GREEK 103 A: Introductory Greek

Prof. Alex Hollmann (hollmann@uw.edu)

THO 211 M-F 1.30-2.20

Office hours: W 12-1 (in person at Denny Mezzanine 262E or by Zoom) or by appt

Welcome to Greek 103! Students joining this course will typically have taken Greek 101 and 102 (or the equivalent thereof) or will have completed the accelerated course, Greek 300.

We continue working through Anne Groton's From Alpha to Omega, resuming at Lesson 35

First year Ancient Greek courses give you direct access to the thoughts and writings of the ancient Greeks and allow you to explore the dynamic and often dangerous cultural, social and political world in which they wrote. Learning to interpret and use an ancient language requires you to explore unknown areas and think in new ways. Our focus is on Greek as a literary language. Course activities are designed to foster a collegial and collaborative atmosphere and to encourage you to make strong connections between the ancient language and literature we are exploring together and your other interests, passions and pursuits.

 Course Goals:

Through your work in the course you will demonstrate that you can: 

• Read and translate selections from ancient Greek authors and compose simple sentences in Greek.
• Understand and explain the literary, historical and cultural context of texts by ancient Greek authors
• Analyze and explain Greek grammar and syntax
• Analyze and describe the influence of the Greek language on subsequent languages and literatures

By completing the first year sequence through 103 you equip yourself to read any Greek author. In our second year courses (304, 305, 306, 307) students read selections of Xenophon (305), Plato (306), and Homer (307), and other authors (304).

Textbook

Lessons 35–50 of From Alpha to Omega, Anne H. Groton (4th ed.). You will also need 46 Stories in Classical Greek, Anne H. Groton, James M. May. You may also find Jon Bruss, From Alpha to Omega: Ancillary Exercises. 2nd ed useful for extra practice.

Course Grade Components 

Homework (online submission)       30%

Quizzes (Fridays of Weeks 2, 4, 6, 8) online submission) 40%

Final assessment  (cumulative, online submission) 20%

Participation 10%

Chart used to convert percentages to GPA here

Course remarks

-Reading and Homework is due on the day assigned, e.g. “Th Jan. 7 HW: p. 121 Gr.-Eng. 1-5, Eng.-Gr. 5. Read p. 122 “Chat with a Cat” means you should come to class on Th. Jan. 7 having completed to the best of your ability the specified exercises on p. 121 and having read to the best of your ability the reading on p. 122.

-If you are required to submit any of this work, this will also be specified and an assignment link given with a due date.

Schedule (will be updated as needed)

Week 1: Lesson 35: Subjunctive. Lesson 36: Optative

M March 25 Read pp. 243–248. Powerpoint here

T March 26 HW: p. 249 1,3,4,5,7,8,10. Submit here

W March 27 Prepare p. 250 “The Athenians Go Too Far—Part 2”

Th March 28 Read pp.253–259. Powerpoint here

F March 29 Prepare p. 261 “The Athenians Go Too Far—Part 3”. We also looked at Matthew 26:17–30.

Week 2: Lesson 36 continued. Lesson 37: Conditions

M April 1 HW: p. 260 1,3,4,6, E to G 1,2. Submit here

T April 2 Read pp. 263–265. Powerpoint here

W April 3 HW: p. 267 1,3,5,7,9,10. Submit here

Th April 4 We will read "Doing His Best to Be a Pest" in 46 Stories, p. 66.

F April 5 1^st quiz here. No class

Week 3: Lesson 38: Conditional relative clauses; relative adverbs. Lesson 39: Purpose clauses

M April 8 Read pp. 271–274 Powerpoint here

T April 9 HW: pp. 275–6 1–6, 8. E to G 4. Submit here

W April 10 Read pp. 279–281 Powerpoint here

Th April 11 HW p. 282 1,2,5,6,8,10. E to G 1. Submit here

F April 12 Prepare reading: p. 284 "Justifiable Homicide" Part 1. 

Week 4 Lesson 40: εἶμι; indirect discourse with ὅτι ὡς. Lesson 41: φημί; indirect discourse with infinitive

M April 15 Read pp. 285–290 Powerpoint here

T April 16 HW p. 291 1,2,5,9,10 E to G 3 (just translate verbs if you like). Submit here

W April 17 Read pp. 295–299 Powerpoint here

Th April 18 HW 1,2,7,10. Submit here. Prepare reading: p. 292 "Justifiable Homicide" Part 2

F April 19 2^nd quiz here. No class

Week 5 Lesson 42: Indirect discourse with participle; crasis. Lesson 43: More uses of infinitive; πρίν

M April 22 Read pp. 303–308 Powerpoint here

T April 23 HW pp. 308–309 1,3,4,5,6,8,9. Submit here

W April 24 Read pp. 313–317 Powerpoint here

Th April 25 HW pp. 317–318 1–3,5-7,9. Submit here

F April 26 Prepare reading "Laws Worth Listening To", p. 74 in 46 Stories in Classical Greek. We may also read NT Matthew 17:14ff (healing of epileptic)

Week 6 Lesson 44: Verbal adjectives in -τέος, -τός. Lesson 45: Clauses of effort and fear

M April 29 Read pp. 321–326. Powerpoint here

T April 30 HW p. 326 1,2,4,6,9,10;  E to G 2 (just verbs if you like). Submit here

W May 1 Read pp. 329–332. Powerpoint here

Th May 2 HW p. 333 1,2,5,6,8 Submit here

We will look at breastfeeding in Plato, Republic 462c-d and examples of clause of effort: here

F May 3 3^rd quiz here. No class

Week 7 Lesson 46: μι verbs (δίδωμι, ἵστημι). Lesson 47: μι verbs (τίθημι, ἵημι)

M May 6 Read pp. 337–342 Powerpoint here

T May 7 HW p. 343 1,3,6,7,8,9,10 Submit here

W May 8 Read pp. 347–352 Powerpoint here

Th May 9 HW pp. 351–2 1,2,4,5,6,7,9 Submit here

(we may also look at this speech by Demosthenes)

F May 10 Prepare reading on p. 344 "The Perfect Polis? — Part 1". If you can, try to prepare reading on p.352 "The Perfect Polis? — Part 2"

Week 8 Lesson 48: μι verbs (δείκνυμι); unattainable wishes. Lesson 49: βαίνω, γιγνώσκω; directional suffixes; acc. of respect

M May 13 Read pp. 355–358. Powerpoint here

T May 14 HW: p. 359  1–6, 8–10. Submit here

Some examples of ψυχή and of prolepsis we may look at together (Iliad 22 and Matthew 6)

W May 15 Read pp. 363–366. Powerpoint here

Th May 16 HW: p.366f.  1–4, 6–9. Submit here

F May 17 4^th quiz here. No class

Week 9 Lesson 50: Redundant μή; uses of μὴ οὐ and οὐ μή; attraction of relative pronoun. Review

M May 20 Read pp. 371–375. Powerpoint here

T May 21 HW p. 375 2–5, 8–10. Submit here

W May 22 Accents: placement. [Read §15, pp. 10–11 on how to determine whether a syllable is long or short]. Review of 3rd declension nouns [reread Lessons 16 and 17]. Powerpoint here

Th May 23 Accents: types of accent [Read §14, p. 10 and "Two General Principles of Accenting", p.11]. Review of 3rd declension nouns cont'd [reread Lesson 29] Powerpoint here

F May 24 Reading: Luke 20 Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's Text here Vocab here

Week 10 Activities: Reading and Review

M May 27 Memorial Day: NO CLASS

T May 28 Read "Why the Wait?" (Plato, Phaedo 57a-58c) = p. 90 in 46 Stories in Classical Greek

W May 29 Continue reading "Why the Wait?"

Th May 30 We will read together Acts 17:17–34 (speech of Paul to Athenians). Vocab. here (distributed on paper in class too)

F May 31 Continue Acts 17:17–34. We may read a few fragments of Sappho and Anacreon.

Week 11

T June 4 8.00 am Final assessment released

F June 7 5.00 pm Final assessment due. All outstanding HW to be submitted by same date and time.