Greek 350: Literature of the Lawcourts Paula Debnar M: 11:00-12:15 W: 4:00-5:15 Office Hours: Ciruti 202, M 3:30-5:00 pdebnar@mtholyoke.ed   On the right: MHC AlumnaeBlanche Cox and Helena Sumner in the Theater of Dionysus, 1930s.
Goals:  To develop a better understanding of Attic Greek grammar and syntax To improve reading and translation skills, including the ability to read Greek at sight To learn about Greek law, law courts, rhetoric, and rhetoricians in classical Athens
Requirements:  20% exam 1 20% exam 2 20% exam 3 20% in-class work 20% paper
Texts C.D. Adams, Lysias: Selected Speeches (Odyssey Bookstore) G. Rose, Plato's Apology (Bryn Mawr Commentaries) (Odyssey Bookstore) Selections from Aristophanes, Wasps (in Greek, from professor) Translation of Aristophanes, Wasps (T.B.A.). By now you should also own Liddell-Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (or other lexicon) (OUP, Oxford and New York) Optional (but recommended): H.W. Smyth, Greek Grammar (Harvard, Cambridge, MA ) (the standard, especially if you anticipate continuing the study of Greek) or Morwood, James, Oxford Grammar of Classical Greek (OUP)
Supplemental Course Material
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