Homeric Greek 102

Mount Holyoke College
Greek 102:
Elementary Homeric Greek
(Spring 2009)

Bronze Age tholos tomb, Mycenae

Description:

This course is a continuation of Greek 102 with additional grammar and further reading in liad Book 1. There will also be discussion sessions focused on passages of the epic to be read in English.

General Information:

MTuWF 10:00-10:50—Ciruti 217
Instructor: Paula Debnar
Office: Ciruti 202
Office hours: M 3:30-5:00 or by appt.
Email: pdebnar@mtholyoke.edu—Phone: x2873

Texts:

Clyde Pharr, Homeric Greek (from the first semester)
P. Debnar, Elementary Greek through Homer (from professor)
A copy of the Iliad in English, purchased on your own (Suggested translators: Lattimore, Fagels, Lombardo, or Fitzgerald [poetic, but departs from Homer])

Other:

Course syllabus
The sound of the ancient epigonion (instrument)
Audio files for Homeric Greek (P.Debnar)
Animated Guide to writing Greek letters (M. Katz, Wesleyan)
More on Greek letters
Ancient GreekAccents Practic Drills, D. Mastronarde, UC Berkeley
Guide to use of Audacity (coming soon)

Greek miscellanea

Auden reading "Shield of Achilles"
Mycenaean metal work
Mycenaean art (Univ. of Oklahoma, College of Fine Arts)
Project Troy
Greek help sites: Language ; Grammar , accents (verbs ; enclitics)
Harvard's Homer in Performance Page
Homeric singing
Hear (& see!) the guslar Avdo Mededovic sing his epics (1934-35, M. Parry collection)

Mount Holyoke College Greek 102: Elementary Homeric Greek (Spring 2009)

Texts:

Mount Holyoke College
Greek 102:
Elementary Homeric Greek
(Spring 2009)