Required texts:
Morice's Stories in Attic Greek, ed. Anne Mahoney ($25)
An Anthology of Greek Prose, ed. D. A. Russell ($60)
Recommended texts:
Greek Prose Style, J. D. Denniston ($30)
Greek Grammar, Herbert Weir Smyth ($50)
Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon, ed. H. G. Liddell and Robert Scott ($50)

You may use any reference grammar, and any Greek lexicon. The Pocket Oxford grammar and dictionary are considerably less expensive, though less detailed.

Other resources:
Course web page, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/~amahoney/grk7_f06.html
Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu

Goals for the semester:
In this course we will review the basics of Ancient Greek phonology, morphology, syntax, and vocabulary, and will work on increasing your reading speed and fluency. Readings will include adapted and unadapted Greek prose, primarily from the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. A secondary goal is to introduce students, particularly graduate students, to scholarship in Greek linguistics.

Workload and grading:
You will have a reading assignment for each class, growing longer as the semester goes on. You will also have written assignments, focusing on syntax. You will read and present scholarship on Ancient Greek grammar and linguistics. 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 begin with readings from Morice's Stories and a review of basic morphology and syntax, then go on to Russell's reader. Specific reading assignments for each class will depend on how quickly you can read.

The final exam will be Tuesday 19 December at 8:30 AM.

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.

Written homework assigments are due in the next class after they are assigned. Homework grades will be reduced if the paper is late. This is because homework is your main opportunity to develop your active knowledge of Latin grammar and vocabulary.

I call your attention to University policy against plagiarism and other forms of cheating.  Please refer to the Bulletin of Tufts University for details (under the heading "Academic Ethics").

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
Frederick Bodmer, The Loom of Language. New York: 1944. P121.B6
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
Michel Buijs, Clause Combining in Ancient Greek. Leiden: 2005. PA369.B85 2005
John Chadwick, Lexicographica Graeca. Oxford: 1996. PA445.E5 C58 1996
Eleanor Dickey, Greek Forms of Address. Oxford: 1996. PA423.D53 1996
P. E. Easterling and B. M. W. Knox, The Cambridge History of Classical Literature, part 1. Cambridge: 1985. PA3052.G73 1985
Coulter George, Expressions of Agency in Classical Greek. Cambridge: 2005. PA355.G46 2005
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
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
I. S. P. Nation, Learning Vocabulary in Another Language. Cambridge: 2001. P53.9.N29 2001
Leonard Palmer, The Greek Language. Atlantic Highlands: 1980. PA227.P3
Andrew Sihler, New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. New York: 1995. PA111.S54 1995
George D. Thompson, The Greek Language. Cambridge: 1960. PA251.T5
Calvert Watkins, The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots. Boston: 1985. P615.A43 1985, and newer edition in the Reference Stacks

On-line resources
Prof. Mahoney's own materials:
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
Materials from Perseus:
The Art of Reading Latin, also applicable to Greek; an essay on reading rather than "decoding."
Overview of Greek Syntax, constructions organized by case (for nouns) or tense or mood (for verbs)
Materials elsewhere:
Greek Prose Style by Prof. Hardy Hansen of CUNY: course materials for a first-year graduate course in Greek prose
Bibliography on the linguistics of Ancient Greek, compiled by Michel Buijs at the University of Utrecht
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
Bibliotheca Classica Selecta at the Université Catholique de Louvain; note particularly the bibliographie d'orientation.
TOCS-IN, bibliographic resource, smaller than L'Année Philologique but updated more frequently.
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 intermediate-level Greek prose.
More Handouts by Prof. David Sansone of the University of Illinois at Chicago. This group includes syntax: conditionals, temporal clauses, and moods in general.
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae, the major corpus of literary Greek
Greek language articles by Prof. Carl Conrad of Washington University, on verbal voice and on historical phonology.
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