| Course Title: Elementary Greek: Homer's Iliad |
| Start Date: 01/24/2022 End Date: 05/09/2022 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2022 |
| 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 |
| 01/24/2022 - 05/09/2022 | Lecture | Monday, Wednesday and Friday | 11:30AM - 12:45PM | SKNR - Skinner Hall | 216 | Weekly |
| 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. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 28 | Enrollment: 18 | Available: 10 | 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) |