Greek 011: Intermediate Greek

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Instructor:	John Bauschatz
Time/Location:	M/W/F, 10:30-11:20 a.m.; Trotter 115
Contact Info:	Office: Trotter 104 Phone: (610) 957-6168 (office); (610) 328-0424 (home) email: jbausch1@email.arizona.edu

OVERVIEW

This course will focus on the courtroom oratory of Classical Athens. We will read select speeches of Lysias and (time permitting) excerpts from other speeches, among these Plato's Apology. Emphasis will be placed on the development of skill in reading and composing Greek, but also on analysis of the characteristics and techniques of Greek rhetoric. We will split our time between critical reading of sections of Greek speeches; grammar, syntax and vocabulary review; and discussion of topics touched upon in the texts.

PREREQUISITES

Greek 011 is normally taken after Greek 002. If you're concerned about placement in the course, please let me know.

READINGS

The course text is Lysias: Selected Speeches, edited by Christopher Carey (Cambridge UP, 1990). In addition, we will also make regular use of L.A. Wilding's Greek for Beginners (revised and expanded edition: Focus Publishing, 2001). Both of these should be available in the bookstore, but you can probably find used copies for less elsewhere: amazon - Barnes & Noble - abe Books. *Please make sure that you have the proper edition of each text.*

If you haven't done so already, as a burgeoning classicist you will need to purchase a Greek/English dictionary (as Carey doesn't provide a vocabulary). I would recommend Liddell and Scott's Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (the so-called "Middle Liddell;" 7th edition: Oxford UP, 1959), though smaller (the "Little Liddell") and larger (the "Great Scott" - ha ha ha!) editions are also available. The bookstore will have copies of the intermediate edition, but you can probably find it cheaper elsewhere.

Finally, if you're REALLY keen on buying Greek books, a copy of Herbert W. Smyth's Greek Grammar (revised edition: Harvard UP, 1983) is a must for thorough study of the language. Since we'll be using Wilding as our base grammar text for the course, you're on your own for Smyth. But you might as well buy it now, as you'll need to do so eventually.

GRADING

Grading for the course will be based on the following breakdown:

Attendance/Participation (25%): How often you come to class and how enthusiastically you participate in, and occasionally lead, class discussions. I will not take attendance, but will keep an eye out for regular absences and reserve the right to arbitrarily deduct points from those who choose to cut. Daily brief (i.e., 1-2 minutes in length) presentations by students will require a very small amount of additional reading and research (in the course text or other materials provided by me). These are intended to provide information to supplement the readings. Ideally, each student will become an "expert" on some aspect of Greek civilization or its oratory (i.e., geography, mythology, rhetorical tropes, vocabulary, prosopography, grammar, etc.) and will share his or her "expertise" with the rest of the class.
Written Homework (10%): Short, nightly written assignments (chiefly from Wilding) will supplement your translation and review work. I will collect and grade these.

Quizzes (10%): Quizzes (generally no more than 5 minutes in length) will occur 2-3 times per week. These will cover grammar and syntax from recent readings and review materials. It is a safe bet that most sessions will begin with a quiz.

Hour Exams (15% each, 30% total): There will be two hour exams in this course. The first will occur on Monday, October 3; the second on Friday, November 4. Each exam will cover all material read and discussed in the course over a specific period of time and will consist of translation and commentary on grammar, syntax and style. Do not miss the exams.

Final Exam (25%): The final exam will take place on Thursday, December 15, 9:00 a.m.-noon. Do not miss it.

OTHER INFO

Surprise! Cheating is not allowed. If you cheat, and I find out, you will receive a grade of 0 for the assignment and be reported to the Office of the Deans. (See their policies on academic honesty.)

Office hours will be held whenever I am in my office. One can generally find me there at the following times:

M: 8:00-10:30 a.m.; 1:00-2:30 p.m.; 5:15-6:00 p.m.
Tu: 8:00 a.m.-noon; 12:30-2:30 p.m.; 4:15-6:00 p.m.
W: 8:00-10:30 a.m.
Th: 8:00 a.m.-noon; 12:30-2:30 p.m.; 4:15-6:00 p.m.
F: 8:00-10:30 a.m.

You are also welcome and encouraged to make an appointment to meet with me. Call, email or holler.

COURSE SCHEDULE

What follows is a sketch outline of the Fall semester. Nightly reading assignments are due on the dates specified. On most nights, you'll read a section of a speech of Lysias as well as a portion of Wilding that includes a written component (typically drawn from the Exercises).

Some of the reading assignments are pdf files. To view/download them, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader (free download available here).

Check this page often. Readings and assignments are subject to change. I'll try to give a heads-up in class if a major shake-up is imminent. I'll also try to have readings posted at least a week before the due date.

Part 1: On the Murder of Eratosthenes

In the first section of the course, we'll read the speech preserved as Lysias 1, On the Murder of Eratosthenes. This is a fascinating speech written in defense of a man who had killed Eratosthenes after discovering him committing adultery with his (i.e., the defendant's) wife. The case features a number of cool elements, including a description of the mechanics of the illicit love affair and a thrilling depiction of the killing of Eratosthenes.

Week

Monday

Wednesday

Friday

8/29 Introductions

READ: start Lysias 1.1-3 (in class)

RECEIVE: handouts: syllabus, schedule, bibliography, etc.

SEE: Lysias

8/31

READ: General Introduction (pp1-14); Speech Introduction (pp59-64); Lysias 1.1-3

REVIEW: Wilding, Chapters 1-2 (pp1-8)

WRITE: Practice A (p. 7); Exercise 8 (p. 8): 6, 7, 9

SEE: ancient Greece (aerial) - ancient Greece (political) - Athens

9/2

READ: Lysias 1.4-6

REVIEW: Wilding, Chapter 3 (pp9-13)

WRITE: Exercise 10 (p. 11): 5, 6; Exercise 13 (p. 12): 7, 8, 10

9/5

READ: Lysias 1.7-9

REVIEW: Wilding, Chapter 4 (pp14-18)

WRITE: Exercise 15 (p. 16): 1, 6; Exercise 17 (p. 17): 3, 5, 10

SEE: Greek jurors - ballot disks (for voting) - "House D," Athens (after Morgan, TAPA 112 [1982]: 122) - Euphiletos' house (reconstruction by Morgan)

9/7

READ: Lysias 1.10-12

REVIEW: Wilding, Chapters 5-6 (pp19-24)

WRITE: Exercise 19 (p. 20): 5, 9; Exercise 25 (p. 24): 5, 6, 9

9/9

READ: Lysias 1.13-15

REVIEW: Wilding, Chapter 7 (pp25-29)

WRITE: Exercise 27 (p. 27): 2, 4, 6; Exercise 29 (p. 28): 1, 9

SEE: Greek oil lamp - alabastron (makeup jar), reproduction

9/12

READ: Lysias 1.16-18

REVIEW: Wilding, Chapter 8 (pp30-37)

WRITE: Exercise 31 (p. 32): 6, 7; Exercise 34 (p. 35): 4-6

SEE: the Athenian agora (map) - agora (picture)

9/14

READ: Lysias 1.19-22

REVIEW: Wilding, Chapter 9 (pp38-42)

WRITE: Exercise 37 (p. 39): 4, 5; Exercise 39 (p. 41): 3, 7, 8

SEE: festival of the Thesmophoria, day 1 - day 2 - day 3 - Demeter - Persephone

9/16

READ: Lysias 1.23-26

REVIEW: Wilding, Chapter 10 (pp43-49)

WRITE: Exercise 43 (p. 45): 5, 8; Exercise 45 (p. 47): 3-5

9/19

READ: Lysias 1.27-30

REVIEW: Wilding, Chapter 11 (pp50-54)

WRITE: Exercise 50 (p. 53): 1, 3-6

SEE: Hestia (goddess of the hearth) - Areopagos (murder court) - inscribed Greek laws (code of Gortyn, Crete)

9/21

READ: Lysias 1.31-34

REVIEW: Wilding, Chapter 12 (pp55-60)

WRITE: Exercise 53 (p. 57): 1-3; Exercise 55 (pp58-59): 2, 9

9/23

READ: Lysias 1.35-38

REVIEW: Wilding, Chapters 13-14 (pp61-68)

WRITE: Exercise 58 (p. 62): 7; Exercise 63 (p. 66): 1, 8; Exercise 65 (pp67-68): 7, 8

9/26

READ: Lysias 1.39-42

REVIEW: Wilding, Chapter 15 (pp69-72)

WRITE: Exercise 68 (p. 71): 1, 2; Exercise 70 (p. 71): 6-8

9/28

READ: Lysias 1.43-46

REVIEW: Wilding, Chapter 16 (pp73-78)

WRITE: Exercise 73 (pp74-75): 1, 6; Exercise 75 (p. 77): 5, 7, 9

9/30

READ: Lysias 1.47-50

REVIEW: Wilding, Chapter 17 (pp79-83)

WRITE: Exercise 78 (p. 80): 4; Exercise 80 (p. 81): 9, 10; Exercise 82 (p. 82): 1, 3

10/3 Hour Exam #1 (on Part 1)

Part 2: Against Simon

In the second segment of the course we will read the third speech in the Lysiac corpus, Against Simon. This case deals with an instance of assault with intent to kill and, like Lysias 1, features a number of exciting true-crime elements, among these street brawls, jealous lovers, a home invasion and even attempted kidnapping.

Week	Monday	Wednesday	Friday
6		10/5 READ: Lysias 3.1-5 REVIEW: Wilding, Chapter 18 (pp84-90) WRITE: Exercise 86 (p. 86): 10; Exercise 89 (p. 87): 6, 9; Exercise 92 (p. 89): 9, 10 SEE: Athenian Bouleuterion (meeting-place of the Boule) - Plataea	10/7 READ: Lysias 3.6-10 REVIEW: Wilding, Chapter 19 (pp91-95) WRITE: Exercise 95 (pp91-92): 5, 6; Exercise 97 (p. 92): 1; Exercise 99 (p. 93): 4, 7
7	10/10 October Break	10/12 October Break	10/14 October Break
8	10/17 READ: Lysias 3.11-15 REVIEW: Wilding, Chapter 20 (pp96-104) WRITE: Exercise 102 (pp98-99): 7; Exercise 104 (p. 101): 4, 10; Exercise 106 (p. 103): 4, 7 SEE: Piraeus	10/19 READ: Lysias 3.16-20 REVIEW: Wilding, Chapter 21 (pp105-112) WRITE: Exercise 111 (pp110-111): 4-8	10/21 READ: Lysias 3.21-25 REVIEW: Wilding, Chapters 22-23 (pp113-122) WRITE: Exercise 115 (p. 114): 3; Exercise 117 (p. 115): 9; Exercise 120 (p. 119): 7, 8; Exercise 122 (p. 121): 2 SEE: Athenian drachma
9	10/24 READ: Lysias 3.26-30 REVIEW: Wilding, Chapter 24 (pp123-128) WRITE: Exercise 125 (p. 125): 7-9; Exercise 127 (p. 127): 1-2 SEE: Athenian potsherd (used for ostracism)	10/26 READ: Lysias 3.31-36 REVIEW: Wilding, Chapter 25 (pp129-135) WRITE: Exercise 130 (p. 132): 4; Exercise 132 (pp133-134): 1-3, 6	10/28 READ: Lysias 3.37-42 REVIEW: Wilding, Chapters 26-27 (pp136-142) WRITE: Exercise 135 (p. 137): 5, 6; Exercise 137 (p. 138): 4; Exercise 140 (p. 141): 1, 2
10	10/31 READ: Lysias 3.43-48 REVIEW: Wilding, Chapter 28 (pp143-148) WRITE: Exercise 143 (p. 145): 3, 5; Exercise 145 (pp146-147): 7; Exercise 147 (pp147-148): 6, 9 SEE: ancient Corinth - Agesilaos	11/2 READ: whatever you haven't finished or review what you have REVIEW: Wilding, Chapters 29-30 (pp149-156) WRITE: Exercise 150 (p. 150): 6, 7; Exercise 153 (p. 155): 5, 8, 9	11/4 Hour Exam #2 (on Part 2)

Part 3: Against Alkibiades

In the final section of the course, we will examine a case of desertion: Lysias 14, Against Alkibiades. The accused in this case - an irredeemable villain, if one is to believe the prosecution - was the son of the famous Athenian general of the same name and was tried before a court-martial of soldiers presided over by generals. If time permits, we will also read selections from Plato's Apology, the speech, according to tradition, that Socrates delivered (ultimately unsuccessfully) in his defense on charges of corrupting the youth of Athens.

Week	Monday	Wednesday	Friday
11	11/7 READ: Lysias 14.1-6 REVIEW: Wilding, Chapter 31 (pp157-160) WRITE: Exercise 156 (p. 160): 5-9 SEE: Alkibiades (the elder) - general 1 - 2	11/9 READ: Lysias 14.7-12 REVIEW: Wilding, Chapter 32 (pp161-168) WRITE: Exercise 158 (p. 167): 1-3, 5, 10 SEE: hoplites - hoplite arming - horseman - Pnyx (meeting-place of the assembly [ekklesia])	11/11 READ: Lysias 14.13-19 SEE: archer - slinger
12	11/14 READ: Lysias 14.20-26	11/16 READ: Lysias 14.27-33 SEE: dice - dicing - Sparta - ancient walls at Dekeleia - political map, Peloponnesian war - tower at Phyle	11/18 READ: Lysias 14.34-40 SEE: trireme - bireme - Chios - Thrace - Lysander - the long walls - ostrakon
13	11/21 READ: Lysias 14.41-47 SEE: Eleusinian Mysteries, map - carving a Herm	11/23 READ: Lysias 14 (whatever you haven't finished)	11/25 Thanksgiving Break
14	11/28 READ: Plato, Apology 17a- 18b (part 1 - part 2 - part 3 - part 4) SEE: Plato - Socrates - Socrates and Plato	11/30 READ: Plato, Apology (18c-19d)	12/2 READ: Plato, Apology (19e-20e)
15	12/5 READ: Plato, Apology (21a-21e)
16			Thursday, 12/15 Final Exam, 9:00 a.m.-noon

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