GREEK

^Cil ^{Greek IA.}

This subject aims to give students with no previous knowledge ofthe language a reading knowledge of classical Greek in one year. Students with some knowledge olthe language

will be advised by the Department concerning the level at which the language should be taken. The subject is countable as one ofthe required ^nine subjects towards the Ordinary degree.

It

^occupies four hours of formal tuition a week. Not available with exemption from lectures.

The subject is designed as a loundation course to enable students to ^proceed to AC82 Greek IIA, but may be taken for its own sake as a background unit. Assessment is by regular testing and by an examination at the end ofthe ^year.

Text which students should obtain: Joint Assn. of Classical Teachers, Reading Greek, 2 vols. (C.U.P.).

ÄC1l Greek I.

Subject offered given sufhcient enrolments. No pre-requisite, but the standard ofa good perlormance

in

Greek at the Matriculation Examination is assumed.

Not

normally available with exemption from lectures.

The subject falls into two parts:

(a) Texts which students should obtain: Homer, Odyssey VI and

VII,in

Odyssey

I-XII,

ed. Stanlord (Macmillan); Herodotus

IX,

ed. Shuckburgh (C.U.P.); Euripides, Hecuba, ed. Tierney (Bristol Classical Press).

Each text is the subject of two weekly lectu¡es in one term, and is examined at the endof that term: passages are set for translation, short passages are set for comment, and an essây ls set.

(b) A selection olpassages each term to improve students'knowledge olthe language and to widen their reading. The material will be issued during the year. There will be weekly written work and one or two weekly tutorials.

Assessment is mainly by an unseen translation paper at the end olthe ^year. The marks for the set texts are also included.

^C77 ^{Greek IIS.}

This subject is available only to those who have been accepted as Honours students.

It

equips them to ^proceed to AC78 Greek IIIS.

The syllabus is as set out for AC71 Greek IA.

AC82 Greek IIA.

This subject is oflered given suffrcient enrolments.

Pre-requisite AC71 Greek IA. Not normally available with exemption lrom lectures.

The syllabus is as set out lor ACI 1 Greek I, with the addition of: Xenophon, The

Fallof

Athens, ed. Horn (Bristol Classical Press), which is to be read before the start ofthe first term, for examination in Orientation Week (translation only).

ACl2 Greek II.

Subject offered given suffrcient enrolments. Pre-requisite subject: ACI

I

^Greek

^L

^Not

normally available with exemption l¡om lectures.

The subject lalls into two ^parts:

(a) Texts which students should obtain: Sophocles, Antigone, ed. Jebb (C.U.P.);

Aristophanes, Clouds, ed. Dover (O.U.P. paperback); Thucydides 21, ed. Dover (O.U.P.);

Homer, Iliad

XVIII,

tn Iliad

XIILXXIV,

^{ed. Leaf and} Bayfield (Macmillan).

The first three texts will be examined separately at the end of each term. The lourth isto be read belore the start of the first term, lor examination in Orientation Week (translation only).

(b) Unseen translation and the study ola literary genre (for 1984, Drama). There will be weekly tutorials and weekly written work throughout the year.

Assessment is mainly by an unseen translation ^paper at the end of the year. The marks for the set texts are also included, together with those obtained in the examination in Drama.

AC78 Greek IIIS.

Pre-requisite subject: ACT

l

Greek IA or AC77 Greek IIS.

This subject is available only to those who have been accepted as Honours students.

The syllabus is as set out for AC82 Greek IIA, 550

Arts B.A.

AC13 Greek III.

Subject oflered given suffrcient en¡oiments, AC12 Greek

II

or AC78 Greek IIIS. Not lectures.

Pre-requisite subject: AC82 Greek

IIA

or normally available \ryith exemption from The subject lalls into tìilo parts:

(a) Texts which students should obtain: Aeschylus, Persae, ed. Sidgwick (Bristol); Plato, Euthyphro, Apology &. Crito, ed. Burnet (O.U.P.); Lucian,

A

Selection, ed. Sidwell (Bristol); in addition to the texts set for ACl2 Greek II.

The seven texts will be examined in pairs at the end oleach term, except for lliad

XVIII,

for which see the syllabus for Greek IL

(b) Unseen translation and the study of a literary genre (for 1984, Drama). There will be weekly tutorials and weekly written work throughout the year.

Assessment is largely by an unseen translation paper ât the end of the year. The marks for the set texts are also included, together with those obtained in the examination in Drama.

HONOURS DEGREE.

AC99 flonours Greek and/or Latin.

Students wishing to take an Honou¡s degree in Greek andlo¡ Latin should consult the Chairman olthe Classics Department, ilpossible belore beginning the second year's work.

A student can take Honours in Greek or Latin or both. Pre-requisites are as follows:

For Greek: ACl3 Greek III.

For Latin: AC03

l¿tin

IIL

Fo¡ Greek and Latin: ACl3 Greek

lll

and ^AC03 l-atin III.

The work of the Honours year will consist of:

(a) the study ofGreek and/or Latin literature under set topics, together with study olother material in accordance with the interests of candidates. When students take Honours in both Greek and Latin, including the long essay (see section (c)), the need to study such other material may be relaxed.

The examination

will

test knowledge of literatu¡e

in

accordance with the ^interests

ol

candidates.

It

vvill also test ability

in

^unseen translation.

If

other material has been included in the year's study, it will also be examined;

(b) the study ofsix Greek or six l-atin ol three Greek and three Latin texts in the original language, chosen with ^¡eference to the ^interests of candidates. Two of the texts must be offered for examination at the beginning of the first term;

(c) unless determined otherwise in consultation with candidates, a special topic chosen

lrom

the freld

ol

Greek and/or Latin literature

in

accordance with the interests of candidates. The topic

will

be the subject of a Ìong essay to be written during the year.

Topics which, while not purely literary, depend on the interpretation olancient literature, may be approved.

The exact arrangement olthe subject may be varied by the Chairman in accordance with the interests olcandidates and the availability ofspecialized teaching. Ifthe long essay is not included, the work of section (a) will be expanded to take its ^place.