Homer: Iliad

Prof. Matthew McGowan Fall Semester '06
Time: MWF 11:00-11:50; Place: Kauke 242; Course #: GRK 200
Office Hours: Mon. 9-10, Tues. 11-12, and by appointment
Tel.: 330-263-2320; Email: mmcgowan@wooster.edu

Required Texts:
Selections from Homer’s Iliad, Allen Rogers Benner (foreword by Mark W. Edwards)
Oxford Grammar of Classical Greek, James Morwood

Course Description: This course provides an intensive introduction to Homeric Greek and a thorough review of Attic grammar. As you will see, these are two very different entities, and tackling them together will demand the most of your critical faculties. This is in fact the reward of working in the Department of Classical Studies, which has set as its goal for GRK 200 a complete review of the grammar of classical Greek. Fortunately, we are blessed in this undertaking with the reliable texts of Benner and Morwood. ???ete t??? ??a??!

Course Requirements: There will be quizzes roughly every other week, a mid-term exam (10/13), and a final comprehensive exam (12/12). The grades break down as follows:

In-class work: preparation, participation, and homework (30%)
Quizzes (25%)
Mid-term (20%)
Final (25%)

Out of 100 points: 94-100 = A, 90-93 = A-, 87-89 = B+, 83-86 = B, 80-82 = B-, 77-79 = C+, 73-76 = C, 70-72 = C-, 60-69 = D, 59 and below = F. You should expect to spend six to seven hours per week outside of class completing the translation, written work, and grammar. Attendance is expected, and there will penalties on the final grade for excessive absences: for each absence beyond two unexcused you will be docked a grade. In the case of an absence, excused or unexcused, you are responsible for making up the work from the missed class.

The Learning Center: Any student with a documented disability needing academic accommodation is requested to speak with Pam Rose, Director of the Learning Center (ext. 2595) and the instructor as early in the semester as possible. All discussions will remain confidential.

Academic Integrity: The College’s understanding and expectations in regard to issues of academic honesty are fully articulated in the Code of Academic Integrity as published in The Scot’s Key. Academic integrity forms an essential part of the implicit contract between the student and the College. Cheating or plagiarism of any kind in your academic work mark a serious breach of this contract and are grounds for an F for the entire course.

The following is a provisional schedule subject to change over the course of the semester:

Week 1

Aug 28: Introduction to Homer; Reading practice: Il. 1.1-7.

Aug 30: Il. 1.1-16
Grammar: Benner Grammar [=BG], Part I § 1-3, 5-17, 22, 24-27 (skim: 4, 18-21, 28-39)
Scansion practice in class.

Sept 1: Il. 1.17-25
Grammar: BG Part II § 40-43, 60-61; Part III § 65, 73, 78, 110, 115, 118
Scansion I: 1.22-25 (to be handed in)

Week 2

Sept 4: Il. 1.26-42
Grammar: BG Part III § 133-35, 138-42 (note title on p. 382 before § 143!), 155-61.

Sept 6: Il. 1.43-52
Grammar: BG Part IV § 162-68
Reading: Foreword by Mark W. Edwards in Benner (ix-xxvi)

Sept 8: Il. 1.53-67
Grammar: BG Part V § 169-80, 189, 211-13 (skim § 181-88, 190-210)
Quiz I (Translation, scansion, and brief essay)

Week 3

Sept 11: Il. 1.68-83
Grammar: Morwood p. 10-16 (Nominative & Genitive)

Sept 13: Il. 1.84-100
Grammar: Morwood p. 16-21 (Dative, Accusative, Vocative, & Dual: Practice #1, 8, 16 [hand in])

Sept 15: Il. 1.188-201
Principal Parts: Morwood p. 100-01 (it’s only necessary to learn the first six, i.e. through aor. pass.)

Week 4

Sept 18: Il. 1.202-222
Grammar: Morwood p. 24-31 (Nouns)

Sept 20: Il. 1.222-244
Grammar: Morwood p. 32-44 (Adjectives)
Principal Parts: Morwood p. 102-03

Sept 22: Il. 1.292-303
Grammar: Morwood p. 45-55 (Adverbs, Pronouns, and Numerals)
Quiz II (Translation & declination of two regular noun/adj. combinations, principal parts)


Week 5

Sept 25: Il. 6.237-62
Grammar: Morwood p. 60-72 (Verbs: Regular, 2nd aorist, root aorist)

Sept 27: Il. 6.263-85
Grammar: Morwood p. 73-79 (Verbs: Contractions; skim 80-93)

Sept 29: Il. 6.312-42
Grammar: Morwood p. 94-96 (Verbs: e?µ?, e?µ?, ??da, f?µ?)
Principal Parts: Morwood p. 104-05

Week 6

Oct 2: Il. 6.343-58
Grammar: Morwood p. 122-26 (The definite article: Practice # 3, 11)

Oct 4: Il. 6.359-68
Grammar: Morwood p. 127-30 (Relative clauses: Practice # 5, 9)

Oct 6: Translation review
Principal Parts: Morwood p. 106-07
Quiz III (Translation & grammar questions, principal parts, in-class essay)

Week 7

Oct. 9: Il. 6.466-81
Grammar: Morwood p. 131-35 (Time, place, and space: Practice # 2, 6)

Oct 11: Il. 6.482-502
Grammar: Review
Scansion II: 6.482-85 (hand in)

Oct 13: Midterm Exam.

Week 8

Oct 16: Fall Break! No class!

Oct 18: Il. 16.777-804
Grammar: Morwood p. 136-40 (Participles)

Oct 20: Il. 16.843-68
Grammar: Morwood p. 140-43 (Participles: Practice # 2, 5, 12)
Principal Parts: Morwood p. 108-09

Week 9

Oct 23: Il. 22.1-24
Grammar: Morwood p. 146-49 (Pronouns)

Oct 25: Il. 22.25-37
Grammar: Morwood p. 149-51 (Pronouns: Practice # 1, 6)

Oct 27: Il. 22.90-98
Grammar: Review
Principal Parts: Morwood p. 110-11
Quiz IV (Translation & grammar, principal parts, brief essay)

Week 10

Oct 30: Il. 22.250-59
Grammar: Morwood p. 152-60 (Indirect Statement: Practice # 2, 7, 8)

Nov 1: Il. 22.260-78
Grammar: Morwood p. 161-67 (Direct & Indirect Questions: Practice # 7, 8, 18)

Nov 3: Il. 22.279-89
Grammar: Morwood p. 168-71 (Commands, exhortations & wishes: Practice # 6, 7)
Principal Parts: Morwood p. 112-13
Scansion III: 22.279-82

Week 11

Nov 6: Il. 22.290-305
Grammar: Morwood p. 172-76 (Because & Purpose Clauses: Practice # 3 [173], 1 [176])

Nov 8: Il. 22.306-16
Grammar: Morwood p. 177-79 (Result Clauses: Practice # 1, 9)

Nov 10: Il. 22.317-30
Grammar: Morwood p. 180-82 (Verbs of fearing and precaution: Practice # 4, 5)
Principal Parts: Morwood p. 114-15

Week 12

Nov 13: Il. 22.331-43
Grammar: Morwood p. 183-87 (Conditional sentences)

Nov 15: Il. 22.344-54
Grammar: Morwood p. 187-89 (Conditional sentences: Practice # 3, 12)

Nov 17: Il. 22.355-60
Grammar: Morwood p. 190-92 (Impersonal Verbs: Practice # 4, 7)
Principal Parts: Morwood p. 116-17

Week 13

Nov 20: Il. 22.395-404
Grammar: Review
Quiz V (Translation & grammar, principal parts, brief essay)

No Assignment: Thanksgiving Break!

Week 14

Nov 27: Il. 24.472-85
Grammar: Morwood p. 193-94 (The Gerundive: Practice # 3, 4)

Nov 29: Il. 24.486-94
Grammar: Morwood p. 195-96 (Indefinite clauses: Practice # 2, 7)

Dec 1: Il. 24.495-512
Grammar: Morwood p. 197-200 (Time clauses: Practice # 1, 6)
Principal Parts: Morwood p. 118-19

Week 15

Dec 4: Il. 24.596-609
Grammar: Morwood p. 201-03 (Verbs of preventing, hindering and denying: Practice # 4, 8)

Dec 6: Il. 24.610-20
Grammar: Morwood p. 204-06 (The negatives)

Dec 8: Il. 24.621-42
Grammar: Review
Scansion IV: 24.633-36

FINAL EXAM: Tuesday, December 12, 2:00 pm