Beginning Greek

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This course will provide an intensive introduction to Ancient Greek grammar, syntax, and vocabulary, with the aim of reading the language as soon as possible. By fall mid-semester, students will be reading authentic excerpts of Ancient Greek poetry and prose. Students will also read and discuss English translations of selected works of Plato, Aristophanes, Thucydides, and Pseudo-Xenophon. In spring, while continuing to refine their knowledge of Greek grammar and their reading skills, students will read extended selections of Plato’s Apology in the original Greek. Biweekly individual conferences with the instructor, in addition to class sessions, will be required. Courses offered in related disciplines this year are listed below. Full descriptions of the courses may be found under the appropriate disciplines. Intermediate Latin: From Republic to Autocracy (p. 92), Emily Anhalt Latin First-Year Studies: Rejecting Tyranny: Ancient Greek Origins of Democratic Ideals (p. 9), Emily Anhalt Literature Feeling Medieval: Passion, Body, and Soul in the Middle Ages (p. 102), Joseph Romano Literature The First Philosophers (p. 124), Roy Ben-Shai Philosophy HEALTH, SCIENCE, AND SOCIETY Health, science, and society is a cluster of undergraduate and graduate courses, programs, and events that address the meaning of health and illness, advocacy for health and health care, and structures of medical and scientific knowledge. Courses and events are multidisciplinary, bringing together perspectives from the humanities, creative arts, social sciences, and natural sciences. Undergraduate students who are interested in health, science, and society are encouraged to take courses across the curriculum and to design interdisciplinary conference projects. Over the past 25 years, as health and disease have been examined from social, economic, political, and historical perspectives, there has…