Assignment for Friday, 12-23-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists:

By 11:00 p.m. on Friday, December 23, please do the following:

(1) Complete Section D (Reading aloud) of our final exam. Call my campus voicemail with your perfected reading of the final exam passage. Before you left the exam, you were handed a sheet with full instructions and a copy of the passage to mark up.

Thanks for a great fall, and good luck next spring!

Final Exam on Tuesday, 12-20-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

Our midterm exam on Tuesday, December 20 (1:30-4:30 p.m.), will have the following format.

(A) Streamlined verb blocks — -μι verb edition:

I'll give you one of the -μι verbs from Groton 46 and 47, and a pronoun. You give me the following:

• Indicative: present active, present middle/passive, aorist active, aorist middle, aorist passive, perfect active, perfect middle/passive;

• Subjunctive: present active, present passive, aorist active, aorist middle, aorist passive; and

• Optative: present active, present passive, aorist active, aorist middle, aorist passive.

NOTE: Three blocks total, 17 forms in each.

(B) Indirect statement transformations:

I'll give you up to 5 Greek direct statements with an English translation. You reconfigure the Greek into the three kinds of indirect statement according to my instructions. (We'll practice this as much as we can the last day of class.)

(C) Passage to translate:

A short passage of connected prose from Xenophon's Anabasis, with notes and vocabulary help. Read it carefully and write out your translation.

(D) Reading out loud (take-home portion, due Friday, December 23, 11:00 p.m.):

Practice reading the final exam passage out loud: use Groton's textbook to help you determine vowel/consonant sounds and place accents. When you have perfected your reading, call my campus voice mail and read me the Greek over the phone. 

NOTE: Please prepare for and complete this portion of the exam on your own. I'll supply a copy of the passage for you to practice on and mark up. (No, you do not have to memorize the passage. Yes, you can read from the copy.)

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For this exam, you'll be responsible for all concepts and vocabulary in Groton from CG 110 and 210. Your preparation will necessitate some memorization. Toward that end, I would suggest (at a minimum) memorizing principal parts of verbs in our flashcard sets, as well as the formation of participles.

Everyone will be allowed to ask, out loud, one vocabulary question per established custom.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

DC

Assignment for Wednesday, 12-14-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

For our last class on Wednesday, December 14, please do the following

(1) Homework (not to turn in):

• Read (or at least skim) in English the chapters "The Greek attack routs the enemy" and  "The Greek force in danger of being outflanked" (pp. 92–3). As before, use the translation on the Perseus website, if nothing else.
  
• Read and translate "Cyrus attacks the Persian center and wounds the king" and "Cyrus and many of his train fall in battle" (pp. 93–4) in our Anabasis textbook. For once, I have no additional help to give, so be sure to make use of your notes.

NOTE: I did notice that some of the translations last class closely resembled the Perseus translation. Please make sure that you are working from the Greek and not using the English as a crutch.

DC

Assignment for Sunday, 12-11-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

For Sunday evening, December 11, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Groton, Lessons 46 and 47, on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way.

• The -μι verbs δίδωμι and ἵστημι (#268–9, pp. 337–41);
• The -μι verbs τίθημι and ἵημι (#273, pp. 347–9); and
• Vocabulary for Lesson 46 (#271, pp. 341–2) as well as the principal parts of τίθημι and ἵημι (#275, pp. 350–1).

(2) Homework (due by 11:00 p.m.):

• Greek-to-English Sentences 1, 3, 4, 5, and 9 ONLY (#272, p. 343); and
• Greek-to-English Sentences 2, 4, 5, 6, and 9 ONLY (#276, pp. 351–2).

OPTIONAL EXTRA CREDIT:

• English-to-Greek Sentences 3 and 5 (#272, p. 343); and
• English-to-Greek Sentences 1 and 3 (#276, p. 352).

DC

Assignment for Friday, 12-09-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

For Friday, December 9, please do the following

(1) Homework (not to turn in):

• Read (or at least skim) in English the chapters "He advises caution..." (pp. 65–6) through "The enemy appear..." (pp. 89–91). As before, use the translation on the Perseus website, if nothing else (and if you do use Perseus, the blue arrows at top left let you advance from chapter 3 to chapter 8, where our Greek reading for today begins).
  
• Read and translate "Cyrus' commands to Clearchus" (p. 91) and "A final review..." (pp. 91–2) in our Anabasis textbook..

Additional help, keyed to Groton's textbook (all on p. 64):

• p. 91 line 2: φοβούμενος μή: the introduction to a clause of fearing (Gr. 45, #264, pp. 331–2); μή, though it looks like "not," should be translated as "that."

DC

Assignment for Wednesday, 12-07-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

For Wednesday, December 7, please do the following:

(1) Prepare for Vocabulary Quiz 10 by studying the lists in Groton, Lessons 41 and 42.

(2) Homework (not to turn in):

• Read and translate "Clearchus promises to stand by his troops" (pp. 64–5) in our Anabasis textbook. This is a long but important passage, and it will test your knowledge of intermediate Greek on just about every level. Give yourself time to work through it!

Additional help:

• p. 64, line 18: κατεθέμην: from κατατίθημι (see Gr. 47 for the root verb).

• line 24: ἵνα...ὠφελοίην: an example of a purpose clause (Gr. 39, #234); translate ἵνα as "so that..."

• p. 65, line 1: ἀνάγκη: as your commentators say, understand the verb ἐστί here, and then expect an infinitive or two.
  
  Note that in your commentary, the abbreviation sc. means "supply" or "understand" – it's an abbreviation of the Latin scilicet or scire licet, which means (literally), "it is permitted to understand..."

• lines 10–12: oὐκ ἄν...oὐκ ἄν...οὔτε ἄν...οὔτε ἄν: Note the parallel structuring here. In each instance the ἄν goes with an infinitive, each of which is part of an indirect statement triggered by οἶμαι.

• line 13: ὅπῃ ἄν καὶ ὑμεῖς: as your commentators say, understand (sc.) the verb ἴητε here, the present subjunctive of εἶμι.

DC

Assignment for Sunday, 12-04-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

For Sunday evening , December 4, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Groton, Lesson 42, on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way.

• Indirect discourse with participle (#247, pp. 303–6);
• Crasis (#248, pp. 306–7); and
• Vocabulary for Lesson 42 (#249, pp. 307–8).

(2) Homework (due by 11:00 p.m.):

• Greek-to-English Sentences 8–10 ONLY (#246, p. 300); and
• Greek-to-English Sentences 1, 2, 3, 7,  9, and 10 ONLY (#250, pp. 308–9).

OPTIONAL EXTRA CREDIT:

• English-to-Greek Sentences 2 and 4 (#246, p. 300); and
• English-to-Greek Sentences 2 and 4 (#250, p. 309).

DC

Assignment for Friday, 12-02-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

NOTE: This assignment has reading, homework to turn in, and homework not to turn in. Please read this post carefully!

For Friday, December 2, please do the following

(1) Reading: Groton, Lesson 41, on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way.

• The verb φημί (#243, pp. 295–6);
• Indirect discourse with infinitive (#244, pp. 297–9); and
• Vocabulary for Lesson 41 (#245, p. 299).

(2) Homework (to turn in):

• Greek-to-English Sentences 1–7 ONLY (#246, p. 300).

(3) Homework (not to turn in):

• Read (or at least skim) in English the chapters "The march begins" (p. 56) through "Cyrus and the Cilician king come to terms" (p. 63). Use the translation on the Perseus website, if nothing else (use the "load Greek" feature at right to help orient yourself in the translation).
  
• Read and translate "Mutiny at Tarsus" (p. 64) in our Anabasis textbook. This section, though brief, will test your comprehension of Gr. 41; in addition, you will want to have the forms of the verb εἶμι (Gr. 40) close at hand.

Additional help, keyed to Groton's textbook (all on p. 64):

• line 8: ἐπεὶ ἄρξαιντο: works like the protasis of a past general condition (Gr. 37, #225 C.1, p. 264); see commentary for further remarks.

• line 9–10: μὴ καταπετρωθῆναι: with ἐξέφυγε, describes what it was Clearchus narrowly escaped; translate: "(escaped) from being..."

• line 12: ἑστώς: perfect (second) active participle of ἵστημι (Gr. 46, # 269, p. 340).

DC

Assignment for Wednesday, 11-30-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

For Wednesday, November 30, please do the following:

(1) Prepare for Vocabulary Quiz 9 by studying the list in Groton, Lesson 40.

(2) Homework (not to turn in):

• Read and translate the rest of "The rendezvous at Sardis" (from οἱ δὲ ἡδέως onward, line 15, p. 55) and "Artaxerxes is informed by Tissaphernes" (p. 56) in our Anabasis textbook.

Additional help (all for p. 56 — though Gr. 34 will help with the numerals on p. 55):

• line 1: μείζονα: for the irregular comparison of μέγας, see Gr. 33, #203 (pp. 229–30) and (for the declension, based on βελτίων) #204 (p. 229).

• lines 1–2: μείζονα modifies παρασκευήν; the entire construction from καί to παρασκευήν is an example of indirect discourse with infinitive: Gr 41, #244 (pp. 296–8); translate in this order, and as literally as you can: καὶ ἡγησάμενος τὴν παρασκευήν (εἶναι) μείζονα ἢ ["than"] ὡς [= ὥστε, "so as," + inf.] (εἶναι) ἐπὶ Πισίδας...

• line 3: ὡς βασιλέα = εἰς (τὸν) βασιλέα (and note that Xenophon rarely uses the article with this noun).

• line 3: ᾗ = τῇ ὁδῷ ᾗ, a compressed relative clause; ἐδύνατο τάχιστα is part of the relative clause; τάχιστα is adverbial, a neuter plural accusative adjective in the superlative degree: Gr. 32, #196 (last full paragraph, "The preferred way..." etc., p. 220).

DC

Assignment for Monday, 11-28-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

As noted in class, a Sunday evening assignment is cruel and unusual punishment after a long break.

For Monday evening, November 21, please do the following:

(1) Homework (due by 11:00 p.m.):

• Indicative verb blocks for φράζω: you (sing.), she, we, you (pl.).
• Subjunctive verb blocks, same as above.
• Optative verb blocks, same as above.

Remember that indicative verb blocks require 14 forms, because they exist in all of the tenses and voices. But subjunctive and optative blocks are more selective, and require only five forms per block: present active, present middle/passive, aorist active, aorist middle, and aorist passive.

DC

Assignment for Sunday, 11-20-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

For Sunday evening, November 20, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Groton, Lesson 40, on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way.

• The verb εἶμι (#238, pp. 285–7);
• Indirect discourse with ὅτι or ὡς (#239–40, pp. 287–9); and
• Vocabulary for Lesson 40 (#241, p. 290).

(2) Homework (due by 11:00 p.m.):

• Greek-to-English sentences (#242, p. 291).

DC

Assignment for Friday, 11-18-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

For Friday, November 18, please do the following:

(1) Homework (not to turn in):

• Read and translate "His ostensible purpose" (p. 54) and "The rendezvous at Sardis" (pp. 54–5, down to ...κατάγαγοι οἴκαδε, line 15) in our Anabasis textbook.

NOTE: Additional help, keyed to Groton's textbook.

• p. 54, line 23: παραγγέλει...ἥκειν: works like κελεύει would (Gr. 5, #36, p. 28).

• line 23: ὅσον: Note the spelling (that's not a final iota, that's a nu: old plates) and see the editors' commentary.

• p. 55, line 3: προειστήκει: indicative pluperfect active 3rd sing of προ-ἵστημι (Gr. 46); see commentary for the temporal nuances.

• lines 10–1: ὑποσχόμενος...μή...πάυσασθαι: the subject of  μή...πάυσασθαι is Cyrus, whom ὑποσχόμενος modifies: "promising that he (Cyrus) would not stop..."

• line 14: πρὶν...καταγάγοι: "before restoring," "until he restored" (Gr. 43, #253, p. 316).

DC

Assignment for Wednesday, 11-16-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

For Wednesday, November 16, please do the following:

(1) Prepare for Vocabulary Quiz 8 by studying the list in Groton, Lesson 37.

(2) Homework (not to turn in):

• Read and translate "Preparations in the Chersonese" (p. 53) and "Preparations in Thessaly" (p. 54) in our Anabasis textbook.

NOTE: Additional help, keyed to Groton's textbook.

• p. 54, lines 7–8: πρὶν ἄν...συμβουλεύσηται: "before consulting," "until he consulted"; see your editors' notes on this construction, as well as Gr. 43, #253.i (p. 316).

DC

Assigment for Sunday, 11-13-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

For Sunday evening, November 13, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Groton, Lesson 37, on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way.

• Conditional statements and their kinds  (#224–6, pp. 263–5); and
• Vocabulary for Lesson 37 (#227, pp. 265–6).

(2) Homework (due by 11:00 p.m.):

• Greek-to-English sentences (#228, p. 267).

DC

Assignment for Friday, 11-11-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

For Friday, November 11, please do the following:

(1) Homework (not to turn in):

• Read and translate from the middle of page 52, line 18, to page 53 (still book 1.1), line 11 (ending in ...ἐτύγχανεν ἔχων), in our Anabasis textbook.

NOTE: Additional help, keyed to Groton's textbook.

• line 20: δεδομέναι: from δίδωμι, a special class of verbs called μι-verbs (Gr. 47); this is the perfect passive participle.

• line 20: ἀφειστήκεσαν: from ἀφ-ίστημι, a special class of verbs called μι-verbs (Gr. 47); this is the indicative pluperfect active.

• line 23: ἀποστῆναι: second aorist active infinitive of ἀφ-ίστημι.

• line 4: δοθῆναι: first aorist passive infinitive of δίδωμι.

• line 10: ὧν = the relative pronoun ἅς, attracted into the case of the antecedent, πόλεμων (Gr. 50, #290, pp. 372–3).

DC

Assignment for Wednesday, 11-09-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

On Wednesday, November 9, we'll continue our reading of Xenophon's Anabasis. In preparation, please do the following:

(1) Prepare for Vocabulary Quiz 7 by studying the lists in Groton, Lessons 35 and 36.

(2) Homework (not to turn in):

• Read and translate most of page 52 (book 1.1) down to lines 17–18 (ending in ...ταῖς πόλεσι) in our Anabasis textbook.

NOTE: Additional help, keyed to Groton's textbook.

• line 2: ὅπως = "that" after βουλεύεται.

• lines 2–3: ἢν δύναται: ἢν = εἰ + ἄν; δύναται you should recognize as subjunctive. See Gr. 37, #225.C.1 (p. 264 for this kind of if-clause (or conditional statement).

• line 6: διατιθηεῖς: from δια-τίθημι, a special class of verbs called μι-verbs (Gr. 47); this, contrary to appearances, is the aorist active participle.

• line 9: εἵησαν: present optative of εἰμί (as shown in #220, p. 258); here, with ὡς ("in order that...") after ἐπεμελεῖτο, it indicates the purpose (Gr. 39) for which Cyrus took heed of the foreigners.

• line 10: ὡς μάλιστα: ὡς plus the superlative adverb μάλιστα = "as much as possible" (Gr. 32, #200, p. 222).

• line 11: ὅπως ὅτι: with the optative λάβοι, like the ὡς in line 9.

• line 16: ὅτι plus a superlative adjective: see previous note and Groton reference.

DC

Assignment for Sunday, 11-06-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

For Sunday evening, November 6, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Groton, Lesson 36, on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way.

• The Optative Mood  (#219–20, pp. 253–8);
• Independent Uses of the Optative (#221, p. 259); and
• Vocabulary for Lesson 36 (#222, pp. 259–60).

(2) Homework (due by 11:00 p.m.):

• Greek-to-English sentences (#223, p. 260).

DC

Assignment for Friday, 11-04-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

For Friday morning, November 4, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Groton, Lesson 35, on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way.

• The Subjunctive Mood (#214–15, pp. 233–7);
• Independent Uses of the Subjuinctive (#216, pp. 247–8); and
• Vocabulary for Lesson 35 (#217, pp. 248–9).

(2) Homework (due by 8:00 a.m.):

• Greek-to-English sentences (#218, p. 249).

DC

Assignment for Wednesday, 11-02-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

On Wednesday, November 2, we'll begin our reading of Xenophon's Anabasis. In preparation, please do the following:

(1) Read the Britannica Online article on Xenophon, esp. the sections on his life ("Life") and his works ("Works > General characteristics" and the paragraph on the Anabasis).

(2) Homework (not to turn in):

• Read and translate all of page 51 (book 1.1) in our Anabasis textbook.

NOTE: All of the vocabulary is in its own section in the back of the book. Your editors, Mather and Hewitt, also provide helpful notes (a.k.a. commentary) starting on p. 227. You will NOT be able to read the assignment without these notes, so be sure to consult them.

NOTE: Even though the commentary will provide help, we have not yet covered every piece of necessary grammar. So here is some additional help, keyed to Groton's textbook. Have a look at what she says, but don't obsess over the details. Just get what you need in order to translate and move on.

• line 2: πρεσβύτερος and νεώτερος: comparatives: Groton, Lesson 32.

• line 14: ἐπιβουλεύοι: an example of the optative mood, 3rd singular: Groton, Lesson 36. We'll discuss this mood a little in class; for now, just translate the verb, with the ὡς, as "of plotting against him."

I expect that this assignment will take you some time. Do your best, and we'll see what's what in class.

DC

Assignment for Sunday, 10-30-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists:

By 11:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 30, please do the following:

(1) Complete Section D (Reading aloud) of our second exam. Call my campus voicemail with your perfected reading of the midterm passage. Before you left the exam, you were handed a sheet with full instructions and a copy of the passage to mark up.

D

Midterm Exam on Friday, 10-28-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

Our midterm exam on Friday, October 28, will have the following format.

(A) Verb blocks:

I'll give you the first principal part of a verb and specify a person and number, you give me the Greek forms in all tenses of the indicative and all voices — 14 forms in all, 3 verb blocks total.

NOTE: Although I will chose at least one contract verb, all of the verbs will be fairly regular: that is, they'll all have six principal parts and display a minimum of volatility from part to part.

(B) Genitive absolute transformations:

I'll give you up to 5 Greek sentences that feature a subordinate clause introduced by a conjunction, you translate the sentence and rewrite the original Greek sentence with a genitive absolute in place of the subordinate clause.

(C) Passage to translate:

A short passage of connected Greekprose, using vocabulary and grammar through chapter 30. Read it carefully and write out your translation.

(D) Reading out loud (take-home portion, due Sunday, October 30, 11:00 p.m.):

Practice reading the midterm passage out loud: use Groton's textbook to help you determine vowel/consonant sounds and place accents. When you have perfected your reading, call my campus voice mail and read me the Greek over the phone. 

NOTE: Please prepare for and complete this portion of the exam on your own. I'll supply a copy of the passage for you to practice on and mark up. (No, you do not have to memorize the passage. Yes, you can read from the copy.)

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For this exam, you'll be responsible for all concepts and vocabulary through Groton Chapter 30. Your preparation will necessitate some memorization. Toward that end, I would suggest (at a minimum) memorizing principal parts of all verbs from chapters 22 onward, as well as the formation of all participles.

Everyone will be allowed to ask, out loud, one vocabulary question per established custom.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

DC

Assignment for Wednesday, 10-26-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

For Wednesday morning, October 26, please do the following:

(1) Homework (not to turn in):

• Read and translate "Athens Reacts to Bad News — Part 2" (#188, pp. 208–9).

NOTE: Don't miss the Greek at the top of p. 209.

Khang will review the passage with you and award points, as per usual. The rest of class will be devoted to review before the midterm exam, so bring your questions!

DC

Assignment for Sunday, 10-23-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

For Sunday evening, October 23, please do the following:

(1) Homework (due by 11:00 p.m.):

• Greek-to-English sentences A.3, A.4, B.3 and B.4 from Friday's in-class exercise.

NOTE: Although the English is similar from A-sentence to B-sentence, please read the English carefully each time so as to be sure your translation is accurate.

DC

Assignment for Friday, 10-21-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

For Friday morning, October 21, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Groton, Lesson 30, on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way.

• Genitive absolutes (#185, pp. 203–4).

(2) Homework (due by 8:00 a.m.):

• Greek-to-English sentences: ONLY 1, 2, 7, 8, and 9 (#188, pp. 207–8); and
• English-to-Greek sentences: ONLY 2, 3, and 4 (#188, p. 208).

DC

Assignment for Wednesday, 10-19-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

For Wednesday morning, October 19, please do the following:

(1) Review vocabulary in Lesson 30 in preparation for the vocabulary quiz.

(2) Homework (not to turn in):

• Read and translate "A Pact with the Persians" (handed out last Friday).

DC

Assignment for Sunday, 10-16-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

For Sunday evening, October 16, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Groton, Lesson 30, on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way.

• Fully deponent verbs (#184, p. 203);
• The adjective εἷς, μία, ἕν; its negative compounds; and double negatives (#186, pp. 205–6); and
• Vocabulary for Lesson 30 (#187, pp. 206–7).

NOTE: Skip #185 (on genitive absolutes) for now.

(2) Homework (due by 11:00 p.m.):

• Greek-to-English sentences: ONLY 3, 4, 5, 6, and 10 (#188, pp. 207–8); and
• English-to-Greek sentences: ONLY 1 and 5 (#188, p. 208).

DC

Assignment for Friday, 10-14-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

For Friday morning, October 14, please do the following:

(1) Review vocabulary in Lesson 29 in preparation for the vocabulary quiz.

(2) Homework (not to turn in):

• Read and translate "Athens Reacts to bad News — Part 1" (#183, pp. 200–1).

DC

(No) Assignment for Wednesday, 10-12-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

Just a reminder that Wednesday, October 12, there will be no homework and no class in observance of Yom Kippur.

This does mean, however, that our weekly vocabulary quiz will be postponed to Friday, October 14.

See you on Friday!

DC

Assignment for Sunday, 10-09-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

For Sunday evening, October 9, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Groton, Lesson 29 on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way.

• Third declension nouns with vowel stems (#180, pp. 195–6);
• Third declension nouns with syncopated stems (#181, pp. 196–7); and
• Vocabulary for Lesson 29 (#182, p. 198).

(2) Homework (due by 11:00 p.m.):

• Greek-to-English sentences (all) (#183, pp. 198–9).

DC

Assignment for Friday, 10-07-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

By Friday morning, October 7, please do the following:

(1) Homework (due 8:00 a.m. via email):

• English-to-Greek sentences (all) (#179, p. 193).

DC

Assignment for Wednesday, 10-05-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

For Wednesday morning, October 5, please do the following:

(1) Review vocabulary in Lesson 28 in preparation for the vocabulary quiz.

(2) Homework (not to turn in):

• Read and translate "Healing of the Man Born Blind — Part 3" (#179, pp. 193–4).

DC

Assignment for Sunday, 10-02-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

For Sunday evening, October 2, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Groton, Lesson 28 on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way.

• The formation of the future passive tense, including participles (#175, p. 189);
• The formation of the future perfect tense, active and passive (#176, p. 190);
• The forms of the irregular verb οἶδα (#177, pp. 190–1); and
• Vocabulary for Lesson 28 (#178, p. 192).

(2) Homework (due by 11:00 p.m.):

• Greek-to-English sentences (all) (#179, pp. 192–3).

DC

Assignment for Friday, 09-30-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

By Friday morning, September 30, please do the following:

(1) Homework (due 8:00 a.m. via email):

• English-to-Greek sentences (all) (#174, p. 187).

DC

Assignment for Wednesday, 09-28-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

For Wednesday morning, September 28, please do the following:

(1) Review vocabulary in Lessons 26 and 27 in preparation for the vocabulary quiz.

(2) Homework (not to turn in):

• Read and translate "Healing of the Man Born Blind — Part 2" (#175, p. 188).

DC

Assignment for Sunday, 09-25-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

For Sunday evening, September 25, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Groton, Lesson 27 on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way.

• The sixth principal part (#160, p. 181; and #172, pp. 183–85);
• The formation of the first and second aorist passive tense, including participles (#170–1, pp. 181–3); and
• Vocabulary for Lesson 27 (#171, p. 186).

(2) Homework (due by 11:00 p.m. via email):

• Greek-to-English sentences (all) (#174, p. 187).

DC

Assignment for Friday, 09-23-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

By Friday morning, September 23, please do the following:

(1) Homework (due due 8:00 a.m. via email)

• Translate the direct and indirect questions from Wednesday's worksheet into Greek; and
• English-to-Greek sentences 4 and 5 (#168, p. 178).

DC

Assignment for Wednesday, 09-21-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

For Wednesday morning, September 21, please do the following:

(1) Homework (not to turn in):

• Read and translate "Healing of the Man Born Blind — Part 1" (#168, p. 178).
• Review Vocabulary in Lessons 24 and 25 in preparation for the vocabulary quiz.

DC

Assignment for Sunday, 09-18-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

For Sunday evening, September 18, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Groton, Lesson 26, on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way:

• Interrogative words (#163–4, pp. 171–2);
• Direct and indirect questions (#165, pp. 172–5);
• Alternative questions (#166, pp. 175–6); and
• Vocabulary for Lesson 26 (#176, p. 176–7).

(2) Homework (due by 11:00 p.m.):

• Greek-to-English sentences (all) (#168, p. 177).

DC

Assignment for Friday, 09-16-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

By Friday morning, September 16, please do the following:

(1) Review: Groton, Lessons 24 and 25 on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way.

• Formation of active participles in various tenses (#146–7, pp. 154–6);
• The present participle of εἰμί (#148, p. 156)
• Participles of contract verbs (#149, p. 157);
• Aspect of participles (#150, pp. 157–8);
• Uses of participles: attributive, circumstantial, and with particles (#151, pp. 158–9)
• Vocabulary for Lesson 24 (#52, p. 159).
• Formation of middle/passive participles (#154–8, pp. 163–5)
• Supplementary participles (#159, p. 166);
• Summary of prepositions and their cases (#160, p. 166); and
• Vocabulary for Lesson 25 (#161, p. 167)

(2) Homework (not to turn in):

• Read and translate "A Hare-Raising Experience" (#162, p. 169).

DC

Assignment for Wednesday, 09-14-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

By Wednesday morning, September 14, please do the following:

(1) Review: Groton, Lesson 23, on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way:

• Relative pronouns (#140, pp. 145–7;
• The adjective πᾶς, πᾶσα, πᾶν (#141, pp. 147–8);
• Expressions of time (#142, p. 148); and
• Vocabulary for Lesson 23 (#143, pp. 148–9).

(2) Homework (due by email, 8:00 a.m.):

• Greek-to-English sentences (all) (#144, p. 150).

DC

Assignment for Sunday, 09-11-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

For Sunday, September 11, please do the following:

(1) Review: All verb systems through the perfect and pluperfect middle/passive. Especially helpful will be Lessons 3, 6, 10, 11, 15, 18, 19, 20, and 22. I'm not saying you need to re-read everything, just that you'll want to revisit the salient points in some way. And there are always the Appendices (pp. 395 and onward) if you want the paradigms in one place.

(2) Homework (via email, due 11:00 p.m.)

• Verb synopses for the following:

-- frighten, they
-- stop, we
-- take, you pl.

Friendly reminders:

• A verb synopsis is a matrix of the six tenses we've covered (present, imperfect, future, aorist, perfect, and pluperfect) and two voices (active and middle) -- so, twelve forms in all, using the same person and number throughout. Middle forms are the same as the passive, except in the future (and we haven't learned the future passive...yet).
  
• I'll grade this assignment and turn it back on Wednesday. If you want it back sooner, let me know.
  
• If you hand-write your answers, please be sure to send me a legible PDF with a bright image  (no dark patches).

Please let me know if you have any questions.

DC

Assignment for Friday, 09-09-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

As noted in class, your assignment is to read and translate Groton's supplemental passage for Lesson 22, "A Happy Exchange." Unlike other assignments, there is nothing to turn in ahead of time; have it done by the time you come to class).

As you work through this passage, bear in mind the following:

(1) DO consult the accompanying vocabulary as well as Lesson 22 of our textbook.

(2) DO make little notes in the margins (notes on cases or tenses or other important points).

(3) DON'T write out a full translation of the passage (or DON'T bring it to class if you do), for reasons explained on the Policy page of our website.

(4) DON'T rush it, but DON'T despair if you don't finish (though DO try). Unlike other readings, I won't attach any points to this particular assignment. Rather, I want to use it as an in-class opportunity to illustrate how we can read together in a deeper, more nuanced way.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

DC

Welcome!

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

Welcome to the blog for CG 210: Elementary Greek!  Here I'll post assignments and other notices, as well as other ephemera pertaining to the study of ancient Greek.

With each post, you'll get an email alerting you to the new content.  The message will contain the entire post, so you'll have the option of reading it on email or navigating over to the blog. Similarly, if you'd like to reply to a post, you can either use the "Comments" feature on the blog, or you can reply to the email message you received.  Either way, everyone in the class will be able to read your response.

None of this is meant to substitute for in-class interaction.  However, since our sessions together will go by quickly, I hope the blog will save us precious minutes here and there.

Again, welcome!

DC