j/6100560914

Course Coordinator: Prof. James Clauss (jjc@uw.edu)

Welcome to ancient Greece! First year Greek courses give you direct access to the thoughts and writings of the ancient Greeks and allows you to explore the dynamic and often dangerous cultural, social and political world in which they wrote. In Accelerated Greek 300, we will cover Lessons 1 – 26 of From Alpha to Omega. You will learn to write the Greek alphabet, to recognize and form Greek nouns and verbs, and to translate sentences and short paragraphs in classical Greek. Through daily activities, you will encounter Greek as a literary language, its philosophy, its poetry, its history, its drama, and more.

The UW Department of Classics Summer intensive first year ancient Greek program covers a whole year of introductory ancient Greek and consists of two courses: Greek 300 followed by Greek 103. Completion of Greek 103 with a grade of 2.0 fulfills the College of Arts and Sciences foreign language requirement. If you are not using ancient Greek to complete the foreign language proficiency requirement, Greek 300 and Greek 103 can each count for VLPA.

Course Goals:

  • Students will gain increased familiarity with the Greek alphabet, demonstrated by handwritten Greek on homework assignments.
  • Students will gain an understanding of the material covered in Lessons 1 – 26 of From Alpha to Omega, demonstrated by their performance on weekly assessments.
  • Students will gain increased reading comprehension of classical Greek, demonstrated by their performance on the final translation project.

By completing the first-year sequence through Greek 103 you equip yourself to read any Greek author. In our second-year courses (305, 306, 307) students typically have read selections of Xenophon (305), Plato (306), and Homer (307). Our upper division courses offer a rotating selection of authors from the Archaic (Greek 461), the Classical (Greek 462), and the Hellenistic (Greek 463) periods (as the subject matter rotates, Greek 461-2-3 can be repeated for credit).

Required readings:

  • Textbook: From Alpha to Omega: A Beginning Course in Classical Greek (4thEdition) by Anne Groton.This book explains classical Greek grammar and syntax, contains short readings from ancient Greek authors and many practice exercises. NOTE: only the 4th edition should be used.
  • 46 Stories in Classical Greek by Anne Groton and James M. May. This book contains adapted selections from ancient Greek authors. 
  • Free on-line Greek dictionary: http://logeion.uchicago.edu/

This class will be held online in synchronous format.

Required textbooks:

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

Anne Groton and James May, 46 Stories in Classical Greek

Tue June 20

  • Introduction: Ancient Greek and Indo-European
  • Parts of Speech
  • Read: ΑΩ Lesson 1: The Greek Alphabet

Wed June 21

  • HW due: Upload Lesson 1: Exercises A (write out the names as written in Greek and transliterate the names into the English alphabet) + Exercises B under Assignments
  • Read: ΑΩ Lesson 2: The Greek Accents (Don’t panic! This is an introduction and we will work on building your understanding as we go.)
  • Read: ΑΩ Lesson 3 (Ω-Verbs: Present Active)

Thur June 22

  • HW due: Lesson 2 Exercise B(1-10); Lesson 3 GtE 1–6
  • Read: ΑΩ Lesson 4 (Parts of speech; first declension feminine nouns pt. 1)
  • Read: ΑΩ Lesson 5 (First declension feminine nouns pt. 2)
  • Read: ΑΩ Lesson 6 (Future Active Indicative and Infinitive)

Fri June 23

  • HW due: Lesson 4 GtE (1, 2, 4, 5, 10); Lesson 5 GtE (1, 3–5) AND EtG (3); Lesson 6 GtE (1, 5, 10)
  • Read: ΑΩ Lesson 7 (Second declension masculine nouns)
  • Read: ΑΩ Lesson 8 (Second declension neuter nouns)

Weekly Assessment: Lessons 1-6, due Saturday June 24 at 5PM

Week 2

Mon June 26

  • HW due: Lesson 7: GtE (2-5, 10), Lesson 8: GtE (1, 2, 6, 8, 9)
  • Read: ΑΩ Lesson 9 (First Declension Masculine Nouns; Substantives)

Tue June 27

  • HW due: Lesson 9 GtE (1, 2, 4, 5-8, 10)
  • Read: ΑΩ Lessons 10 (Ω-Verbs: Imperfect, Correlatives)

Wed June 28

  • HW due: Lesson 10 GtE (1, 5, 8, 10); read, copy, and translate The Bear Tells All (p.62)
  • Read: ΑΩ Lessons 11+12 (Middle/Passive; εἰμί, Enclitics)

Thur June 29

  • HW due: Lesson 11 GtE (1, 4, 5, 7, 8), Lesson 12 GtE (1–4, 9, 10)
  • Read: ΑΩ Lesson 13+14 (Demonstratives; Personal Pronouns)

Fri June 30

  • HW due: Lesson 13 GtE (4–6, 8), Lesson 14 GtE (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8)
  • Read: ΑΩ Lessons 15 (Contract verbs, Contract future)

Weekly Assessment: Lesons 7-14, due Saturday July 1 at 5PM

Week 3

  • Mon July 3
  •  HW due: Lesson 15: GtE (3, 4, 5, 8-10); EtG 3
  • Read: ΑΩ Lessons 16 and 17 (3rd Declension nouns; 3rd Declension Adjectives)

Tue July 4- Independence Day.  NO CLASS.

Wed July 5

  • HW due: Lesson 16 GtE (1, 4, 7), Lesson 17 GtE (1, 5, 6, 9)
  • Read: ΑΩ Lesson 18 (Ω-Verbs: First Aorist Active and Middle)

Thur July 6

  • HW due: Lesson 18 GtE (2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10)
  • Read: ΑΩ Lesson 19 (Ω-Verbs: Second Aorist; Reflexive Pronouns)

Fri July 7

  • HW due: Lesson 19 GtE (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 10)
  • Read: ΑΩ Lesson 20 (Ω-Verbs: Perfect, Pluperfect Active)

Weekly Assessment: Lessons 15-19, due Saturday July 8 at 5PM

Week 4

Mon July 10

  • HW due: Translate from Musing with the Cicadas (from 46 Stories), focus on lines 9-21.
  • Read:  ΑΩ Lesson 21 (Interrogative τίς and Indefinite τις)

Tue July 11

  • HW due: Translate from Divining Socrates' Future (46 Stories).  Don't spend more than 2 hours on it.
  • Read: ΑΩ Lesson 22 (Ω-Verbs: Perfect, Pluperfect, Pluperfect Middle/Passive)

Wed July 12

  • HW due: Lesson 22 GtE (1–5, 9)
  • Read: ΑΩ Lesson 23 (Relative Pronouns, πᾶς, Expressions of Time)

Thur July  13

  • HW due: Lesson 23 GtE (3–5, 9, 10)
  • Read: ΑΩ Lesson 24 (Ω-Verbs: Active Participles)

Fri July 14

  • HW due: Lesson 24 GtE (1, 5, 6, 8, 10)
  • Read:  ΑΩ Lesson 25 (Ω-Verbs: Middle/Passive Participles)

Weekly Assessment: Lessons 20-24, due Saturday July 15 at 5PM

Week 5

Mon July 17

  • HW due: Lesson 25 GtE (1–3, 5, 6, 8)
  • Read: ΑΩ Lesson 26 (Direct and Indirect Questions, Alternative Questions)

Tue July 18

Wed July 19 - No Class!

  • Final Translation Project due by 5PM

Course Summary:

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