Classical Studies
GRE 1-334-2007

Ancient Greek Society, Politics, and Culture


Daily Schedule

 

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Numbers in parentheses after grammar topics refer to the chapter and section of Athenaze in which the topic is discussed.

Week 1 In-Class At home
Day 1

uses of the definite article (9.6; 23.5);
uses of autos (5.9)

Reading: Pausanias 1.1 (Sunium and Peiraeus)


2nd declension;
personal and reflexive pronouns (5.6-8; 7.4);
present and future tenses (10.1-4),
active or middle, indicative, subjunctive, and optative, regular and contract verbs

Homework: decline ho bomos "altar", and to hieron; conjugate grapho, punthanomai, and haireo; memorize the verbs with unusual futures on pp. 159-60 and 167, Athenaze, Book I. Practice Sentences 1-3, 7-9, 12 (Grammar, p. 126). Read Pausanias 1.2 (from Peiraeus to Athens)

Day 2

Accusative Case (Janet and Emily);
Expressions of time, place, and space (Paul and CJ);
Indirect Statement

Reading: Pausanias 1.2 (from Peiraeus to Athens)

1st declension;
demonstratives (deictic pronouns)(14.5);
imperfect and aorist tenses,
active and middle (11-12)

Homework: conjugate the same verbs in the imperfect and aorist; decline he arche, he thalassa, and ho stratiotes "soldier"; decline houtos "this"; re-learn the 2nd aorist verbs listed on pp. 181 and 189, Athenaze, Book I.
Reading: Pausanias 1.3 (the west side of the Athenian agora)

Day 3

Genitive case (Becca and Alex);
Direct and Indirect questions;
Relative Clauses (13.3; 23.6) (Ariel and Andrew)

Reading: Pausanias 1.2

3rd declension;
interrogative (7.8; 14.6), indefinite (7.9; 14.6), and relative pronouns (13.3);
perfect and pluperfect tenses (27-28)

Homework: decline he polis, ho basileus, to agalma; do a synopsis of teleutao and metecho in the 3rd sg act;
Read Pausanias 1.4 (invasion of Gauls)

Day 4

Dative case (CJ and Paul);
Time clauses/because clauses;
Uses of the participle (Emily and Janet);

Reading: Pausanias 1.3 (west side of the Athenian agora)

aorist and future passive (17.1-3)
optative mood (25.1-4)

Homework: conjugate erao in the future and aor passive; prepare for quiz (synopsis, vocabulary items 1-130, grammar in a passage); skim Pausanias 1.5 (eponymous heroes), read 1.15 (Stoa Poikile)

Day 5

Quiz;

Reading: Pausanias 1.5 (eponymous heroes), 1.15 (paintings of the Stoa Poikile)

Homework: review topics that still give you trouble; write composition; prepare seminar report

Day 6

AM: revising compositions

PM: Seminar Day

Presentations

 


didomi and tithemi

Homework: conjugate didomi and tithemi in the present and aorist; finish making a drawing of the paintings in the Stoa Poikile; revise the verb synopsis on the quiz; revise your composition; decide what topic you would like to do for your vocabulary presentation

Reading: Pausanias 2.1.2-2.2.2 (the destruction and re-founding of Corinth; the myths and site of Isthmia, one of the four pan-hellenic sanctuaries)

Day 7

AM: finish seminar presentations

Reading: Pausanias 2.1.2-2.2.2 (the destruction and re-founding of Corinth; the myths and site of Isthmia)

histemi and hiemi

Homework: Conjugate kathistemi and aphiemi in the present and aorist; re-read the text we covered in class; work on your vocabulary presentation:
religious vocabulary (CJ and Becca)
geographical and topographical features (Emily and Janet)

Reading: skim Pausanias 2.2.5-2.3.1 (the forum of Corinth); read Pausanias 2.3.2-11 (fountains of Peirene and Glauke and other waterworks)

Day 8

AM: Pausanias 2.1.7-2.2.2 (Isthmia)

Vocabulary presentations

PM: sequence of moods;
summary of uses of the subjunctive and optative, both main and subordinate clauses: purpose, fearing, indefinite clauses, conditions referring to the future (Andrew and Ariel)

PM: Pausanias 2.2.3-5 (the road from Kenchriae and Lechaion to Corinth)

Homework: conjugate komizo in the future passive and deo (bind) in the aorist passive; review grammar topics that still give you trouble; re-read the text we covered in class; work on your vocabulary presentation:
military (Andrew and Alex)
place/location (Ariel and Paul)

Reading Pausanias: finish yesterday's reading, then read 2.4.1-4 (history of Corinth) and 2.4.5 (other monuments of Corinth) and 2.4.6-2.5.1 (Acrocorinth)

Day 9

Vocabulary presentations

uses of hos (Becca and Alex);
negatives (Supplementary Ex 7)

Reading: Pausanias 2.2.6-2.3.1 (the forum of Corinth); 2.3.2-11 (fountains of Peirene and Glauke and other waterworks)

To prepare for the midterm:
Review all principal parts of fero, erchomai, baino, and tatto;
Review uses of the article and the relative pronoun;
Practice recognizing participial phrases and indirect statement;
Review vocabulary presentations;
Review the passages we have read, in English and Greek

 

Day 10

Midterm

Homework: write composition (feel free to include images from Perseus, etc.)

Reading: Pausanias 2.4.1-4 (history of Corinth) and 2.4.5 (other monuments of Corinth) and 2.4.6-2.5.1 (Acrocorinth)

Day 11

AM: revising compositions

PM: Reading Pausanias 2.4.1-4 (history of Corinth) and 2.4.5 (other monuments of Corinth) and 2.4.6-2.5.1 (Acrocorinth); 2.16.5-7 (Mycenae)

Homework: revise composition; begin reading articles for seminar

Reading: Pausanias 5.10 (temple of Zeus at Olympia); 5.11 (cult statue of Zeus made by Pheidias)

Day 12

Reading: Pausanias 5.8.5-11 (dates Olympic events began); 5.10 (temple of Zeus)

Homework: finish labeling and annotating the pedimental sculptures and the cult statue; revise your exam

Reading: Pausanias 5.11 (cult statue of Zeus made by Pheidias) and 5.13.1-7 (temenos of Pelops)

Day 13

Reading: Pausanias 5.10.8-5.11.3, 5.11.9-11 (west pediment, metopes, cult statue)

 

Homework: work on presentations for Friday

Reading: Pausanias 5.13.1-7 (temenos of Pelops); 5.13.8-5.14.1 (the altar of Zeus); 5.16.1-8 (temple of Hera and the games in honor of Hera)

Day 14

Reading: Pausanias 5.13.1-7 (temenos of Pelops); 5.13.8-5.14.1 (the altar of Zeus)

Common reading (in English): Strabo Geography 8.6.20-23; Pausanias 10.25-27

Continue preparing your presentation

Day 15

AM: Seminar Day

Homework: Please read in English Pausanias 5.17.5-5.19.10 (the chest of Kypselos)

Reading Pausanias 5.16.1-8 (temple of Hera and the games in honor of Hera) and 5.20.4-10 (roof of the temple of Hera, pillar of Oenomaus, Metroon and Philipeion)

Day 16

AM: revising compositions

PM:

Homework: revise your composition; (re)read in English Pausanias 5.17.5-5.19.10 (the chest of Kypselos) and Pausanias 10.25-27 (the Ilioupersis);

Please prepare a portfolio of your writing this term, including both rough and final drafts. In addition, please write a 1-2 page commentary on your writing in English.. What challenges did you meet and how did you attempt to overcome them? What do you feel you still need to work on as a writer? What do you wish you could have done different? How has writing improved in terms of endings, vocabulary, and syntax? How has writing helped you understand the art, archaeology, history, or myth of the Greek world? How has writing helped you improve your understanding of Pausanias' Greek?

Day 17

AM: finish seminar reports

PM: visit to special collections at the University of Iowa to see early printed editions of Pausanias and early travelers' accounts of Greece

Homework: continue working on your writing portfolio; review and study for the final exam

Italy on the Grand Tour (Getty)

Day 18

Final Exam;
Portfolio due

 

 


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