Greek Study Groups

From: Alun Williams via GreekStudy <greekstudy at quasillum dot com>
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2020 13:09:48 +0100
Subject: Greek Activities:  Update for October 19, 2020

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Group Listings:

Group: Homer's Iliad Book 21 (Homer)
Coordinator: David Goldfarb <goldfarbdj at gmail dot com>
Text: posted
Assignments:
    Oct 18: 144-160
    Oct 25: 161-175
    Nov 01: 176-191
    Nov 08: 192-208
    Nov 15: 209-226
    Nov 22: 227-239
    Nov 29: 240-256

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:
    Oct 20 Assignment 22 8.8-8.10
    Oct 27 Assignment 23 8.11 

Group: Advanced Attic Learners (ZETA)
Coordinator: Jennifer Margrison <jmargrison at gmail dot com>
Text: John Taylor, "Greek beyond GCSE (Second Edition)"
Assignments:
    Oct 20 Ex 3.22 Themistocles in Persia (2)
    Oct 27 Ex 3.23-3.34 Themistocles (4)
    Nov 03 Ex 4.1-4.2 , Greek Stories 35 Aristagoras

Group: GSCE-2 Intermediate Attic (KAPPA)
Coordinator: Jennifer Margrison <jmargrison at gmail dot com>
Text: John Taylor, "Greek To GCSE: Part 2 (Revised Edition for OCR 2016)"
Assignments:
    Oct 20 Assignment 85 11.14, Greek Stories 7 the sick lion that is all the grammar exercises in book 2, the rest is more translation
    Oct 27 Assignment 86 11.15 Human Prosperity, Greek stories 8 the fox and the goat

Group: GCSE-1 Beginners' Attic (OMICRON)
Coordinator: Jennifer Margrison <jmargrison at gmail dot com>
Text: John Taylor, "Greek To GCSE: Part 1" (2008 or 2016 edition)
Assignments:
    Oct 19  Assignment 44 Ex 6.29-6.32
    Oct 26  Assignment 45 Ex 6.33 "Alexander's Kindness"

Group: The Histories of Herodotus (Histories)
Coordinator: Mark Brunkahl <mark.brunkahl at freenet dot de>
Text: posted
Assignments: 
    Oct 18: 8.118 - 8.119
    Oct 25: 8.120 - 8.122
    Nov 01: 8.123 - 8.125
    Nov 08: 8.126 - 8.128.1
    Nov 15: 8.128.2 - 8.129
    Nov 22: 8.130 - 8.131
    Nov 29: 8.132 - 8.133

Group: Lucian Courtesans (Lucian)
Coordinator: Martin Petersen <mpetersenm at googlemail dot com>
Text: posted, and http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0527
Assignments: 
    Oct 18 Chapter 13.6
    Oct 25 Chapter 14.1
    Nov 01 Chapter 14.2
    Nov 08 Chapter 14.3
    Nov 15 Chapter 14.4
    Nov 22 Chapter 15.1
    Nov 29 Chapter 15.2
    Dec 06 Chapter 15.3

Group: Greek New Testament (GNT)
Coordinator: Kelwin Wylie <greek at wylie dot ca>
Text: 
Assignments:
    Oct 19  Acts 9:40-43 [End of ch. 9]
    Oct 26  Acts 10:01-04
    Nov 02  Acts 10:05-09
    Nov 09  Acts 10:10-15
    Nov 16  Acts 10:16-20
    Nov 23  Acts 10:21-24
    Nov 30  Acts 10:25-29
    Dec 07  Acts 10:30-33
    Dec 14  Acts 10:34-38
    Dec 21  Acts - no assignment - Christmas
    Dec 28  Acts - no assignment - Christmas
    Jan 04  Acts - no assignment - New Year's
    Jan 11  Acts 10:39-43
    Jan 18  Acts 10:43-48 [End of ch. 10]

Group: Thucydides (Thucydides)
Coordinator: Donald Wright <wrightdonald6 at gmail dot com>
Text: posted, and http://www.hs-augsburg.de/~harsch/graeca/Chronologia/S_ante05/Thukydides/thu_pe42.html  
Assignments:
    Oct 20:  Book IV para 61[1-4]
    Oct 27:  Book IV para 61[5]-62[1]

Group: Polybius Histories (Polybius)
Coordinator: Donald Wright <wrightdonald6 at gmail 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 20:  Book III section 21: [1-3]
   Oct 27:  Book III section 21: [4-7]
    Nov 03:  Book III section 21: [8-10]

Group: Septuagint, Selections (Septuagint)
Coordinator: Donald Wright <wrightdonald6 at gmail dot com>
Text: posted, and https://archive.org/details/selectionsfroms01stocgoog/page/n121/mode/1up
Assignments: 
    Septuagint, Genesis - 'The Story of Joseph' 
    Oct 21  Genesis - 'The Story of Joseph' Chapter 41 verses 46-51
    Oct 21  Genesis - 'The Story of Joseph' Chapter 41 verses 52-57
    [End of Chapter 41]

Group: Xenophon's Memorabilia (Memorabilia)
Coordinator:  Donald Wright <wrightdonald6 at gmail dot com>
Text: posted, and http://www.hs-augsburg.de/~Harsch/graeca/Chronologia/S_ante04/Xenophon/xen_mem1.html
Assignments: 
    Oct 22: Book II section 10.1-3
    Oct 29: Book II section 10.4-6
    [End of Book II]

Group: Xenophon's Oeconomicus (Oeconomicus)
Coordinator: Donald Wright <wrightdonald6 at gmail dot com>
Text: posted, and http://www.hs-augsburg.de/~harsch/graeca/Chronologia/S_ante04/Xenophon/xen_oi00.html
Assignments: 
    Oct 23: Chapter VII sections 21-24

Group: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Potter)
Coordinator: Donald Wright <wrightdonald6 at gmail dot com>
Text: JK Rowling's original, translated into Ancient Greek by Andrew Wilson
Assignments:
    Oct 24: Chapter 6 page 77.29 τοὐτο δὲ ἀπὸ κιβωτίου to TBC
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