Greek Study Groups

From: Alun Williams via GreekStudy <greekstudy at quasillum dot com>
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2023 20:34:45 -0000
Subject: Greek Activities:  Update for January 30, 2023

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Group Listings:

Group: Homer's Odyssey Book 2 (Homer)
Coordinator: David Goldfarb <goldfarbdj at gmail dot com>
Text: posted
Assignments    
    Jan 29: 353-370
    Feb 05: 371-387
    Feb 12: 388-404
    Feb 19: 405-419
    Feb 26: 420-434 (end of book 2)

Group: Greek to GCSE, Part 2 (BETA)
Coordinator: Richard Moriarty <richardmoriarty0 at gmail dot com>
Text: John Taylor "Greek to GCSE - Part 2 (Revised Edition for OCR 2016)"
Assignments:
    31 Jan assignment 131 RS 9&10
    07 Feb assignment 132 RS 11&12
    14 Feb assignment 133 RS 13&14
    21 Feb assignment 134 RS 15&16
    28 Feb assignment 135 RS 17&18

Group: Greek to GCSE, Part 2 (GAMMA)
Coordinator: Richard Moriarty <richardmoriarty0 at gmail dot com>
Text: John Taylor "Greek to GCSE - Part 2 (Revised Edition for OCR 2016)"
Assignments:
    Jan 31 ass. 24 8.12-15, aorist passive
    Feb 7 ass. 25 8.16-18 future middle and passive forms
    Feb 14 ass. 26 8.19 Feb 21 ass. 27 8.21-22 5 new adverbs to learn (skip 8.20)
    Feb 28 ass 28 8.23-24 genitive absolute

Group: Advanced Attic Learners (ZETA)
Coordinator: Jennifer Margrison <jmargrison at gmail dot com>
Text: John Taylor, "Greek beyond GCSE (Second Edition)"
Assignments:
    Feb 02 Ex 7.7 Iphegenia pleads
    Feb 09 Ex 7.8 Ion and Creusa

Group: GSCE-2 Advanced Attic (KAPPA)
Coordinator: Jennifer Margrison <jmargrison at gmail dot com>
Text: John Taylor, "Greek Beyond GCSE" Second Edition (2017)
Assignments:
    Jan 31 Ex 6.11 Aristides
    Feb 7 Ex 6.12 Argos
    Feb 14 Ex 6.13 Pylos
    Feb 21 Ex 6.14 Pylos II
    Feb 28 Ex 6.15 Brasidas at Pylos

Group: GCSE-2 Intermediate Attic (OMICRON)
Coordinator: Jennifer Margrison <jmargrison at gmail dot com>
Text: John Taylor, "Greek To GCSE: Part 2" (2016 edition)
Assignments:
    Jan 31 Assignment 89 11.16 line 35-49
    Feb 07 Assignment 90 11.16 the rest (11 lines), Greek Stories 9 The Lion in Love

Group: The Histories of Herodotus (Histories)
Coordinator: Mark Brunkahl <mark.brunkahl at freenet dot de>
Text: posted
Assignments:
   Jan 29: 9.105 - 9.106
    Feb 05: 9.107 - 9.108.1
    Feb 12: 9.108.2 - 9.110.1
    Feb 15: 9.101 - 9.102.2
    Feb 22: 9.102.3 - 9.104
    Feb 29: 9.105 - 9.106
    Mar 05: 9.114.2 - 9.116
    Mar 12: 9.117.1 - 9.120.2
    Mar 19: 9.120.3 - 9.122.3
    Mar 26: 9.122.4 - 9.122.4
    END OF BOOK 9

Group: Lucian On the Syrian Goddess (Lucian) 
Coordinator: Martin Petersen <mpetersenm at googlemail dot com>
Text: posted, and http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0460
Assignments:   
    Jan 29 Section 48    
    Feb 05 Section 49    
    Feb 12 Section 50-51           
    Feb 19 Section 52-53           
    Feb 26 Section 54-55           

Group: Greek New Testament (GNT)
Coordinator: Kelwin Wylie <greek at wylie dot ca>
Text: Greek New Testament, Suggested UBS 4 or Nestle-Aland 26 or later
Assignments:
    Jan 30  Acts 22:01-03
    Feb 06  Acts 22:04-07
    Feb 13  Acts 22:08-11
    Feb 20  Acts 22:12-16
    Feb 27  Acts 22:17-21
    Mar 06  Acts 22:22-25
    Mar 13  Acts 22:26-28
    Mar 20  Acts 22:29-30 [End of ch. 22]

Group: Thucydides (Thucydides)
Coordinator: Donald Wright <wrightdon5041 at outlook dot com>
Text: posted, and http://www.hs-augsburg.de/~harsch/graeca/Chronologia/S_ante05/Thukydides/thu_pe42.html  
Assignments:
    Jan 31: Book V para 3[3-4]
    Feb 07: Book V para 4[1-3]

Group: Polybius Histories (Polybius)
Coordinator: Donald Wright <wrightdon5041 at outlook dot com>
The plan is to follow Polybius' version of the Second Punic War relating to Hannibal up to the Roman debacle at Cannae,
and then if people are still interested to follow the career of Scipio Africanus in the war up to Hannibal's final defeat at Zama.
Text: posted, and http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0234%3Abook%3D3%3Achapter%3D13 
Assignments:   
    Jan 31: Book III Chapter 63[1-3]
    Feb 07: Book III Chapter 63[1-3]
    Feb 14: Book III Chapter 63[1-3]

Group: Septuagint, Selections (Septuagint)
Coordinator: Donald Wright <wrightdon5041 at outlook dot com>
Text: posted, and https://archive.org/details/selectionsfroms01stocgoog/page/n121/mode/1up
Assignments: 
    01 Feb: Numbers 22: 16-20
    08 Feb: Numbers 22: 21-25

Group: Xenophon's Memorabilia (Memorabilia)
Coordinator:  Donald Wright <wrightdon5041 at outlook dot com>
Text: posted, and http://www.hs-augsburg.de/~Harsch/graeca/Chronologia/S_ante04/Xenophon/xen_mem1.html
Assignments:  
    Feb 02: Book III section 3[11-12]
    Feb 09: Book III section 3[13-14 part: to εὑρήσεις ἀφανεῖς ὄντας]

Group: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Potter)
Coordinator: Donald Wright <wrightdon5041 at outlook dot com>
Text: JK Rowling's original, translated into Ancient Greek by Andrew Wilson
Assignments: 
    Jan 28: Chapter 9 page 129.15 καὶ οἰ τέτταρες ὥσπερ to 129.35 οὐκ ἐμέλλησε συμβαλεῖν σοι·
    Feb 04: Chapter 9 page 129.35 ὁ γὰρ Φήληξ εὖ ᾔδει ὡς to TBC  
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