Greek (Classics) course catalog

All 27 recorded UW–Madison courses in this department, including courses not offered this term. Open a course for prerequisites, historical grades and instructors.

• GREEK 103: First Semester Ancient Greek

  4 credits

  An introduction to ancient Greek grammar and the development of basic reading skills.

• GREEK 104: Second Semester Ancient Greek

  Credits unavailable

  An introduction to ancient Greek grammar and the development of basic reading skills.

• GREEK 303: First Semester Ancient Greek

  4 credits

  An introduction to ancient Greek grammar and the development of basic reading skills.

• GREEK 304: Second Semester Ancient Greek

  Credits unavailable

  An introduction to ancient Greek grammar and the development of basic reading skills.

• GREEK 305: Third Semester Ancient Greek

  3 credits

  Selections from Plato's Dialogues, the New Testament, Homer's Iliad, or Herodotus.

• GREEK 306: Fourth Semester Ancient Greek

  Credits unavailable

  Selections from Plato's Dialogues, the New Testament, Homer's Iliad, or Herodotus.

• GREEK 401: Readings in Greek Literature

  Credits unavailable

  Selected readings in ancient Greek poetry or prose.

• GREEK 505: Greek Prose Composition

  Credits unavailable

  The study of Greek grammar and style through composition.

• GREEK 510: Homer

  Credits unavailable

  Extensive reading in both Iliad and Odyssey.

• GREEK 511: Hesiod

  Credits unavailable

  The writings of Hesiod in Greek.

• GREEK 512: Greek Lyric Poets

  Credits unavailable

  The complete corpus of Alcman, Ibycus, Stesichorus, Sappho, Alcaeus, Corinna, Anacreon, Praxilla, and Simonides. Selections from Bacchylides and Pindar.

• GREEK 520: Greek Comedy

  Credits unavailable

  Close reading of several plays with attention to Aristophanes' lyric genius and political opinions.

• GREEK 521: Greek Tragedy

  3 credits

  Close reading of selected plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles or Euripides.

• GREEK 532: Thucydides

  Credits unavailable

  Close reading of selections from Thucydides, with a focus on developing skills in reading and interpreting historical texts.

• GREEK 541: Greek Philosophical Writers

  Credits unavailable

  Featuring close reading in the original language of canonical works for classical Greek philosophy, including but not limited to Plato and Aristotle, develop proficiency in the Greek language of the classical and post-classical periods, emphasizing grammar, style, socio-historical context, and the history of ideas.

• GREEK 551: Attic Orators

  Credits unavailable

  Selected speeches from Antiphon to Hypereides, with emphasis upon the contribution of rhetoric to the intellectual life of the fourth century.

• GREEK 560: Hellenistic Greek

  Credits unavailable

  A selection of texts, chiefly religious in content, pagan, Jewish, and Christian.

• GREEK 571: Advanced Readings in Greek Literature

  Credits unavailable

  Advanced practice in analyzing, evaluating, and interpreting ancient Greek texts.

• GREEK 681: Honors Thesis

  Credits unavailable

  Individual mentored study for completing theses for Honors in the Major as arranged with a faculty member.

• GREEK 682: Senior Honors Thesis

  Credits unavailable

  Individual mentored study for seniors completing theses for Honors in the Major as arranged with a faculty member.

• GREEK 691: Senior Thesis

  Credits unavailable

  Individual mentored study for seniors completing theses, as arranged with a faculty member.

• GREEK 692: Senior Thesis

  Credits unavailable

  Individual mentored study for seniors completing theses, as arranged with a faculty member.

• GREEK 699: Directed Study

  1–3 credits

  Independent study as arranged with a faculty member.

• GREEK 890: Individual Research Thesis

  1–12 credits

  Individual mentored study for completing theses, as arranged with a faculty member.

• GREEK 910: Seminar-poetry

  Credits unavailable

  Advanced study in Greek poetry, secondary scholarship, and ancient and modern literary interpretation.

• GREEK 930: Seminar-history

  Credits unavailable

  Advanced study in Greek historiography, secondary scholarship, and ancient and modern literary interpretation.

• GREEK 970: Advanced Seminar in Greek Literature

  Credits unavailable

  Advanced study in ancient Greek language, secondary scholarship, and ancient modern literary interpretation.