General information

Course type AMUPIE
Module title Ancient Greek in an Easy Way
Language English
Module lecturer prof. UAM dr hab. Piotr Stępień
Lecturer's email piotrst@amu.edu.pl
Lecturer position university professor
Faculty Faculty of Polish and Classical Philology
Semester 2024/2025 (winter)
Duration 30
ECTS 4
USOS code 03SRDES.24K.14842.23

Timetable

Module aim (aims)

Code Goal
C1 Conveying basic knowledge about the Ancient Greek conjugation and declension system.
C2 Developing the skill to formulate simple sentences in Ancient Greek.
C3 Developing the ability to read simple Ancient Greek texts.
C4 Developing the skill to translate from Ancient Greek to English and vice versa.

Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)

Good skills in conversational English.

Syllabus


 

No. Course content Subject's learning outcomes Activities
1.

Singular forms (1st, 2nd, 3rd person) of the present tense. Negation; translation exercises.

 W1, W2, W3, U1, U2, U3 Conversatory classes
2.

Questions. Singular forms (1st, 2nd, 3rd person) of the imperfect tense; translation exercises.

 W1, W2, W3, U1, U2, U3 Conversatory classes
3.

Plural forms (1st, 2nd, 3rd person) of the present and imperfect tenses; translation exercises.

 W1, W2, W3, U1, U2, U3 Conversatory classes
4.

Working with the active infinitive; translation exercises.

 W1, W2, W3, U1, U2, U3 Conversatory classes
5.

Nouns ending in -ον. Working with the direct object; translation exercises.

 W1, W2, W3, U1, U2, U3 Conversatory classes
6.

The future tense. Middle voice; translation exercises.

 W1, W2, W3, U1, U2, U3 Conversatory classes
7.

The future infinitive and the verb μέλλω; translation exercises.

 W1, W2, W3, U1, U2, U3 Conversatory classes
8.

Masculine nouns ending in -ος. Feminine nouns of the first declension; translation exercises.

 W1, W2, W3, U1, U2, U3 Conversatory classes
9.

The use of the genitive. Contracted verbs, part I; translation exercises.

 W1, W2, W3, U1, U2, U3 Conversatory classes
10.

The use of the dative. Contracted verbs, part II; translation exercises.

 W1, W2, W3, U1, U2, U3 Conversatory classes
11.

The participles and basics of the third declension; translation exercises.

 W1, W2, W3, U1, U2, U3 Conversatory classes
12.

Passive voice. More on the third declension; translation exercises.

 W1, W2, W3, U1, U2, U3 Conversatory classes
13.

Athematic aorist; translation exercises.

 W1, W2, W3, U1, U2, U3 Conversatory classes
14.

Thematic aorist; translation exercises.

 W1, W2, W3, U1, U2, U3 Conversatory classes
15.

Review and supplements.

 K1 Conversatory classes
 
 

Reading list

  1. Luschnig C.A.E., Mitchell Deborah, An Introduction to Ancient Greek: A Literary Approach. Indianapolis / Cambridge: Hackett, 2007.
  2. A Greek–English Lexicon, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, Oxford: Clarendon Press,1940 [or L.I]