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Related courses
- CLAS S-125 Summer Seminar—Myth and Poetry in Greece and Rome
- ENGL S-174 Tragedy: Ancient to Modern
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- LITR S-109 Reality, Desire, and the Epic Form: Homer, Dante, and Joyce
Greek Courses
- GREK S-Aab Beginning Greek
- GREK S-Ba Intermediate Greek: Pagan and Christian Rhetoric in the Late Empire
- GREK S-120 Two Tragic Women: Antigone and Medea
GREK S-Aab Beginning Greek (31871)
Robert Louis Cioffi and Ryan Samuels.
Class times: Mondays-Fridays, 10am-noon and 1-3 pm.
Course tuition: noncredit and undergraduate credit $5,400.
Limited enrollment.
Designed for students with little or no previous ancient Greek who are seriously interested in making quick progress in the language, this course covers all basic grammar and offers considerable practice in reading prose. Prospective students should learn the alphabet before the first meeting. They may contact the instructor through the Summer School Dean's Office to obtain a copy in advance. (8 credits)
GREK S-Ba Intermediate Greek: Pagan and Christian Rhetoric in the Late Empire (32864)
Class times: Mondays, Wednesdays, 3:15-6:15 pm.
Course tuition: noncredit, undergraduate, and graduate credit $2,700.
Limited enrollment.
This course has two goals: to provide intensive review of Classical Greek morphology and syntax, and to offer rigorous training in translating Greek prose. Through concentrated language review and reading practice, participants are prepared to enroll in 100-level reading courses, either at Harvard or at their home institution. Texts introduce students to points of contact, negotiation, and definition amongst "pagan" and Christian intellectuals in the later Roman Empire. Prerequisite: one year of Classical Greek (Attic or Koine) or the equivalent. (4 credits)
GREK S-120 Two Tragic Women: Antigone and Medea (32859)
Class times: Mondays, Wednesdays, 6:30-9:30 pm.
Course tuition: noncredit, undergraduate, and graduate credit $2,700.
This course focuses on close readings in Sophokles' Antigone and Euripides' Medea, with attention to tragic diction, dramatic convention, and the poetic construction of gender. Prerequisite: one year of college-level Greek or the equivalent. (4 credits)
