Greek Study Groups

From: Alun Williams via GreekStudy <greekstudy at quasillum dot com>
Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2023 20:08:33 +0100
Subject: Greek Activities:  Update for October 02, 2023

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Group Listings:

Group: Homer's Odyssey Book 3 (Homer)
Coordinator: David Goldfarb <goldfarbdj at gmail dot com>
Text: posted
Assignments                
    Oct 01: 481-497 (end of book 3)
    Book 4
    Oct 08: Book 4, 1-14
    Oct 15: 15-29
    Oct 22: 30-46
    Oct 29: 47-64

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:
    Break during September
    Oct 10 Assignment 55 10.5-10.6
    Oct 17 Assignment 56 10.7
    Oct 24 Assignment 57 10.8-10.9 (Psammeticus first paragraph (12 lines))
    Oct 31 Assignment 58 10.9 (Psammeticus 13-end)

Group: Greek to GCSE, Part 1 (DELTA)
Text: John Taylor "Greek To GCSE: Part 1"
Coordinator: Richard Moriarty <richardmoriarty0 at gmail dot com>
    Break during September
    Oct 10 ass 19 Chapter 5 begins. 5.1-5.3
    Oct 17 ass 20 5.4
    Oct 24 ass 21 5.5-5.6
    Oct 31 ass 22 5.7-5.9

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 03 Ex 8.2 line 33 to end line 42 (end of paragraph)
    Oct 10 Ex 8.2 line 43 to end

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 05  Assignment 15 Reading 3A lines 1-14; Review Ex 2Bd
    Oct 12 Assignment 16 Reading 3A 15-28 (end); Review Ex 2Ca

Group: Plutarch on Love (Plutarch)
Coordinator: Martin Petersen <mpetersenm at googlemail dot com>
Text: posted, and http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0313%3Asection%3D1,
http://www.faenumpublishing.com/plutarchs-dialogue-on-love.html
Assignments:   
    Oct 01  Section 16.2
    Oct 08  Section 16.3
    Oct 15  Section 16.4
    Oct 22  Section 16.5
    Oct 29  Section 16.6
    Nov 05  Section 16.7
    Nov 12  Section 16.8

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 02  Acts 26:04-07
    Oct 09  Acts 26:08-11
    Oct 16  Acts 26:12-15
    Oct 23  Acts 26:16-18
    Oct 30  Acts 26:19-23
    Nov 06  Acts 26:24-27
    Nov 13  Acts 26:28-32 [End of ch. 26]

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 03: no assignment
    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 03: no assignment
    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 04: no assignment
    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 05: no assignment
    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:
    Sep 30: Chapter 10 page 143.38 ἐκεῖνος δὲ ἰλλιγγιάσας τι to 144.17 τοῦ δὲ ἰλλιγγιάσας τι
    Oct 07: Chapter 10 page 144.18 τοῦ στέφανου ἁπτόμενος. to TBC
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