8 courses in the 1974–75 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
All courses in Greek. include prose composition assignments.
A course designed for students beginning the study of Greek or who have not yet reached the level expected in Greek 190. The aim is to attain as rapidly as possible the ability to read simple The emphasis is on forms and structure: reading of conprose. nected passages will begin early in the first term. Year course
Reading in the Fall term centre on the last days of Socrates, with selections from Plato’s account of the trial, self-defence, and execution of the teacher-philosopher. In the Winter term selections from Homet’s Iliad will be read in Greek, and considered in their relation to the epic as a whole. Prerequisite: Grade 13 Greek, Greek 100-or instructor’s permission Year course
Of the following list of courses only those with the higher enrolments will be offered. Consult the Department for further information.
Selection from Herodotus. Fall term
266* Tragedy
Euripides, Medea and other selections. Winter term
Selections from Thucydides’ history of the struggle between Athens and Sparta. Fall term
Selection from Lyric and Elegiac Poets. Winter term
Selections from Aeschylus. Fall term
Sophocles and Aristophanes. An analysis of the female tragic figure in the Antigone of Sophocles, and of the female comic figure in the Lysistrata of Aristophanes.
By arrangement with the Department, an individual student or a small group of students will follow a course of study under the supervision of a faculty member.
Department of Classics and Romance Languages