GREEK 300 A: Introductory Greek, Accelerated

Zoom Link for the Course: https://washington.zoom.us/j/94577746653

Mon-Fri 9:30-11:40 AM Pacific Time, Synchronous on Zoom

Welcome to the first half of a summer-long sequence designed to introduce students to Ancient Greek (Classical and koine).

By the end of the course you will be able to:

-read and translate simple selections from ancient Greek authors and compose simple sentences in Greek.

-understand and explain literary, historical, and cultural context of ancient Greek texts

-analyze and explain ancient Greek grammar and syntax

-analyze and explain ancient Greek’s influence on and connection to other languages and literatures

By the end of the sequence (Greek 300, Greek 103) you equip yourself to read any Greek author. In our second-year courses (Greek 304, 305, 306, 307) students read selections of Xenophon (306), Plato (307), Homer (307), and biblical texts (304).

This class will be offered online in synchronous format. 

Required textbooks:

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

Anne Groton and James May, 46 Stories in Classical Greek

Course Schedule:

Monday June 23

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

Tuesday June 24

• HW due: 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)

Wednesday June 25

• 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)

Thursday June 26

• 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)
• In-Class Reading: 46 Stories “How to Avoid a Beastly Wedding”
• Read: ΑΩ Lesson 7 (Second declension masculine nouns)
• Read: ΑΩ Lesson 8 (Second declension neuter nouns)

Friday June 27

• HW due: Lesson 7: GtE (2-5, 10), Lesson 8: GtE (1, 2, 6, 8, 9)
• In-Class Reading: 46 Stories “Taking Things Too Literally”
• Read: ΑΩ Lesson 9 (First Declension Masculine Nouns; Substantives)

Weekly Assessment 1: Lessons 1-8, due Saturday June 28 at 5PM

Week 2

Monday June 30

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

Tuesday July 1

• 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)

Wed July 2

• 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)

Thursday July 3

• 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)

Friday July 4 Independence Day.  NO CLASS.

Weekly Assessment 2: Lessons 9-14, due Saturday July 5 at 5PM (available after Thursday)

Week 3

Monday July 7

• HW due: Lesson 15: GtE (3, 4, 5, 8-10); EtG 3
• Reading: “Ajax Makes a Tragic Spectacle of Himself” (Lines 10-22)
• Read: ΑΩ Lessons 16 and 17 (3^rd Declension nouns; 3^rd Declension Adjectives)

Tuesday July 8

• 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)

Wednesday July 9

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

Thursday July 10

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

Fri July 11

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

Weekly Assessment 3: Lessons 15-20, due Saturday July 12 at 5PM

Week 4

Monday July 14

• HW due: Translate from “Divining Socrates' Future” (46 Stories). 
• Read: ΑΩ Lesson 22 (Ω-Verbs: Perfect, Pluperfect, Pluperfect Middle/Passive)

Tuesday July 15

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

Wednesday July 16

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

Thursday July 17

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

Fri July 18

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

Weekly Assessment 4: Lessons 20-26, due Saturday July 19 at 5PM

Week 5

Mon July 21

• HW: Verb + Participle Synopsis Due
• Read: TBD

Tue July 22

• HW due: Review Assignment
• Ask general review questions/questions on final translation project

Wed July 23 - No Class!

• Final Translation Project due by 11:59 PM