Unit information: Greek Language Level B1 in 2018/19

Unit name	Greek Language Level B1
Unit code	CLAS12315
Credit points	20
Level of study	C/4
Teaching block(s)	Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12)
Unit director	Dr. Laura Jansen
Open unit status	Open
Pre-requisites	None
Co-requisites	None
School/department	Department of Classics & Ancient History
Faculty	Faculty of Arts

Description including Unit Aims

The Greek orator Lysias was renowned in antiquity for beguiling audiences with the apparent artlessness of his prose. This combination—of relatively easy Greek and highly sophisticated rhetoric—makes Lysias an ideal author for study at B1 level. In this unit, we’ll study Lysias’ speech On the Murder of Erasothenes, in which a cuckolded husband who has killed his wife’s lover defends himself against the charge of murder.

Unit aims:

• To expand and confirm students’ knowledge of Attic prose syntax.

• To expand students’ vocabulary in ancient Greek.

• To increase students ability and confidence in reading continuous, unaltered ancient Greek texts.

To introduce students to ancient rhetoric and the work of Lysias in particular

Intended Learning Outcomes

1. Demonstrate knowledge of Greek vocabulary at the standard of level B1
2. Identify and discuss Greek morphology and syntax as appropriate to level B1.
3. Demonstrate skills of independent reading and prepared translation, with reference works, of Greek texts as appropriate to level B1.
4. Undertake at-sight translation of unseen Greek texts, without reference works as appropriate to level B1.
5. Demonstrate knowledge in the use of dictionaries, commentaries, or scholarship, and be able to relate this knowledge to their understanding and interpretation of a Greek text.

Teaching Information

2 x 2-hour language seminar weekly

Assessment Information

• 1 x Practical Criticism Exercise - 2000 words (50%) [ILOs 1-3 & 5]
• 1 x 90 minute Exam (50%) [ILOs 1-5]

Reading and References

Liddell, H. G. and R. Scott. 1963. Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon, Oxford.

Morwood, J. 2001. Oxford Grammar of Classical Greek, Oxford.

Carey, C. 2008. Lysias: Selected Speeches (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics)

The following is for use throughout B1 and B2:

Morwood, J. and Anderson, S. 2014. A Little Greek Reader. Oxford