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There are 11 active study groups.
- Homer's Odyssey Book 5 (Homer)
- Greek to GCSE, Part 2 (GAMMA)
- Greek to GCSE, Part 1 (DELTA)
- GSCE-2 Advanced Attic (KAPPA)
- Eros at the Banquet (BANQUET)
- Greek New Testament (GNT)
- Thucydides (Thucydides)
- Polybius Histories (Polybius)
- Septuagint, Selections (Septuagint)
- Xenophon's Memorabilia (Memorabilia)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Potter)
From: Alun Williams via GreekStudy <greekstudy at quasillum dot com> Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 10:39:02 +0100 Subject: Greek Activities: Update for October 14 2024 This email is from the GreekStudy mailing list. ======================================================================== The GreekStudy list is an open mailing list dedicated to the study of the ancient Greek language. The URL http://www.quasillum.com/study/greekstudy.php describes the list in more detail. This activities update is published periodically. An online copy is at http://www.quasillum.com/greek/greek-activities.php Coordinators should send updates to Alun Williams <alun.j.williams at btopenworld dot com>. ========================================================================= Donald Wright has paused his groups (marked ***) because of the situation in the Middle East Group Listings: Group: Homer's Odyssey Book 5 (Homer) Coordinator: David Goldfarb <goldfarbdj at gmail dot com> Text: posted Assignments: Oct 13: 835-847 (end of book 4) Oct 20: Book 5, 1-17 Oct 27: 18-32 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: 15 October Assignment 104 11.20 The power of custom 11 lines (just the translation) 22 Oct no assignment (I'll be away from computers) 29 Oct no assignment (Halloween) 05 Nov assignment 105 PP1 Darius and Intaphrenes'wife 1-15 Group: Greek to GCSE, Part 1 (DELTA) Text: John Taylor "Greek to GCSE - Part 2 (Revised Edition for OCR 2016)" Coordinator: Richard Moriarty <richardmoriarty0 at gmail dot com> Assignments: 15 Oct assignment 13 7.35-7.36 22 Oct no assignment (I'm away from computers) 29 Oct no assignment (Halloween) Group: GSCE-2 Advanced Attic (KAPPA) Coordinator: Jennifer Margrison <jmargrison at gmail dot com> Text: John Taylor, "Greek Beyond GCSE" Second Edition (2017) Assignments: Oct 17 Ex 7.18 Odysseus and Neoptolemos Oct 24 Ex 7.19 Oedipus addresses Thebes Oct 31 Ex 7.20 Teiresias Group: Eros at the Banquet (BANQUET) Coordinator: Jennifer Margrison <jmargrison at gmail dot com> Text: "Eros at the Banquet: Reviewing Greek with Plato's Symposium" by Louise Pratt Assignments: Oct 17 Assignment 61 Reading 7C 11-19 Oct 24 Assignment 62 Reading 7C 20-32 Oct 31 Assignment 63 Reading &c 33-44 (end of 7C) 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: Oct 14 John 1:08-13 Oct 21 John 1:14-18 Oct 28 John 1:19-23 Nov 04 John 1:24-28 Nov 11 John 1:29-32 Nov 18 John 1:33-37 Nov 25 John 1:38-40 Dec 02 John 1:41-44 Dec 09 John 1:45-47 Dec 26 John 1:48-51 [End of ch. 1] 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: Oct 10: Book V para 22[2]-23[1] *** 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: Oct 10: Book III Chapter 70[4-6] *** 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: Oct 11: Judges 20: 11-15 *** 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: Oct 12: Book IV section 6[10] *** 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: Oct 21: Chapter 10 page 144.39 ἡ δ’ἀναλαβοῦσς Εἴ γ’ἄρα to TBC *** ======================================== You are subscribed to the GreekStudy mailing list as lougheed at pobox dot com Post messages to GreekStudy at quasillum dot com Manage your subscription at http://lists.quasillum.com/mailman/options/greekstudy Report spam to greekstudy-owner at quasillum dot com