This module is not currently running in 2024 to 2025.
This course is designed for students who have had some exposure to a highly inflected language. It aims at teaching students to read and understand ancient Greek, by providing them with knowledge of ancient Greek grammar and syntax. Grammatical theory is taught as a tool for dealing with the texts, understanding and gradually translating them. Students will gain sufficient understanding of Greek grammar and syntax to enable them to translate Greek prose and verse. In addition, the study of ancient Greek will enrich the students' vocabulary.
Total contact hours: 80
In-course tests - 40%;
Coursework - 60%
Joint Association of Classical Teachers. (2007) Reading Greek: Text and Vocabulary. 2nd edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Joint Association of Classical Teachers. (2007) Reading Greek: Grammar and Exercises. 2nd edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
See the library reading list for this module (Canterbury)
Students will be able to show an elementary command of Ancient Greek accidence and syntax;
Students will be able to have an elementary knowledge of grammatical terms and underlying principles of Ancient Greek;
Students will be able to demonstrate reading skills and strategies;
Students will be able to demonstrate an elementary ability to translate Greek-to-English and English-to-Greek sentences;
Students will be able to show elementary abilities to identify and solve some problems with the appropriate tools in short translation passages in prose and verse from Ancient Greek authors.
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