Ancient Greek II

Building on the student’s study of Greek I, this one year course aims to complete the student’s essential skills of working competently with the Greek language. Aside from the enjoyment that comes from being able to read classical authors in their original tongue, the extensive study of Ancient Greek (here in its Attic dialect) has the additional benefit of enabling one, by stages, to confidently and with profit read the Greek New Testament, written in the simpler Koine dialect.

The course lasts for 32 weeks, and includes weekly vocabulary and translation work, vocabulary and / or grammar quizzes, four quarterly exams, and a weekly 1.5 hour live recitation time. As this course is essentially a college-level one, students should expect to spend approximately 3 hours per week on vocabulary mastery and at least 6-7 on grammar and mechanics via translation and reading exercises.

Course Objectives: Building on skills learned in Greek I:

1. To be able to recognize and work with Greek verbs in an expanded array of forms (compared with Greek I) such as Perfect and Pluperfect, Subjunctives, and Optatives.
2. To be able to work with grammatical structures such as the Genitive Absolute, Purpose Clauses, Indirect Statements, Indirect Questions, and Articular Infinitives.
3. To gain the ability to read extensive and connected passages from classical authors such as Thuycidides, Aristophanes, Plato, and Herodotus.
4. To show proficiency in reading the Greek New Testament in the simpler dialect of Koine.

Texts:

• Frank J. Groten, Jr., James K. Finn, and Patrick G. Lake, A Course in Attic Greek, II (3rd Edition) - ISBN-13: 978-1-200-05323-1