Course Syllabus

• GRE 1120 is the first half of the beginning ancient Greek sequence. You will learn the basic grammar, morphology, syntax, and vocabulary of ancient Greek, and you will read adapted passages from ancient Greek authors.
• Upon completion of GRE 1120 and 1121, you will be able to identify, explain, and analyze the basic elements of ancient Greek and read ancient Greek authors at the intermediate level. 
• By studying ancient Greek, you will gain a greater understanding of how languages work and will be able speak, write, and analyze English with greater nuance and expertise because the subtleties of ancient Greek draw attention to many features of English that are implicit.

• Synchronous Hy-Flex Meetings: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Period 3 in MAT 107 and by Zoom
  • A face-to-face section will meet in Matherly 107 simultaneously with a fully online section, which will connect to the meeting via Zoom. Class meetings will not be recorded to protect your privacy. Students using Zoom will be asked to keep their video camera on so the Hy-Flex meeting can mirror as much as possible a meeting in a regular classroom. If you will be using Zoom and will be in a room that other people are also using, it is recommended that you use headphones and an appropriate virtual background.
  • If you are in the face-to-face section meeting in Matherly 107, please bring a laptop, tablet, or smartphone and a set of headphones so you can login to Zoom to participate in a discussion with those students who will be meeting with us virtually.
• Asynchronous Online Drills: On Thursday, you will complete a weekly online drill that is intended to help you review the weekly morphology and vocabulary. The weekly drills will focus on new material, but they are comprehensive. Some questions will be about material from previous weeks.

• Shelmerdine, Cynthia W., and Susan C. Shelmerdine, Introduction to Greek, 3rd Edition (Indianapolis, IN: Hackett Publishing, 2020). ISBN: 1585109606. You can purchase the textbook either as a paperback (e.g., Amazon Links to an external site.) or as an ebook (e.g., Google Play Links to an external site.). It may also be available through the UF bookstore. Make sure to purchase the third edition.

• Attendance (20%) with a 20% deduction for arriving more than 10 minutes late or leaving early.
• Daily Homework (20%) to be submitted online before 9:30 am on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
  • Consult the weekly schedule for the homework assignments.
  • Students will be granted an extension on homework only in the case of an excused absence (see UF Attendance Policies Links to an external site.).

• Weekly Online Drills (20%), due before 9:30 pm every Thursday. The lowest score is dropped.
  • The weekly online drills are intended to help you review Greek morphology and vocabulary. Although the drills will concentrate on new material, they are cumulative and will include material from previous weeks. 
  • You can spend as long as you like on each drill, and you can take each drill an unlimited number of times until it closes. Your highest score will be recorded.
  • All drills are "closed book." You are not permitted any study aids, but you can use blank scratch paper. 
  • Drills will be conducted with the Honorlock app. You will need to use the Google Chrome Links to an external site. browser and add the Honorlock extension (see Honorlock Instructions).
• Ancient Greek Unlocked (5%)
  • Choose one of the following readings: Xerxes' Whips the Sea 1 (page 99) or Xerxes' Whips the Sea 2 (page 106).
  • Part 1 A: Translate the reading into idiomatic English while keeping as closely as possible to the sense and meaning of the Greek.
  • Part 1 B: Explain in 2-3 paragraphs where your translation deviates or differs from the Greek. What changes have you made in order to convey the sense and meaning of the Greek into idiomatic English? What do you feel is lost in your translation? Where do you feel the original sense of the Greek is conveyed most effectively in your translation?
  • Part II A: Provide an adapted translation of the reading that reflects how you would recount the event. Do not mimic Herodotus' style. Use your own words and describe in your own way the event that is recounted in Herodotus.
  • Part II B: Explain in 1-2 paragraphs how your adapted translation differs from Herodotus' account of the event.
  • Submit all four parts of the assignment (Part IA, IB, IIA, and IIB) as a word document by 9:30 am on Monday, April 19.
• Tests (35%)
  • Test 1 (100 points) on February 11 
  • Test 2 (100 points) on March 18
  • Test 3 (100 points) on April 21

*Grades are rounded to the nearest whole number (e.g., 89.4% = 89% and 89.5% = 90%).

Information on UF grading policies is available in the Undergraduate Catalog Links to an external site..

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Landing Page

• Week 1: Photograph of the Parthenon, Athens, taken by Andrew Wolpert, 1 October 2004.
• Week 2: Photograph of the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, taken by Andrew Wolpert, 27 February 2016.
• Week 3: Photography of the Temple of Hera, Selinus, Sicily, AdiJapan, licensed under CC By SA 3.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sicily_Selinunte_Temple_E_(Hera).JPG Links to an external site.
• Week 4: Photograph of the Temple of Hephaestus, Agora, Athens, taken by Andrew Wolpert, 26 February 2016.
• Week 5: Red-figured pyxis by the Eretria Painter, British Museum, 1874,0512.1. Scene may be depicting women preparing for a wedding Links to an external site..
• Week 6: Red-figured stamnos by the Siren Painter, British Museum, 1843.1103.31. Links to an external site.
• Week 7: Red-figured pyxis by the Marlay Painter, British Museum, 1920, 1221.1. Scene depicting a marriage procession. Links to an external site.
• Week 8: Late geometric krater, depicting a funeral, Hirschfeld Workshop, Attica, c. 750-735 BCE, Metropolitan Museum of Art, photographed by Futons_of_Rock, February 2009, licensed under CC BY 2.5 Links to an external site..
• Week 9: Chigi vase, depiction of hoplites going to battle, c. 7th century BCE, Wikimedia Commons. Links to an external site.
• Week 10: Red-figured pyxis, attributed to a follower of Douris. British Museum, 1873,0111.7 Links to an external site..
• Week 11: Red-figured pyxis, attributed to a follower of Douris. British Museum, 1873,0111.7 Links to an external site..
• Week 12: Photograph of the Temple of Concordia, Agrigento, Sicily, taken by Wolfgang Pehlemann, 2014, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 DE. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Concordiatempel_Tempio_della_Temple_of_Concordia_de_la_Concorde_Tal_der_Tempel_Valle_dei_Templi_Agrigento_Sizilien_Foto_Wolfgang_Pehlemann_DSC07490.jpg Links to an external site.
• Week 13: North Portico of the palace of Knossos, Crete, photographed by Bernard Gagnon, 18 October 2011, licensed under CC By-SA 3.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Knossos_-_North_Portico_02.jpg Links to an external site.
• Week 14: Tholos of Delphi, photographed by Tamara Semina, 4 March 2015, licensed under CC By-SA 3.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphi#/media/File:Delphi,_Greece_-_panoramio.jpg Links to an external site.
• Week 15: Photograph of the Parthenon, Athens, taken by Andrew Wolpert, 1 October 2004.

Syllabus Page

• Douris's "School Cup," Staatliche Museum, Berlin, photgraphed by M. Tiverios, Elliniki Techni. https://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/tools/pottery/painters/keypieces/redfigure/douris.htm Links to an external site.

Weekly Pages

• "The Acropolis of Athens viewed from the Hill of the Muses," photographed by Carole Raddato, 18 April 2014, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. https://www.flickr.com/photos/carolemage/14220794964/ Links to an external site.