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2017　Classical Greek 3

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Academic unit or major: Second foreign language courses

Instructor(s): Yasumura Noriko

Class Format: Exercise

Media-enhanced courses

Day/Period(Room No.): Wed5-6(W831)

Group: -

Course number: LAL.A303

Credits: 1

Academic year: 2017

Offered quarter: 3Q

Syllabus updated: 2017/9/26

Lecture notes updated: -

Language used: Japanese

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Syllabus

Course description and aims

This course is to study Classical Greek. The great epic of Homer, the Greek Tragedy, the History of Herodotus, the philosophy of Plato and Aristotle, and the mathematics of Euclid were all written in Classical Greek. We will learn Attic Greek in our class, which was used in the 6th to 4th century BC in the Attic district in Greece. With the knowledge of Attic Greek, one can also read Homer (8th century BC) and New Testament that are written in Koine Greek, as there are not many differences between Attic and Koine Greek. Nowadays many new words are made from Greek and/or Latin words. For example, the word television was invented combining a Greek word “telos” (afar) and a Latin word “video” (to see). The ancient Greek civilization had a great influence on later European civilization. By learning Classical Greek, we aim to obtain knowledge not only of the language but also of the Greek ideology.

Student learning outcomes

By studying Classical Greek, students will be able read Greek orignal texts dilectly, rather than in translations. They will notice how many important and valuable messages are contained in these texts. Also they will be surprised at how vivid the messages are; they have not become obsolete, but keep on having fresh impact still now, even though they were written more than 2500 years ago.

Keywords

Classical Greek

Competencies that will be developed

✔ Specialist skills

✔ Intercultural skills

✔ Communication skills

✔ Critical thinking skills

Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

Gramatical explanations are given at class, and exercises are required as homework assignments.Conjugation of verbs　（subjunctive, active and middle）

Course schedule/Required learning

	Course schedule	Required learning
Class 1	Conjugation of verbs　（subjunctive, active and middle）	Memorize conjugation of verbs　（subjunctive, active and middle）.
Class 2	Conditional sentences. Subjunctive of irregular verbs.	Memoraize conjugation of verbs, subjunctive, middle. Understand the use of conditional sentences.
Class 3	Infinitives (1), (2)	Understand the use of infinitives.
Class 4	Relative pronouns. Conjugation of verbs　（optative, active）.	Understand the use of relative pronouns. Memoraize conjugation of optative, active.
Class 5	Conjugation of verbs　（optative, middle）. Participle　（active）	Memoraize conjugation of optative, middle. Understand the use of particilple　（active）.
Class 6	Participle　（middle and passive）. Adjective　（comparative）.	Understand the use of particilple　（middle and active）, and the use of genitive absolute.
Class 7	Adjective (comparative). Potential optatives.	Understand the use of comparatives and potential optaives.
Class 8	Examination	Examination

Textbook(s)

M. Tanaka & C. Matsudaira, Girisiago Nyuumon, Revised, Iwanami, 2012

Reference books, course materials, etc.

None

Assessment criteria and methods

Examination (70%), homework assignments (30%)

Related courses

Classical Latin

Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)

None

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