Required texts:
David Konstan, Xenophon: Apology ($6)
From Alpha to Omega: A Beginning Course in Classical Greek, Anne H. Groton. ($40)
From Alpha to Omega: Ancillary Exercises, John Bruss. ($15)

Other resources:
The Meters of Greek and Latin Poetry,, James W. Halporn, Martin Ostwald, Thomas G. Rosenmeyer ($15, recommended)
Course web page, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/~amahoney/grk2_s04.html
Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu

Goals for the semester:
In the second semester of Greek you will learn the rest of the basic morphology and syntax, build a working vocabulary, and begin exploring Greek literature. We will finish the textbook and read Xenophon's Apology, an eyewitness account of the trial of Socrates. You will also be prepared to start reading your play by the end of the semester. Other readings may be chosen from the New Testament, Plato, Lysias, and other relatively easy prose authors.

Workload and grading:
You will have a written assignment for each class, in which you will practice the grammar you are learning. There will be frequent quizzes (10 minutes, unannounced) and a two-hour final exam.

The grades will be computed as follows:
 

Schedule of assignments:
We will cover between two and three chapters of the textbook each week, moving faster through the chapters that you find easy, more slowly through those you find difficult.

The final exam will be Thursday, 12 May, at noon.

Make-up exams will be given only in exceptional circumstances, and only if you make arrangements at least 24 hours before the scheduled time of the final exam. There will be no make-ups for quizzes.

General policies:
Attendance in class is required. Thoughtful discussion and group practice are part of the work of this class, and homework assignments will often build on class work. On the other hand, if you must occasionally miss class for a legitimate reason, I will assume you can get notes from a classmate and keep up with the work.

Homework assigments are due in the next class after they are assigned. Homework grades will be reduced for each day the paper is late. This is because homework is your main opportunity to practice the new ideas you are learning.

I call your attention to University policy against plagiarism and other forms of cheating.  Please refer to the Bulletin of Tufts University, p. 40-41, for details (under the heading "Academic Ethics"). Within these guidelines, however, you are encouraged to discuss your work with each other.

Please note that except in the most extraordinary circumstances, I will not give "incomplete" grades.  As you know, an Incomplete means that you did not complete the work of the course, and it is the policy of the College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering that incomplete work must be completed within six weeks of the beginning of the next semester.

No extra credit work is permitted, and grades in this course are not "curved."

Selected bibliography:
This bibliography is limited to books in English that are available in Tisch Library.
W. S. Allen, Vox Graeca: A Guide to the Pronunciation of Classical Greek. Cambridge: 1987. PA267.A4 1987
Mary Beard and John Henderson, Classics: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: 1995. PA3009 .B4 1995
Carl Darling Buck, Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Chicago: 1933. PA111.B9
----------, Introduction to the Study of the Greek Dialects. New York: 1910. PA502.B8
P. E. Easterling and B. M. W. Knox, The Cambridge History of Classical Literature, part 1. Cambridge: 1985. PA3052.G73 1985
Norma Goldman and Ladislas Szymanski, English Grammar for Students of Latin. Ann Arbor: 1983. PA2100 .G64 1983
James Halporn, Martin Ostwald, and Thomas Rosenmeyer, The Meters of Greek and Latin Poetry, reprint edition. Indianapolis: 1994. PA186.H25 1994
Gilbert Highet, The Classical Tradition. Oxford: 1949. PN883.H5
David Konstan, Xenophon's Apology of Socrates. Bryn Mawr: 1987. PA4494.A8 1987
Richard M. Krill, Greek and Latin in English Today. Wauconda: 1993. PE1582.G6 K7 1993
Wendy Moleas, The Development of the Greek Language. Bristol: 1989. PA227.M6 1989
J. J. Pollitt, Art and Experience in Ancient Greece. Cambridge: 1972. N5630.P54
Alan Sommerstein, Greek Drama and Dramatists. New York: 2002. PA3131.S6613 2002
George D. Thompson, The Greek Language. Cambridge: 1960. PA251.T5
W. C. Wilkinson, Preparatory Greek Course in English. New York: 1887. PA3054.W57

Standard Commentaries on Your Plays
Commentaries on most Greek plays have been published in the Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics series (the "green and yellow" commentaries), the Bryn Mawr series, or the Oxford paperback series. There may be others as well. In addition, Aris and Phillips publishes a series of bilingual texts with commentaries; these have now become a standard edition for Aristophanes, and many tragedies are included as well. But these are less useful for intermediate Greek students as the commentaries are keyed to the translations rather than to the Greek.

This list includes commentaries best suited for intermediate-level students, with call numbers if they are available in Tisch.
Sophocles, Ajax -- Stanford (MacMillan/Bristol), PA4413.A5 1981
Sophocles, Antigone -- Gross (Bryn Mawr), PA4413.A7 1988; Griffith (Cambridge)
Sophocles, Elektra -- Kells (Cambridge), PA4413 .E5 1973
Sophocles, Oedipus the King -- Jebb (Cambridge), PA4413 .O7 1981
Euripides, Heracles -- Cropp and Hamilton (Bryn Mawr), PA3973.H5 1987; Bond (Oxford), PA3975.B6 1981B
Euripides, Trojan Women -- Lee (Macmillan), PA3973 .T8 1976
Aristophanes, Wasps -- MacDowell (Oxford); Merry (Oxford), PA3875.V5 1898
Aristophanes, Lysistrata -- Henderson (Oxford), PA3875.L8 1987
Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae -- Ussher (Oxford), PA3875 .E3 1973

On-line resources
Vocabulary for Xenophon's Apology, keyed to Groton's textbook
Xenophon's Apology from Perseus
Anthology of the passages you memorized in Greek 1
A Greek Boy at Home, W. H. D. Rouse's elementary Greek reader (22 Mb PDF)
The Art of Reading Latin, also applicable to Greek
Verb stems and principal parts, and how they work.
List of principal parts of verbs from Smyth's Grammar.
How to prepare a reading assignment: basic advice on gaining fluency.
The eta words, some of the most confusing words in Greek
1000 Essential Greek Words, a core vocabulary list for elementary Greek; the first 100 with glosses.
Athematic Verbs, list of the most frequent mi-verbs, their principal parts, and their compounds
What I have learned from Greek, report from students in Greek 2 (and Greek 4) at the University of Arkansas
English Grammar, explanations of basic concepts and technical vocabulary
The Intelligent Person's Guide to Greek, by Prof. William Harris of Middlebury College. This is a rapid overview of the Greek language, particularly good on the structure of the morphological system.
Greek Grammar on the Web, a collection of links, with brief descriptions, to on-line resources for the study of Greek, from elementary to advanced
Let's Review Greek, a collection of easy and intermediate readings from the Cornell College classics department
Nifty Greek Handouts by Prof. Helma Dik of the University of Chicago. In addition to explanations of difficult bits of grammar, this collection includes a core vocabulary list for Greek prose: learn these 1200 words and know 90% of the words in the prose texts you'll read next.
More Handouts by Prof. David Sansone of the University of Illinois at Chicago. This group includes syntax: conditionals, temporal clauses, and moods in general.
Perseus:  a digital library with an extensive collection on Ancient Greece
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae, the major corpus of literary Greek
Diotima:   Women and Gender in the Ancient World
Ancient Medicine, the main on-line resource for the study of medicine in the ancient world, including some key primary sources
Collection Medic, facsimiles of medical texts of historical importance, including Hippocrates and Galen in Greek
Ancient Greece in Fiction:  a bibliography of novels and short stories set in the ancient world
American Philological Association (APA):  the professional association for classicists in the US
Classical Association of New England (CANE):  the professional association for classicists in New England
Tufts University Classics Department:  course descriptions and faculty listing