assignments

• What pronouns you prefer
• What year you are in and (not unrelated!) the year and semester you're expecting to graduate
• What you're majoring in or are thinking thinking about majoring in
• What draws you to the study of ancient Greek, how it fits into your larger academic or life program

Second thing. ATHENAZE BOOK 1. Review assignment: Read and prepare for class the Chapter 15 (CH15) BETA-READING (β-reading), pp. 300-302, just lines 1-30. . .

• No writing this time, but,
• Be ready to say out loud the Greek. Be careful which syllable you accent — practice this at home! Always do this for all the Greek that you work with FOR CLASS.
  • Pronunciation is covered in the beginning of Athenaze book 1. You'll find I tend to use a fairly rigorous, albeit speculative, reconstruction of classical Attic pronunciation, with musical more than stress accent, etc. etc. I don't require that of you, just consistency, that's all. Modern Greek pronunciation is perfectly acceptable, though you may find me supplying the classical Attic version of that, not to correct but so folks with no Modern Greek can understand. Musical accent isn't required, either. Stress is fine, but misplacement of the accent is not.
• To the best of your ability, be ready to help us with translation of the text and with
  • Vocabulary
  • Grammar =
    • Morphology (word forms: tense, mood, person, number, etc.; case, number, gender, etc.)
    • Syntax (grammatical constructions, how words go together)
• Be ready to suggest and to discuss points in the text that arouse interest or that cause difficulty. Always do this for all assignments

• STUDY ch16-alpha handout
• READ-STUDY text pp. 312-314 on grammar: present and imperfect indic. passive voice
• NEW MORPHOLOGY. Study and get a good start on internalizing sect. 2 (pp. 1-2) of ch16-alpha handout for all PRESENT (indicative, infinitive, imperative, participle) and IMPERFECT (indicative), BUT NOT AORIST, middle/passive forms:
  • λύομαι (regular omega verbs)
  • ποιοῦμαι (ποιέομαι, epsilon-contract)
  • τιμῶμαι (τιμάομαι, alpha-contract)
  • δηλοῦμαι (δηλόομαι, omicron-contract)
    • More on how to study new vocab, morphology, syntax.
• WRITE 16-β 1-4. 16-γ 1-3 (both Eng-to-Grk and Grk-to-Eng)

• Note that when writing Eng-to-Grk translations, do very much include breathings! Do not, however, include accents — not unless you know you're following accent rules to a "T." We'll talk about accents in class, they're a journey. In general, guesswork is a valid quiz/exam-taking strategy. It is not a learning strategy. When doing assignments, do the work, look it up.

Quiz-Quote. Write out a translation. Be prepared to read the passage out loud and to comment on its grammar and content — study (!) the supplied commentary. All "quiz-quotes" to be done in this way in future.

CH16 Beta-reading, pp. 318-320. Written translation of lines 1-21. (The Old Sailor tells Philip about Athenian campaigns post-479.) Be prepared to read the passage out loud (all Greek is to be prepared this way) and to comment on anything difficult or of interest.

• STUDY 16-beta HANDOUT (all)
• READ-STUDY text pp. 321-322 (athematic present / imperfect middle / passive deponent verbs)
• NEW VOCAB, MORPHOLOGY
  • Principal parts καταλαμβάνω, κεῖμαι, συναγείρω (p. 309)
  • ALL FORMS OF KEIMAI on 16-beta HANDOUT
• WRITE 16-ε 1-2, 3, 4, 9. 16-ζ 1

• The quiz will last just 1/2 of the class meeting. The rest of the time will be for introducing CH17, alpha section (no prep expected). Expect similar for future quizzes.

• READ-STUDY text pp. 3-6 (passive aorist & future in -θ-)
• NEW MORPHOLOGY on aorist passive of λύω on ch17 handout (p. 1 item #2)
  • Supplied principal parts
  • All listed forms of the λύω aorist passive (ἐλύθην, etc.)
• STUDY sections 1, 2, 4 of web handout
• WRITE 17-β odds. 17-γ 1, 2, 6, 8. 17-δ 1-2

CH17 Beta-reading lines 19-37. (Dicaeopolis and son finally arrive at Epidaurus, the city of the healing god, Asclepius, where they're admitted into the god's sacred compound.)

Here and always, β-readings as per 28-Aug assignment:

• Practice correct pronunciation
• Write translation
• Be prepared to discuss vocab, grammar, content. Bring to class any difficulties, points of interest

• READ-STUDY text pp. 13-14 (passive aorist & future without the -θ-, the so-called 2nd aor./fut. passive. )
• STUDY section 3 of web handout, review the rest of the handout
• WRITE 17-ζ 2, 3, 7, 8. 17-η 4

• NEW MORPHOLOGY: forms of δίδωμι as per handout, section I. (a)-(b)
• READ-STUDY text pp. 22-25 (intro. to regular athematic verbs didōmi, tithēmi)
• STUDY web handout, all
• WRITE 18-γ odds; 18-δ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7

CH18 Beta-reading, lines 1-22 (Philip after his night in the temple; Dicaeopolis haggles with a priest), as per usual

• NEW MORPHOLOGY: forms of τίθημι as per handout
• READ-STUDY text pp. 33-35 (τίθημι)
• REVIEW entire web handout
• WRITE 18-θ odds; 18-ι 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9

• READ-STUDY text pp. 43-47 (genitive absolute, histēmi — meaning)
• NEW MORPHOLOGY. All forms of present system of ἵστημι as per ch19 handout, section I. (c)
• STUDY pp. 1-2 of web handout
• WRITE 19-α 1, 2, 5, 7. 19-γ 1, 2, 4, 8

• CH19 quiz-quote, as per usual. REMINDER:
  • Read and use the notes
  • Write translation on your homework paper
  • Skip multiple lines, as for all written assignments
  • Write a comment-reflection-question pertinent to the passage, but reflecting your own reacting to it
• CH19 β-reading. Written translation of lines 1-18 (ἰδού), as per usual. (Dic. & son, en route home, find themselves lost in the wilderness)

• READ-STUDY text pp. 55-58 (ἵστημι — forms, compounds καθίστημι, ἀφίστημι)
• NEW MORPHOLOGY. All (!) forms of histēmi on handout
• STUDY-REVIEW entire web handout
• WRITE 19-ζ 2, 3, 4, 5, 9. 19-η 3 (note the parentheses — they want you to use a ἵστημι compound as per p. 58, #4)

• READ-STUDY text pp. 66-68 (learn forms of new athematic verb — δείκνυμι)
• NEW MORPHOLOGY: δείκνυμι, web handout sect. 2
  • Please memorize the new verbs in -ῡμι (upsilon-athematic) alongside the regular gamma/delta vocab (pp. 64–65, 71)
• STUDY sections 1-3 of web handout
• WRITE 20-β odds, 20-γ all

• CH20 quiz-quote, as per usual
• CH20 δ-reading, lines 1-21, as per usual. (Dicaeopolis & son receive a less than cordial welcome in Corinth — note Doric dialect, end of assigned reading)

• NEW MORPHOLOGY:
  • ἵημι princ. parts (ἵημι, ἥσω, ἧκα, εἷκα, εἷμαι, εἵθην)
  • Present system of ἵημι, web handout 5. b
• READ-STUDY text pp. 73-77. (Very difficult athematic verb ἵημι. Plus, verbs taking "supplementary participles" - lanthanō, tunkhanō, phthanō, phainomai)
• STUDY sections 4-6 of web handout
• WRITE 20-ε 1, 3, 4, 11. (Please do this carefully! We'll need to spend time on this one in class.) 20ζ 1, 4, 6. 20-η 1, 2, 3, 4, 9. (Be attentive to phainomai, which can carry one of two senses, depending on whether combined with a PTC or an inf.)

• To read it out loud
• Written translation
• Discussion based on notes in the book and on your own reflections

• READ-STUDY
  • 137. φημί
  • 138-139. Articular infinitive
  • 139-140. Relative pronouns, special cases
• READ ALOUD, WRITE
  • 23-γ (both GRK-to-ENG and ENG-to-GRK) 1, 6 (see οἴομαι π. 134)
  • 23-δ 2
  • 23-ε 2

• To read it out loud
• Written translation
• Discussion based on notes in the book and on your own reflections

• READ-STUDY
  • 199-202. Adverbial acc., acc. of respect, acc. absolute, verbal adjectives in -τέος,
• READ ALOUD, WRITE
  • 26-γ 1, 2, 6
  • 26-δ 2, 4