Students will learn to read Attic Greek with facility and will by the end of term have moved from grammatical exercises to their first real text.

This is an intensive introduction to classical Greek and is equivalent to CLG 101 and 102. Successful completion will allow you to enroll in CLG 105 in the fall. Students can expect daily assignments, weekly quizzes, and reading of original Greek texts. This class covers two semesters of material; students should be prepared for a brisk pace.

We will read the first and last books of the Iliad, I & XXIV, by way of introduction to Homeric poetry, its singular manner of oral composition, metre, and mythic past. We will also consider its unrivalled legacy in both Greek and Western thought.

We will closely read Euripides' Alcestis in Ancient Greek. In this play, a man tries to escape death by asking his wife to die in his place. The story that follows is unlike that of any other surviving Greek tragedy - in fact, some scholars question whether it should be called a tragedy at all. As we read, we will ask how this drama maps the relationship between gender, poetry, and death, with special interest in the play's reception by feminist readers, its adaptation on the global stage, and the fraught problem of genre. Assessments will include translation, interpretive exercises, and a final project.

This course offers an introduction both to Athenian law and social mores and to the art of rhetoric as exemplified in forensic oratory. We will read three short law court speeches (and part of a fourth) written by Lysias and parts of one by Andocides.