Greek Study Groups
Below is the latest weekly activities posting for the GreekStudy List. Click on a group's link for more details.
There are 12 active study groups.
- Homer's Odyssey Book 4 (Homer)
- Greek to GCSE, Part 2 (GAMMA)
- Greek to GCSE, Part 1 (DELTA)
- GSCE-2 Advanced Attic (KAPPA)
- Eros at the Banquet (BANQUET)
- Plutarch on Love (Plutarch)
- Greek New Testament (GNT)
- Thucydides (Thucydides)
- Polybius Histories (Polybius)
- Septuagint, Selections (Septuagint)
- Xenophon's Memorabilia (Memorabilia)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Potter)
From: Alun Williams via GreekStudy <greekstudy at quasillum dot com> Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2024 19:37:08 -0000 Subject: Greek Activities: Update for March 25 2024 This email is from the GreekStudy mailing list. ======================================================================== The GreekStudy list is an open mailing list dedicated to the study of the ancient Greek language. The URL http://www.quasillum.com/study/greekstudy.php describes the list in more detail. This activities update is published periodically. An online copy is at http://www.quasillum.com/greek/greek-activities.php Coordinators should send updates to Alun Williams <alun.j.williams at btopenworld dot com>. ========================================================================= Donald Wright has paused his groups (marked ***) because of the situation in the Middle East Group Listings: Group: Homer's Odyssey Book 4 (Homer) Coordinator: David Goldfarb <goldfarbdj at gmail dot com> Text: posted Assignments: Mar 24: 363-381 Mar 31: 382-397 Group: Greek to GCSE, Part 2 (GAMMA) Coordinator: Richard Moriarty <richardmoriarty0 at gmail dot com> Text: John Taylor "Greek to GCSE - Part 2 (Revised Edition for OCR 2016)" Assignments: Mar 26 Assignment 76 11.4 Rhampsinitus (1) the rest in two paragraphs Apr 02 Easter break - no assignment Apr 09 Assignment 77 11.5-11.6 Future open conditionals Apr 16 Assignment 78 11.7-8 past conditionals Apr 23 Assignment 79 11.9 Assorted conditionals, Rhampsinitus (2) paragraph 1 lines 1-9 Group: Greek to GCSE, Part 1 (DELTA) Text: John Taylor "Greek To GCSE: Part 1" Coordinator: Richard Moriarty <richardmoriarty0 at gmail dot com> Assignments: Mar 26 ass 40 6.20-6.21 Apr 02 Easter break no assignment Apr 09 ass 41 6.22 Apr 16 ass 42 6.23-6.24 Group: GSCE-2 Advanced Attic (KAPPA) Coordinator: Jennifer Margrison <jmargrison at gmail dot com> Text: John Taylor, "Greek Beyond GCSE" Second Edition (2017) Assignments: Mar 28 no assignment - Easter Apr 04 Ex 8.5 37-45 Group: Eros at the Banquet (BANQUET) Coordinator: Jennifer Margrison <jmargrison at gmail dot com> Text: "Eros at the Banquet: Reviewing Greek with Plato's Symposium" by Louise Pratt Assignments: Mar 28 no assignment (Easter) Apr 04 Assignment 35 Reading 6A 30-38 ; review ex 4c 8-20 Apr 11 Assignment 36 Reading 6A 39-49 ; review ex 4d all Group: Plutarch on Love (Plutarch) Coordinator: Martin Petersen <mpetersenm at googlemail dot com> Text: posted, and http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0313%3Asection%3D1, http://www.faenumpublishing.com/plutarchs-dialogue-on-love.html Assignments: Mar 24 Section 20.1 Mar 31 Break Easter Apr 07 Section 20.2 Apr 14 Section 20.3 Apr 21 Section 21.1 Apr 28 Section 21.2 May 05 Section 21.3 May 12 Section 21.4 Group: Greek New Testament (GNT) Coordinator: Kelwin Wylie <greek at wylie dot ca> Text: Greek New Testament, Suggested UBS 4 or Nestle-Aland 26 or later Assignments: Mar 25 Acts 28:08-11 Apr 01 Acts - no assignment - Easter Apr 08 Acts 28:12-16 Apr 15 Acts 28:17-19 Apr 22 Acts 28:20-22 Apr 29 Acts 28:23-25 May 06 Acts 28:26-27 May 13 Acts 28:28-31 [End of Acts] Group: Thucydides (Thucydides) Coordinator: Donald Wright <wrightdon5041 at outlook dot com> Text: posted, and http://www.hs-augsburg.de/~harsch/graeca/Chronologia/S_ante05/Thukydides/thu_pe42.html Assignments: Oct 10: Book V para 22[2]-23[1] *** Group: Polybius Histories (Polybius) Coordinator: Donald Wright <wrightdon5041 at outlook dot com> The plan is to follow Polybius' version of the Second Punic War relating to Hannibal up to the Roman debacle at Cannae, and then if people are still interested to follow the career of Scipio Africanus in the war up to Hannibal's final defeat at Zama. Text: posted, and http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0234%3Abook%3D3%3Achapter%3D13 Assignments: Oct 10: Book III Chapter 70[4-6] *** Group: Septuagint, Selections (Septuagint) Coordinator: Donald Wright <wrightdon5041 at outlook dot com> Text: posted, and https://archive.org/details/selectionsfroms01stocgoog/page/n121/mode/1up Assignments: Oct 11: Judges 20: 11-15 *** Group: Xenophon's Memorabilia (Memorabilia) Coordinator: Donald Wright <wrightdon5041 at outlook dot com> Text: posted, and http://www.hs-augsburg.de/~Harsch/graeca/Chronologia/S_ante04/Xenophon/xen_mem1.html Assignments: Oct 12: Book IV section 6[10] *** Group: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Potter) Coordinator: Donald Wright <wrightdon5041 at outlook dot com> Text: JK Rowling's original, translated into Ancient Greek by Andrew Wilson Assignments: Oct 21: Chapter 10 page 144.39 ἡ δ’ἀναλαβοῦσς Εἴ γ’ἄρα to TBC *** ======================================== You are subscribed to the GreekStudy mailing list as lougheed at pobox dot com Post messages to GreekStudy at quasillum dot com Manage your subscription at http://lists.quasillum.com/mailman/options/greekstudy Report spam to greekstudy-owner at quasillum dot com