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SUMMER SESSION. 325
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION.
A. The Greek Language.
( 1 ) The elements of phonetics,
GREEK.
and the analysis of sounds in Greek
and in English. History of the Greek alphabet. Pronunciation in
theory and in practice. Accent in speaking and in writing. The re
lation of Greek to Latin and to English. The Greek elements in
English. T. . Th. , 8. White 3 B. Professor Bristol.
(2) The Attic dialect in its official use at Athens. and Study inter
pretation of inscriptions from squeezes, lantern views and photo
graphs. S., 8-10. White 6. Professor Bristol.
B. Teachers' Course in Homer. The work of the course will
center in the Iliad and will consist of three parts
(a) The reading and interpretation of selected portions of the Iliad.
(b) The study of the language of the poem and its relations to the
Attic dialect ; the epic hexameter, its origin and development ; the
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principles of interpretation ; some features of life in the Homeric
period"
; the value of archseology for the understanding of the poem;
aims and methods in translating.
(c) Discussions on the teaching of Homer ; the end to be kept in
view ; practical difficulties in the work. The most valuable books
and other auxiliary helps for the teacher. M., W., F., 8. White
3 B. Professor Bristol.
C. Greek Lyric Poetry. Selections from the lyric fragments in
Hiller's "
Anthologia Lyrica."
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(Continuation of the reading done
in 1899.) Selected idyls of Theocritus. M., T., Th., F., 9. White
3 B. Professor Bristol.
Persons who contemplate taking any of the above work are
requested to correspond with Professor Bristol.
(a)
LATIN.
A. Course for Teachers.
Pronunciation. Evidences in support of the Roman method.
Sources of knowledge. of Testimony the Roman grammarians.
Evidence from philological investigation.
(b)
Hidden Quantity. Should we pronounce festus or festus?
missus or missus ? ductus or ductus f etc. Methods of determining
the quantity of hidden vowels.