Past Courses
Fall 2021
Greek 2101 Intermediate Greek (MWF, 10:10-11am, in person) Instructor jsr5@cornell.edu Combines reading of classical Greek prose texts (Lysias, Plato, Xenophon) with systematic review of forms, study of advanced grammar, vocabulary-building, and sight-reading exercises. Prerequsite: 1 year of ancient Greek study at Cornell or elsewhere, or the Classics Dept ancient Greek placement exam.
Play Video Introduction to the course (from last year, ignore the references to on-line instruction; there will also be adjustments in the calendar and post-Lysias readings, otherwise the same)
Complete the pre-course survey (also on Canvas as of August 25 2021)
Greek 7101: Thucydides (T-Th 9:40-10:55am, in person) Instructor jsr5@cornell.edu The provisional plan is to cover the themes of the whole preserved work (and theories about its incompleteness) and offer a reading group on the Q list selection (Book 2), ending with a focus on Book 1, the prolegomena to the war, which offers modes of historical discourse different from the rest: the analytical essay (Archaeology), the chronicle of 479-440 (the “Pentekontaeteia”) and the Romance of Pausanias and Themistocles; readings here will be based on my manuscript commentary on Book 1. Prerequisite: at least one advanced (3000 level) Greek course at Cornell or equivalent.
Complete the pre-course survey (also on Canvas as of August 25 2021)
