OFFICE HOURS:  WF 11-11:30  and by appointment.

TEXTS:  Richard Hamilton and Michael W. Haslam.  Euripides.  Alcestis.

             Liddell & Scott’s Greek-English Lexicon (“Little Liddell”).

COURSE OBJECTIVES:   The main objective of this course is to improve your Greek by building on what you learned last year and in GRK 203.  By the end of this course you should be able to:

    1. read a passage from Euripides with the aid of a lexicon

    2. recognize quickly all forms of Greek nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and verbs

    3. describe the importance of Euripides in Greek literature

    4. discuss the importance of drama in ancient Greece

    5. scan & read iambic trimeter
 

GRADES:   Grades will be determined as follows:
 
 

QUIZZES:  There will be two types of quizzes—Big and Little.  The big quizzes will cover approximately the two previous weeks of reading.  The little quizzes will be given as needed.  All quizzes will take place at the beginning of class.  If you arrive late and we are still taking the quiz, you may take it but you must hand it in with everyone else.  If you arrive after I have collected the quizzes, you will receive a zero.  N.B.  THERE WILL BE NO MAKEUP QUIZZES FOR ANY REASON; IF YOU MISS A QUIZ  OF ANY SORT,  YOU WILL RECEIVE A ZERO.  I will drop your lowest big quiz grade and your lowest little quiz grade, when I figure your grade for the course.

MIDTERM EXAMS:  We will have three midterm exams (mid February, mid March, and mid April).

ARTICLE REVIEW:  Immediately after spring break, you will each be assigned a scholarly article on Alcestis and/or Euripides.  You will read the article and write a short paper (3-4 pages) about the content of the article and whether or not you agree with it.  You will also give a 10 minute oral report to the class on your article during the 2nd half of the semester.

ATTENDANCE:  You need to be here to every day.  If your attendance is poor, you and I will have to sit down together and discuss the advisability of your continuing in the course.  If you miss more than 5 classes, I reserve the right to drop you from the course.

FINAL EXAM:  The final exam will be on Friday, May 9 from noon to 3 p.m.

OTHER INFORMATION:
1.  Please make sure you have read and understood the Academic Integrity Policy (it can be found at http://www.uncg.edu/saf/studiscp/Honor.html).  I will ask you to sign the Academic Integrity Pledge on all graded work.

2.  As far as homework is concerned, my standards are the same as those of the Bryan School of Business here at UNCG (found in the 2002-2003 Undergraduate Bulletin, p. 74):

            In general, students should plan to devote between 2-3 hours outside of class for each hour in class.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Ancient Greek Theater
Goldhill, Simon.  Reading Greek Tragedy (1986).  An advanced introduction to Greek tragedy.

Ley, Graham.  A Short Introduction to the Ancient Greek Theater (1991).  A brief introduction to the conditions of production of tragedy and comedy in 5th century Athens.

Sommerstein, Alan H.  Greek Drama and Dramatists, (2002).  A good introduction to ancient Greek theatrical production and the major (and minor) tragic and comic playwrights.

Taplin, Oliver.  Greek Tragedy in Action (1978).  On the staging of Greek tragedy in ancient Greece.
Euripides.

Euripides
Barlow, Shirley A.  The Imagery of Euripides (1971).  A study of the poetry of Euripides.

Collard, C.  Euripides (1981).  A 39 page introduction to Euripides.

Gould, John P. A.  “Euripides.”  Oxford Classical Dictionary,  3rd ed.  (1996).  An article in the standard English encyclopedia on classical antiquity.

Gregory, Justina.  Euripides and the Instruction of the Athenians (1991).  One of the primary purposes of Greek tragedy was to instruct its Athenian audience; this book deals with how Euripides' plays fit into that program.  Chapter 1 deals with Alcestis.

Lesky, Albin.  “Euripides.”  A History of Greek Literature, pp. 360-409  (1966).  Lesky has been the standard introductory guide to Greek literature for several decades.  Despite new developments in classical scholarship, Lesky still provides a very useful introduction to Greek literature.