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(ABOVE: Athenian voting disks, ca 300 B.C.)

Instructor:	John Bauschatz
Time/Location:	M–Th, 1:00–1:50 p.m.; Modern Languages 506
Contact Info:	Office: Social Sciences 135 Phone: (520) 621-7422 email: jbausch1@email.arizona.edu

OVERVIEW

This course will focus on the courtroom oratory of classical Athens: in particular, select speeches of Lysias and (time permitting) selections from Plato's Apology. Emphasis will be placed on the development of skill in reading 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.

GOALS

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

Translate Attic Greek with speed and accuracy.
Identify and comprehend both simple and complex Attic and Greek constructions.
Recite Greek prose with confidence and polish.
Describe Lysias' style: his word choice, rhythm, organization, syntactic and grammatical peculiarities and favorite themes.
Navigate the Athenian legal system: its courts, procedures and customs.
Assess the importance of oratory and rhetoric in classical (fifth-century B.C.) Greece.

PREREQUISITES

Students enrolled in Greek 212 should have completed Greek 112, Greek 101 and 102, or the equivalent (one year of college-level ancient Greek). Please see the instructor if you have questions about prerequisites.

READINGS

The required texts are as follows:

Ruth Scodel, ed. Lysias: Orations 1 and 3. Bryn Mawr, 1986.
C.W. Shelmerdine, Introduction to Greek. 2nd ed. Focus Publishing, 2008.

The texts will be available in the U of A Bookstore, though you might want to try amazon, Barnes & Noble or abe Books (where you can probably find used copies for cheap). *Please make sure that you have the proper edition of these texts.*

It is also recommended that you purchase the following dictionary:

H. G. Liddell and Robert Scott, eds. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon Founded upon the Seventh Edition of Lidell and Scott's Greek-English Lexicon. 7th ed. Oxford UP, 1945.

Smaller (the "Little Liddell") and larger (the "Great Scott" - ha ha ha! still using that joke, people) editions are also available.

If you plan to continue on with Greek beyond the 2xx level, you will doubtless also eventually need a copy of Herbert W. Smyth's Greek Grammar (revised edition: Harvard UP, 1983), a must for thorough study of the language. The Bookstore may have copies of this text. If not, it is widely available online.

Any additional reading assignments for this course will be provided to you in class, emailed to you or made available on the Greek 212 D2L site (see below). To view/download them, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader (free download available here).

GRADING

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

Attendance (10%): How often you come to class (duh). Your grade for attendance = the number of hours you actually spend in the classroom / the total number of hours you're scheduled to spend in the classroom. There are no exceptions to this policy, but I will allow you to make up up to four hours (= 4 classes) of missed time. The only way to do this is a 1/1 time trade: i.e., you'll spend however many hours you missed—up to four—doing Greek-related work.
Participation (15%): The quality and quantity of your participation in class discussions. I expect you to actively engage in class discussions! To a degree, your participation will be forced, as I will call on you. But I also expect you to volunteer to translate passages, do drills, write on the board, etc. If you do not, your grade will suffer.

Homework (15%): Regular homework assignments from the textbook. There are 34 of these in Greek 201. HW will be collected at the beginning of class and corrected. You will have the opportunity in class to ask questions about homework assignments before handing them in. We will address any serious problems with homework assignments in class. Your lowest 6 HW grades will be dropped. One final note about homework: PLEASE SKIP LINES! This allows me room to make comments.

Quizzes (15%): There are 34 quizzes (generally no more than 10 minutes in length) in Greek 201. These will cover form generation, form identification and translation. Your lowest 6 quiz grades will be dropped. (Note: If you miss a quiz, you can make it up in my office before the next class session. Otherwise, it's a zero.)

Hour Exams (30%, 10% each): There will be three hour exams in this course. They will occur on Wednesday, September 17; Monday, October 13; and Wednesday, November 5. The exams will cover all material read and discussed in the course over a specific period of time and will consist of identification of forms, translation and commentary on reading passages. Do not miss the exams.

Final Exam (15%): The final exam is scheduled for Thursday, December 18 from 1–3 p.m. Do not miss it.

*Please note: All students enrolled in Greek 201 must receive regular letter grades. That is, pass/fail grading is not available for Greek 201. If you have enrolled for Greek 201 pass/fail, you will be have to change to regular (i.e., letter) grading.*

OTHER INFO

My office hours for the fall semester are M–Th, 11:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m. You are also welcome and encouraged to make an appointment to meet with me. Call, email or holler.

Please note: there is a Greek 201 D2L site. Grades will be posted on D2L, as will the occasional handout/review sheet. If you are unfamiliar with D2L, please get familiar soon!

Students with disabilities should contact the UA Disability Resource Center (520 621-3268) for any special needs or accommodations.

Surprise! Cheating is not allowed. If you cheat, and I find out, you will receive a grade of 0 for the assignment and other bad things will happen. (See the U of A's code of academic integrity.)

COURSE SCHEDULE

What follows is a sketch outline of the fall semester. Assignments are due on the dates specified. On most nights, you'll review a section of the textbook, do a number of written exercises based on this review and prepare some Lysias.

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.

Week

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

8/25 (1) Introductions/
Chapter 1

BUY: textbooks (see above)

READ: Shelmerdine, Chapter 1 (pp1–5); Lysias, Orations I, III, volume preface (ppv–vii)

IN CLASS: review syllabus, course policies, schedule; Shelmerdine, Grammar 1–6 (pp1–4)

8/26 (2) Lysias 1/ Chapter 2

READ: Shelmerdine, Chapter 2 (pp7–11); Lysias 1.1

WRITE OUT (HW 1): Shelmerdine, Exercises 1–3 (p. 5), column 2

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 1): Shelmerdine,Grammar 1–6 (pp1–4)

IN CLASS: Shelmerdine, Grammar 1–5 (pp7–10); Lysias 1.1

8/27 (3) Lysias 1/ Chapter 3

READ: Shelmerdine, Chapter 3 (pp13–18); Lysias 1.2

WRITE OUT (HW 2): Shelmerdine, Exercises 4–9 (pp10–11), column 2

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 2): Shelmerdine, Grammar 1–5 (pp7–10)

IN CLASS: Shelmerdine, Grammar 1–6 (pp13–16); Lysias 1.2

8/28 (4) Lysias 1

READ: Lysias 1.3–4

WRITE OUT (HW 3): Shelmerdine, Exercises 11–16 (pp16–18), 5–10 for each exercise (where possible)

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 3): Shelmerdine,Grammar 1–6 (pp13–16)

IN CLASS: Lysias 1.3–4

9/1 Labor Day: no class

9/2 (5) Lysias 1/ Chapter 4

READ: Shelmerdine, Chapter 4 (pp19–22); Lysias 1.5

IN CLASS: Shelmerdine, Grammar 1–5 (pp19–21); Lysias 1.5

9/3 (6) Lysias 1/ Chapter 5

READ: Shelmerdine, Chapter 5 (pp23–27); Lysias 1.6

WRITE OUT (HW 4): Shelmerdine, Exercises 18–20 (pp21–22), 5–10 for each exercise (where possible)

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 4): Shelmerdine,Grammar 1–5 (pp19–21)

IN CLASS: Shelmerdine, Grammar 1–5 (pp23–26); Lysias 1.6

9/4 (7) Lysias 1/ Chapter 6

READ: Shelmerdine, Chapter 6 (pp29–32); Lysias 1.7

WRITE OUT (HW 5): Shelmerdine, Exercises 22–24; 26, 27 (pp25–26), 5–10 for each exercise (where possible)

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 5): Shelmerdine,Grammar 1–5 (pp23–26)

IN CLASS: Shelmerdine, Grammar 1–6 (pp29–31); Lysias 1.7

9/8 (8) Lysias 1

READ: Lysias 1.8

WRITE OUT (HW 6): Shelmerdine, Exercises 28 & 29 (pp31–32), 6–10 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 6): Shelmerdine,Grammar 1–6 (pp29–31)

IN CLASS: Lysias 1.8

9/9 (9) Lysias 1/ Chapter 7

READ: Shelmerdine, Chapter 7 (pp33–38); Lysias 1.9

IN CLASS: Shelmerdine, Grammar 1–6 (pp33–37); Lysias 1.9

9/10 (10) Lysias 1/ Chapter 8

READ: Shelmerdine, Chapter 8 (pp39–44)(; Lysias 1.10

WRITE OUT (HW 7): Shelmerdine, Exercises 31 & 32 (p. 37), 6–10 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 7): Shelmerdine,Grammar 1–6 (pp33–37)

IN CLASS: Shelmerdine, Grammar 1–5 (pp39–43); Lysias 1.10

9/11 (11) Lysias 1/ Chapter 9

READ: Shelmerdine, Chapter 9 (pp45–50); Lysias 1.11

WRITE OUT (HW 8): Shelmerdine, Exercises 34 & 35 (p. 43), 6–10 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 8): Shelmerdine,Grammar 1–5 (pp39–43)

IN CLASS: Shelmerdine, Grammar 1–6 (pp45–49); Lysias 1.11

9/15 (12) Lysias 1/ Chapter 10

READ: Shelmerdine, Chapter 10 (pp51–55); Lysias 1.12–13

WRITE OUT (HW 9): Shelmerdine, Exercises 38 & 39 (pp48–49), 6–10 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 9): Shelmerdine,Grammar 1–6 (pp45–49)

IN CLASS: Shelmerdine, Grammar 1–3 (pp51–53); Lysias 1.12–13

9/16 (13) Review: Lysias 1.1–13

REREAD: Lysias 1.1–20

WRITE OUT (HW 10): Shelmerdine, Exercises 40 & 41 (pp53–54), 6–10 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 10): Shelmerdine,Grammar 1–3 (pp51–53)

IN CLASS: Review, Lysias 1.1–13

9/17 (14) Hour Exam #1: Lysias 1.1–13

9/18 (15) Lysias 1/ Chapter 11

READ: Shelmerdine, Chapter 11 (pp57–64); Lysias 1.14

IN CLASS: Shelmerdine, Grammar 1–5 (pp57–61); Lysias 1.14

9/22 (16) Lysias 1/ Chapter 12

READ: Shelmerdine, Chapter 12 (pp65–71); Lysias 1.15

WRITE OUT (HW 11): Shelmerdine, Exercises 42 & 43 (p. 59), 7–9 for each exercise; Exercises 44–48 (pp59–62), 7–10 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 11): Shelmerdine, Grammar 1–5 (pp57–61)

IN CLASS: Shelmerdine, Grammar 1–6 (pp95–69); Lysias 1.15

9/23 (17) Lysias 1/ Chapter 13

READ: Shelmerdine, Chapter 13 (pp73–79); Lysias 1.16

WRITE OUT (HW 12): Shelmerdine, Exercises 50–53 (pp67–70), 8–10 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 12): Shelmerdine, Grammar 1–6 (pp95–69)

IN CLASS: Shelmerdine, Grammar 1–5 (pp73–77); Lysias 1.16

9/24 (18) Lysias 1/ Chapter 14

READ: Shelmerdine, Chapter 14 (pp81–88); Lysias 1.17

WRITE OUT (HW 13): Shelmerdine, Exercises 54–57 (pp74–77), 8–10 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 13): Shelmerdine, Grammar 1–5 (pp73–77)

IN CLASS: Shelmerdine, Grammar 1–5 (pp81–85); Lysias 1.17

9/25 (19) Lysias 1

READ: Shelmerdine, Chapter 14 (pp81–88); Lysias 1.18–19

WRITE OUT (HW 14): Shelmerdine, Exercises 59–60 (pp82–83), 8–10 for each exercise; Exercises 61–65 (pp85–86), 4–5 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 14): Shelmerdine, Grammar 1–5 (pp81–85)

IN CLASS: Lysias 1.18–19

9/29 (20) Lysias 1/ Chapter 15

READ: Shelmerdine, Chapter 15 (pp89–96); Lysias 1.20

IN CLASS: Shelmerdine, Grammar 1–6 (pp89–94); Lysias 1.20

9/30 (21) Lysias 1/ Chapter 16

READ: Shelmerdine, Chapter 16 (pp99–104); Lysias 1.21

WRITE OUT (HW 15): Shelmerdine, Exercises 67–71 (pp91–94), 8–10 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 15): Shelmerdine,Grammar 1–6 (pp89–94)

IN CLASS: Shelmerdine, Grammar 1–5 (pp99–103); Lysias 1.21

10/1 (22) Lysias 1/ Chapter 17

READ: Shelmerdine, Chapter 17 (pp105–112); Lysias 1.22

WRITE OUT (HW 16): Shelmerdine, Exercises 72 & 73 (p. 103), 6–10 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 16): Shelmerdine, Grammar 1–5 (pp99–103)

IN CLASS: Shelmerdine, Grammar 1–5 (pp105–110); Lysias 1.22

10/2 (23) Lysias 1

READ: Lysias 1.23–25

WRITE OUT (HW 17): Shelmerdine, Exercises 76–79 (pp109–111), 8–10 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 17): Shelmerdine, Grammar 1–5 (pp105–110)

IN CLASS: Lysias 1.23–25

10/6 (24) Lysias 1/ Chapter 18

READ: Shelmerdine, Chapter 18 (pp113–119); Lysias 1.26

IN CLASS: Shelmerdine, Grammar 1–6 (pp111–117); Lyisas 1.26

10/7 (25) Lysias 1/ Chapter 19

READ: Shelmerdine, Chapter 19 (pp121–128); Lysias 1.27

WRITE OUT (HW 18): Shelmerdine, Exercises 80–81, 83–84 (pp115–118), 8–10 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 18): Shelmerdine, Grammar 1–6 (pp111–117)

IN CLASS: Shelmerdine, Grammar 1–6 (pp121–127); Lysias 1.27

10/8 (26) Lysias 1/ Chapter 20

READ: Shelmerdine, Chapter 20 (pp129–135); Lysias 1.28

WRITE OUT (HW 19): Shelmerdine, Exercises 85, 88 and 91 (pp122–126), column 2 (*both a and b*)

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 19): Shelmerdine,Grammar 1–6 (pp121–127)

IN CLASS: Shelmerdine, Grammar 1–6 (pp129–133); Lysias 1.28

10/9 (27) Review: Lysias 1.14–28

REREAD: Lysias 1.14–28

WRITE OUT (HW 20): Shelmerdine, Exercises 94–97 (pp129–134), 8–10 each

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 20): Shelmerdine, Grammar 1–6 (pp129–133)

IN CLASS: Review, Lysias 1.14–28

10/13 (28) Hour Exam #2: Lysias 1.14–28

10/14 (29) Lysias 1/ Chapter 21

READ: Shelmerdine, Chapter 21 (pp137–144); Lysias 1.29–30

IN CLASS: Shelmerdine, Grammar 1–6 (pp137–142); Lysias 1.29–30

10/15 (30) Lysias 1/ Chapter 22

READ: Shelmerdine, Chapter 22 (pp145–151); Lysias 1.31

WRITE OUT (HW 21): Shelmerdine, Exercises 98–101 (pp140–143), 8–10 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 21): Shelmerdine,Grammar 1–6 (pp137–142)

IN CLASS: Shelmerdine, Grammar 1–5 (145–149); Lysias 1.31

10/16 (31) Lysias 1/ Chapter 23

READ: Shelmerdine, Chapter 23 (pp153–161); Lysias 1.32–33

WRITE OUT (HW 22): Shelmerdine, Exercises 102 and 103 (pp149–150), 6–10 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 22): Shelmerdine,Grammar 1–5 (145–149)

IN CLASS: Shelmerdine, Grammar 1–5 (pp153–159); Lysias 1.32–33

10/20 (32) Lysias 1/ Chapter 24

READ: Shelmerdine, Chapter 24 (pp163–169); Lysias 1.34

WRITE OUT (HW 23): Shelmerdine, Exercises 105–108 (pp157–160), 8–10 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 23): Shelmerdine,Grammar 1–5 (pp153–159)

IN CLASS: Shelmerdine, Grammar 1–6 (pp163–167); Lysias 1.34

10/21 (33) Lysias 1/ Chapter 25

READ: Shelmerdine, Chapter 25 (pp171–176); Lysias 1.35–36

WRITE OUT (HW 24): Shelmerdine, Exercises 109–112 (pp165–168), 8–10 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 24): Shelmerdine,Grammar 1–6 (pp163–167)

IN CLASS: Shelmerdine, Grammar 1–6 (pp171–174); Lysias 1.35–36

10/22 (34) Lysias 1/ Chapter 26

READ: Shelmerdine, Chapter 26 (pp177–183); Lysias 1.37

WRITE OUT (HW 25): Shelmerdine, Exercises 114 and 115 (pp174–175), 6–10 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 25): Shelmerdine,Grammar 1–6 (pp171–174)

IN CLASS: Shelmerdine, Grammar 1–6 (pp171–174); Lysias 1.37

10/23 (35) Lysias 1

READ: Lysias 1.38–39

WRITE OUT (HW 26): Shelmerdine, Exercises 117 and 118 (pp181–182), 6–10 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 26): Shelmerdine,Grammar 1–6 (pp171–174)

IN CLASS: Lysias 1.38–39

10/27 (36) Lysias 1/ Chapter 27

READ: Shelmerdine, Chapter 27 (pp185–193); Lysias 1.40–41

IN CLASS: Shelmerdine, Grammar 1–7 (pp185–191); Lysias 1.40–41

10/28 (37) Lysias 1/ Chapter 28

READ: Shelmerdine, Chapter 28 (pp195–200); Lysias 1.42

WRITE OUT (HW 27): Shelmerdine, Exercises 119–122 (pp186–192), 8–10 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 27): Shelmerdine,Grammar 1–7 (pp185–191)

IN CLASS: Shelmerdine, Grammar 1–4 (pp195–198); Lysias 1.42

10/29 (38) Lysias 1/ Chapter 29

READ: Shelmerdine, Chapter 29 (pp201–206); Lysias 1.43

WRITE OUT (HW 28): Shelmerdine, Exercises 125 and 126 (pp198–199), 6–10 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 28): Shelmerdine,Grammar 1–4 (pp195–198)

IN CLASS: Shelmerdine, Grammar 1–6 (pp201–204); Lysias 1.43

10/30 (39) Lysias 1

READ: Lysias 1.44

WRITE OUT (HW 29): Shelmerdine, Exercises 127–130 (pp202–205), 8–10 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 29): Shelmerdine,Grammar 1–6 (pp201–204)

IN CLASS: Lysias 1.44

11/3 (40) Lysias 1

READ: Lysias 1.45–47

IN CLASS: Lysias 1.45–47

11/4 (41) Lysias 1

READ: Lysias 1.48–50

IN CLASS: Lysias 1.48–50

11/5 (42) Review: Lysias 1.29–50

REREAD: Lysias 1.29–50

IN CLASS: Review, Lysias 1.29–50

11/6 (43) Hour Exam #3: Lysias 1.29–50

11/10 (44) Lysias 3/ Chapter 30

READ: Shelmerdine, Chapter 30 (pp207–211); Lysias 3.1–2

IN CLASS: Shelmerdine, Grammar 1–4 (pp207–210); Lysias 3.1–2

11/11 Veterans Day: no class

11/12 (45) Lysias 3/ Chapter 31

READ: Shelmerdine, Chapter 31 (pp213–219); Lysias 3.3–4

WRITE OUT (HW 30): Shelmerdine, Exercises 132–133 (p. 210), 6–10 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 30): Shelmerdine,Grammar 1–4 (pp207–210)

IN CLASS: Shelmerdine, Grammar 1–6 (pp213–217); Lysias 3.3–4

11/13 (46) Lysias 3/ Chapter 32

READ: Shelmerdine, Chapter 32 (pp221–229); Lysias 3.5–6

WRITE OUT (HW 31): Shelmerdine, Exercises 134, 135, 137 and 138 (pp215–218), 8–10 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 31): Shelmerdine,Grammar 1–6 (pp213–217)

IN CLASS: Shelmerdine, Grammar 1–6 (221–227); Lysias 3.5–6

11/17 (47) Lysias 3/ Chapter 33

READ: Shelmerdine, Chapter 33 (pp231–238); Lysias 3.7–8

WRITE OUT (HW 32): Shelmerdine, Exercises 141 and 142 (p. 227), 6–10 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 32): Shelmerdine,Grammar 1–6 (221–227)

IN CLASS: Shelmerdine, Grammar 1–6 (pp231–236); Lysias 3.7–8

11/18 (48) Lysias 3/ Chapter 34

READ: Shelmerdine, Chapter 34 (pp239–246); Lysias 3.9–10

WRITE OUT (HW 33): Shelmerdine, Exercises 143–146 (pp235–237), 8–10 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 33): Shelmerdine,Grammar 1–6 (pp231–236)

IN CLASS: Shelmerdine, Grammar 1–4 (pp239–245); Lysias 3.9–10

11/19 (49) Lysias 3

READ: Lysias 3.11–13

WRITE OUT (HW 34): Shelmerdine, Exercises 147 and 148 (p. 245), 6–10 for each exercise

MEMORIZE (for Quiz 34): Shelmerdine,Grammar 1–4 (pp239–245)

IN CLASS: Lysias 3.11–13

11/20 (50) Lysias 3

READ: Lysias 3.14–17

IN CLASS: Lysias 3.14–17

11/24 (51) Lysias 3

READ: Lysias 3.18–21

IN CLASS: Lysias 3.18–21

11/25 (52) Lysias 3

READ: Lysias 3.22–25

IN CLASS: Lysias 3.22–25

11/26 Thanksgiving recess - no class

11/27 Thanksgiving recess - no class

12/1 (53) Lysias 3

READ: Lysias 3.26–29

IN CLASS: Lysias 3.26–29

12/2 (54) Lysias 3

READ: Lysias 3.30–33

IN CLASS: Lysias 3.30–33

12/3 (55) Lysias 3

READ: Lysias 3.34–37

IN CLASS: Lysias 3.34–37

12/4 (56) Lysias 3

READ: Lysias 3.38–41

IN CLASS: Lysias 3.38–41

12/8 (57) Lysias 3

READ: Lysias 3.42–45

IN CLASS: Lysias 3.42–45

12/9 (58) Lysias 3

READ: Lysias 3.46–48

IN CLASS: Lysias 3.46–48

12/10 (59) Review: Lysias 3 / Evaluations

REREAD: Lysias 3

IN CLASS: Lysias 3

12/11 Reading Day: no class

12/15 Final Exams: no class

12/16 Final Exams: no class

12/17 Final Exams: no class

12/18 ***Final Exam: 1:00–3:00 p.m.***

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