Classical Greek self-help reading group (GRC 03)

• Day and time: Monday 11:15 - 12:15
  Weekly
• Length of course: 3 terms. Autumn (10 Weeks), Spring (10 Weeks), Summer (5 Weeks)
• Number of places: 9
• Start date: 07 October 2024
• Description:

  This course offers enjoyable, collaborative sessions reading and orally translating the Odyssey with Books 16,17 and 18 on this year's agenda. Newcomers are welcome; previous participants have studied Classical Greek for several years. A key text will be 'Homer: Odyssey XIII-XXIV', edited by W B Stanford (Bristol Classical Press; second-hand editions recommended). Dictionaries used include the Cambridge Greek Lexicon, Liddell and Scott's Greek-English Lexicon, Cunliffe's Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect and Autenrieth's Homeric Dictionary. Internet sources, e.g. the Perseus Digital Library, offer help with lexis (links to online dictionaries) and even parsing. To extend existing knowledge or revive dormant skills one might try 'Greek Beyond GCSE' by John Taylor (Bristol Classical Press).

• Format: Self-taught course or activity
• Level: Level: A level or equivalent reading skills

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• Co-ordinator: Mike Fay
  
• I am a former teacher and translator of French and Spanish and have been studying Greek at U3AC since 2015.

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