Undergraduate Bulletin - Loyola Marymount University

118 / CLASSICS AND ARCHAEOLOGY
Greek
The GREK 101, 102, 201 sequence covers the full grammar
and syntax of the Classical language and prepares the
student to read and write basic prose. This series requires
one additional weekly contact hour for drill and practice.
For Modern Greek, please see below.
GREK 101
Elementary Greek I
3 Semester Hours
The fundamentals of Classical Greek, including three
declensions, personal and demonstrative pronouns,
adjectives; the omega verb: present, imperfect, future, first
aorist, active, and middle-passive; exercises in reading.
GREK 102
Elementary Greek II
3 Semester Hours
A continuation of GREK 101, including second aorist,
perfect active, middle-passive; aorist passive; subjunctive;
participles; relative pronouns; exercises in reading.
Prerequisite: GREK 101 or equivalent.
GREK 198
Special Studies
1-3 Semester Hours
GREK 199
Independent Studies
1-3 Semester Hours
GREK 201
Intermediate Greek
3 Semester Hours
Grammar review and selections from prose authors.
Prerequisite: GREK 102 or equivalent.
GREK 298
Special Studies
1-3 Semester Hours
GREK 299
Independent Studies
1-3 Semester Hours
GREK 302
Reading Comprehension
3 Semester Hours
In this course we will study excerpts from the historical
works of Herodotus and Plato’s Apology of Socrates.
Prerequisite: GREK 201 or equivalent.
GREK 303
Greek Prose Composition and Metrics
3 Semester Hours
Basic prose composition and study of poetic forms.
Prerequisite: GREK 302 or equivalent.
GREK 311
Readings in Homeric Greek
3 Semester Hours
Readings in the Iliad and/or Odyssey.
This course may be repeated for credit.
GREK 312
Readings in Classical Greek: Drama
3 Semester Hours
Readings in Greek Tragedy (Aeschylus, Sophocles,
Euripides) and/or Comedy (Aristophanes, Menander).
This course may be repeated for credit.
GREK 321
Readings in Classical Greek: History and Oratory
3 Semester Hours
Readings in Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, and/or the
orators (Demosthenes, Lysias, etc.).
This course may be repeated for credit.
GREK 322
Readings in Classical Greek: Philosophy
3 Semester Hours
Readings in Plato and/or Aristotle.
This course may be repeated for credit.
GREK 323
The Epistles of Paul
3 Semester Hours
A study of selected epistles, with special attention to koine
Greek, historical context, and theological questions.
This course may be repeated for credit.
GREK 331
Readings in Hellenistic Greek
3 Semester Hours
Readings in Greek literature from the 3rd century B.C. to
the New Testament.
This course may be repeated for credit.