Students will learn to read Attic Greek with facility and will by the end of term have moved from grammatical exercises to their first real text.

This is an intensive introduction to classical Greek, equivalent to the two semesters of CLG 101-102. Successful completion will allow you to enroll in CLG 105. We will move at a brisk pace through ancient Greek grammar and vocabulary by means of daily assignments and in-class review, weekly quizzes, excerpts of literature, and some composition. No prior knowledge of Greek (or Latin) is expected.

Introduction to Homeric dialect, oral poetry, and meter, we will discuss literary techniques, the historical background of epic, and Homer's role in the development of Greek thought.

Is being a good person something that can be taught? This question sits at the heart of Plato's dialogue Protagoras, and from it arises a multitude of questions such as, What does it mean to be a good person? Can I be good without knowing what is good or bad? Can I know what is right but still do what is wrong? We will read the dialogue in the original Greek and discuss the questions it forcefully raises. Moreover, we will learn about some of the most important intellectual figures of classical Athens (Protagoras, Socrates, Prodicus, and Hippias), while enjoying the brilliant literary techniques Plato uses to represent them.

This course focuses on the Catalogue of Women, a fragmentary epic that was attributed to Hesiod in antiquity. Some have read it as a crucial statement of Hellenic identity, others as an early form of pulp fiction. We ask what it means to focus on women in a genre that is traditionally concerned with the `glorious deeds of men' (kléa andrôn) and what light this can shed on ancient ideas about gender, sex, and transformation. The course gives upper-level students of Greek the opportunity to hone their comprehension of Greek grammar and syntax while engaging major thematic and stylistic concerns of archaic Greek poetry.