Readings from Plato's <Apology> or <Crito>, and from other Attic prose authors (e.g., Xenophon, Lysias); some review of grammar.

This course is an introduction to Ancient Greek prose. We will read two texts in Ancient Greek: a courtroom speech from a murder trial that took place in fourth-century Athens (Lysias’ On the Murder of Eratosthenes) and a Socratic dialogue about justice (Plato’s Crito). We will also review grammatical concepts and practice reading Greek at sight. Goals of this class include (1) improving your Greek reading abilities and (2) discussing these texts both as literary creations and as sources of evidence for the social and political history of Classical Athens. Prerequisites for this course are GREEK 1 and 2 (the elementary Ancient Greek sequence at Berkeley) or the equivalent.

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Course is not repeatable for credit.

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