Greek Study Groups

From: Alun Williams via GreekStudy <greekstudy at quasillum dot com>
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 12:08:12 +0100
Subject: Greek Activities:  Update for March 27, 2023

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Group Listings:

New: Plutarch on Love see below

Group: Homer's Odyssey Book 3 (Homer)
Coordinator: David Goldfarb <goldfarbdj at gmail dot com>
Text: posted
Assignments                
    Mar 26: 51-66
    Apr 02: 67-82
    Apr 09: 83-101
    Apr 16: 102-117
    Apr 23: 118-135
    Apr 30: 136-150

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:
    28 Mar assignment 139 RS 25 & 26
    04 Apr assignment 140 RS 27 & 28
    11 Apr assignment 141 RS 29 & 30

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:
    Mar 28 ass 32 8.31
    Apr 04 ass 33 8.32 and revision
    Apr 11 ass 34 8.33
    Apr 18 ass 35 8.34
    Apr 25 ass 36 9.1, 9.2 third decl. irreg. nouns and third decl. adj.

Group: Advanced Attic Learners (ZETA)
Coordinator: Jennifer Margrison <jmargrison at gmail dot com>
Text: John Taylor, "Greek beyond GCSE (Second Edition)"
Assignments:
    2 weeks break
    Apr 13 Ex 7.15 Ajax and Athena

Group: GSCE-2 Advanced Attic (KAPPA)
Coordinator: Jennifer Margrison <jmargrison at gmail dot com>
Text: John Taylor, "Greek Beyond GCSE" Second Edition (2017)
Assignments:
    Mar 28 Ex 6.19 Epidaurus
    2 weeks break
    Apr 18 Ex 6.20 defeat in Sicily
    Apr 25 Ex 6.21 against Leocrates
    May 02 Ex 6.22 Euthycritos

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:
    Mar 28 Assignment 97 line 28-42 14 lines Greek stories 13
    two weeks break
    Apr 18 Assignment 98 Croesus and Adrastos line 43-64 21 lines
    Apr 25 Assign 99 Croesus and Adrastos line 65-78 13 lines; Greek stories 14
    May 2  Assign 100 Croesus and Adrastos line 79-end ( line 102) 23 lines

Group: The Histories of Herodotus (Histories)
Coordinator: Mark Brunkahl <mark.brunkahl at freenet dot de>
Text: posted
Assignments:
    Mar 26: 9.120.3 - 9.122.3
    Apr 02: 9.122.4 - 9.122.4
    END OF BOOK 9

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:               
    Mar 26    Section 1.1           
    Apr 02    Section 2.1 
    Apr 23    Section 2.2 
    Apr 30    Section 3.1 
    May 07    Section 4.1           
    May 14    Section 4.2           
    May 21    Section 4.3           
    May 28    Section 5.1           
    Jun 04    Section 5.2 
    Jun 11    Section 5.3 
    Jun 18    Section 6.1 
    Jun 25    Section 6.2

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:
    Mar 27  Acts 23:01-05
    Apr 03  Acts 23:06-08
    Apr 10  Acts - no assignment - Easter
   Apr 17  Acts 23:09-11
    Apr 24  Acts 23:12-15
    May 01  Acts 23:16-19
    May 08  Acts 23:20-22
    May 15  Acts 23:23-27
    May 22  Acts 23:28-31
    May 29  Acts 23:32-35 [End of ch. 23]

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:
    Mar 28: Book V para 9[2-5]
    Apr 04: Book V para 9[6-8]

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: 
    Mar 28: Book III Chapter 65[4-6]
    Apr 04: Book III Chapter 65[7-9]
    Apr 11: Book III Chapter 65[10-11]   

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: 
    29 Mar: Numbers 23: 16-20
    05 Apr: Numbers 23: 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:  
    Mar 23: Book III section 4[10-11] 

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: 
    Mar 25: Chapter 10 page 133.20 οἰ δὲ διὰ υὴν πολυπραγμοσύνην to 134.11 ἔρρωσω
    Apr 02: Chapter 10 page 134.12 ὁ δ’ Ἅρειος δῆλος to TBC
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