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Greek courses for Spring 2014

Title Instructor Location Time All taxonomy terms Description Section Description Cross Listings Fulfills Registration Notes Syllabus Syllabus URL Course Syllabus URL
GREK 018-680 INTERMED MODERN GREEK II TSEKOURA, DIMITRA WILLIAMS HALL 438 MW 0500PM-0700PM Further attention to developing oral expression, reading, and writing skills for students with knowledge of Demotic Modern Greek.
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    GREK 102-301 ELEM CLASSICAL GREEK II NISHIMURA-JENSEN, JULIE WILLIAMS HALL 203 MWF 0100PM-0200PM Students complete their study of the morphology and syntax of Classical Greek. We begin the semester with continuing exercises in grammar and translation, then gradually shift emphasis to reading unadapted Greek texts.
      		LANGUAGE SKILLS COURSE
      GREK 204-301 INTERMED GREEK: POETRY HAM, CHARLES PSYCHOLOGY LAB C41 MW 0330PM-0500PM This course is an introduction to reading Greek poetry, with an emphasis on the characteristics that differentiate the grammar, diction, and sentence structure of poetry from that of prose. The readings are primarily from Homer.
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        GREK 215-680 ADV HERITAGE GREEK II TSEKOURA, DIMITRA WILLIAMS HALL 5 R 0500PM-0700PM
        F 1200PM-0100PM
          GREK 309-301 STRUCK, PETER WILLIAMS HALL 303 MW 0200PM-0330PM In this course we will read a selection of the corpus of hexameter poems known as the Homeric Hymns, familiarizing ourselves with the style and form of these poems and with their narratives about specific Olympian gods , sometimes canonical and sometimes unorthodox. We will also compare the hymns with Homer and Hesiod and with Greek lyric and tragic poetry in order to get a better sense of the overall range of Greek mythic poetry. In fall 2014, we will read a selection from the comic satirical prose writer Lucian, looking at a selection of his fantastic, proto- science fiction journeys to the moon and beyond, as well as his funny dialogues featuring gods, philosophers, dead heroes and poets.
            GREK 401-401 GREEK & ROMAN MEDICINE ROSEN, RALPH CHEMISTRY BUILDING 514 TR 0130PM-0300PM For graduate students in other departments needing individualized study in Greek literature. Spring 2013 Topic: The history of Western medicine is remarkably recent; until the nineteenth century prevailing theories of the body and mind, and many therapeutic methods to combat disease, were largely informed by an elaborate system developed centuries earlier in ancient Greece, at a period when the lines between philosophy, medicine, and what we might consider magic, were much less clearly defined than they are today. This course will examine the ways in which the Greeks, and then the Romans, conceptualized the body, disease, and healing, and will compare these to medical culture of our time. We will consider sources from Hippocrates, Plato, and Aristotle to Galen and Soranus, and will juxtapose these writings with modern discourse about similar topics. We will also pay some attention to ancient pharmacology and religious healing, and will visit the Penn Museum to see their collection of ancient medical instruments. All readings will be in English and no previous background in Classical Studies is required. This course will be especially appealing (and useful) to Pre-med and Nursing students, and to students interested in the History of Science, Ancient Philosophy, and Classics.
            • CLST371401
            • HSOC353401
            GREK 540-301 THE GREEK TEXT: LANGUAGE AND STYLE ROSEN, RALPH VAN PELT LIBRARY 402 W 0200PM-0500PM What do we need to read texts in ancient Greek? In this course we read just one prose text and one poetic text, or a very limited number of texts and passages, with a focus on language and formal analysis (such as diction, grammar, stylistics, metrics, rhetoric, textual criticism). A range of exercises will be used to develop these skills, including composition, lexical studies, recitation, memorization, exegesis, written close-readings, and sight-translation.
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              GREK 600-301 GRADUATE SEMINAR: EURIPIDES WILSON, EMILY CLAUDIA COHEN HALL 237 T 0900AM-1200PM Topics will vary Fall 2014 topic: Through close reading of selected books of the Iliad, we will consider the range of approaches, from oral poetics to post-classical reception, that inform current interpretations of the Homeric epics.
                		FOR PHD STUDENTS ONLY