Ancient Greek Honours Seminar 1

Students in this subject engage in extensive reading and class discussion of Ancient Greek literary and non-literary texts in the original language. The focus is on reading various complete texts, rather than extracts, to facilitate engagement of linguistic and hermeneutical study of Ancient Greek in a fully integrated fashion. Students who complete this subject will have achieved a high standard in translating and interpreting Ancient Greek texts.

研讨古希腊语高级专题，提升研究与批判性思维。

• 1Read and comprehend a number of Ancient Greek texts in the original language, in a variety of genres and styles (e.g. epic, lyric and bucolic poetry, historical prose, drama, the ancient novel, philosophy, epigraphy)
• 2Consolidate their knowledge of Ancient Greek grammar, syntax, and dialects (e.g. Attic, Homeric, Doric, Ionic), and extended their vocabulary, all of which can be applied to future study of Ancient Greek texts
• 3Apply a high standard in translating, interpreting and analysing Ancient Greek texts
• 4Engage in current scholarly debates about ancient literature, from a variety of approaches (e.g. textual criticism, literary criticism, historical perspectives)
• 5Use proficiently a range of technologies, dictionaries and other learning aids (thesaurus, online tools, grammar references, encyclopedia, etc.) to consolidate and increase their autonomy in their study of ancient texts.