Elementary Greek I

CLAS 115-01

Old Main 011
Macalester College
Fall 2004
Instructor: Nanette Scott Goldman   e-mail

MWF 10:50-11:50 plus 1 weekly lab
Lab 1: Thur 9:00-10:00 OM 011 Lab 2: Thur 2:45-3:45 Car 105

Office: Old Main 407 Phone: 651 - 696 - 6659 (x6659)
Office Hours: MF 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. Tu 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. and by appointment.

Course Description:
This 15-week course will introduce you to the grammatical principles of ancient Greek, the Attic dialect – the language of classical Athens. You will acquire the language through the translation of actual and graded texts, including Greek Wisdom writings and selections from the New Testament, written exercises, pronunciation drills, quizzes and exams. There are four class meetings per week; the ‘lab’ is treated as a regular class period. By the end of the 2nd semester you will have been introduced to a substantial portion of the grammar required for the courses in the Intermediate sequence: Greek prose (Plato or Herodotus), Homer, New Testament. Upon completion of the 2nd year, you will have mastered the translating skills necessary to read with fluency the literature offered in Advanced Greek: works by such authors as Euripides, Sophocles, Aristophanes, Thucydides and many others. The completion of four semesters of Greek or the equivalent fulfills the Macalester foreign language requirement.

Required Materials:

Balme and Lawall. Athenaze: An Introduction to Ancient Greek Bk I. 2nd ed. Oxford University Press. New York. 2003

Lawall, Johnson and Miraglia. Workbook I: Athenaze 2nd ed. Oxford University Press. New York. 2003