Section Info: GREEK-101-01

Course Title: Elementary Greek: Homer's Iliad
Start Date: 10/21/2020 End Date: 12/14/2020
Term: Fall Semester 2020
Description: This course introduces the ancient Greek language and epic meter through the study of the Iliad. The grammar of the Iliad, originally an oral poem, is relatively uncomplicated, so that by the middle of the first semester students will begin to read the poem in Greek. By the end of the year they will have read a portion of Iliad, Book I.
Distribution(s): I - Humanities , LANG - Language
Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate     Credits:4.00    

Faculty         Phone         Email address        
Paula Debnar   413-538-2873   pdebnar@mtholyoke.edu  

Meeting Dates         Method         Meeting days         Meeting times         Building name         Room     Frequency    
10/21/2020 - 12/14/2020   Flex. Immersive Lecture   Monday   12:45PM - 02:00PM   TBA   TBA   Weekly
10/21/2020 - 12/14/2020   Flex. Immersive Lecture   Tuesday and Thursday   12:45PM - 01:45PM       Weekly
10/21/2020 - 12/14/2020   Flex. Immersive Lecture   Wednesday and Friday   12:45PM - 02:30PM       Weekly

REGISTRATION DETAILS

Requisite Courses        
None                    

Comments        
Additional Comments        
Course Tags        
ANCST0001   ANCST: Ancient Studies major   This course has been approved to count towards the Ancient Studies major and/or minor.  
ANCST0001   ANCST: Ancient Studies minor   This course has been approved to count towards the Ancient Studies major and/or minor.  
CLASS0001   CLAS: Classical Studies major   This course has been approved to count towards the Classical Studies major and/or minor.  
CLASS0001   CLAS: Classical Studies minor   This course has been approved to count towards the Classical Studies major and/or minor.  
MOD0002   MOD-2: Courses meeting in Module 2   This course meets in Module 2.  

Cross-listed Sections        
None  

Course Availability
Section status: Closed     Capacity: 16     Enrollment: 16     Available: 0     Waitlist: 0

BOOK INFORMATION

Book List         Required         Publisher Full Price        
Title: Homeric Greek
Author: Pharr, Clyde
Copyright: 2012
Edition:
Volume:
ISBN: 9780806141640
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Required   34.95  

Additional Book Comments        
This is the complete book list for this class.  
Copies are on order at Order online  
Instructor's comments about the book list: Be sure you order the 4th edition of Pharr (i.e. Pharr, Wright, and Debnar) You should also acquire a copy of the *Iliad *in English: good translations are Fagles (pretty readable, not expensive, many used copies), Lattimore (close to the Greek, lots of used copies), Lombardo (some overly modern phrases); Jordan (seems good, but I have only read portions), Fitzgerald (fairly loose, poetic--sometimes sounds like a translation of an Old English work)