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There are 14 active study groups.
- Homer's Odyssey Book 3 (Homer)
- Greek to GCSE, Part 2 (BETA)
- Greek to GCSE, Part 2 (GAMMA)
- Advanced Attic Learners (ZETA)
- GSCE-2 Advanced Attic (KAPPA)
- GCSE-2 Intermediate Attic (OMICRON)
- The Histories of Herodotus (Histories)
- Plutarch on Love (Plutarch)
- 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, 27 Mar 2023 12:08:12 +0100 Subject: Greek Activities: Update for March 27, 2023 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>. ========================================================================= 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 ======================================== 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