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There are 12 active study groups.
- Homer's Odyssey Book 3 (Homer)
- Greek to GCSE, Part 2 (GAMMA)
- Greek to GCSE, Part 1 (DELTA)
- GSCE-2 Advanced Attic (KAPPA)
- Eros at the Banquet (BANQUET)
- 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: Sun, 26 Nov 2023 20:03:46 -0000 Subject: Greek Activities: Update for November 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 <mailto: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 3 (Homer) Coordinator: David Goldfarb <goldfarbdj at gmail dot com <mailto:goldfarbdj at gmail dot com> > Text: posted Assignments Nov 26: 113-129 Dec 03: 130-146 Dec 10: 147-163 Dec 17: 164-177 Dec 24: Christmas break Dec 31: 178-189 Group: Greek to GCSE, Part 2 (GAMMA) Coordinator: Richard Moriarty <richardmoriarty0 at gmail dot com <mailto:richardmoriarty0 at gmail dot com> > Text: John Taylor "Greek to GCSE - Part 2 (Revised Edition for OCR 2016)" Assignments: Nov 28 Assignment 62 10.11-10.12 Dec 05 Assignment 63 10.13 Amasis and the Statue first 2 paragraphs Dec 12 Assignment 64 10.14-10.15 Dec 19 Assignment 65 10.16 Arion and the Dolphin in 2 paragraphs (ends line 18) Group: Greek to GCSE, Part 1 (DELTA) Text: John Taylor "Greek To GCSE: Part 1" Coordinator: Richard Moriarty <richardmoriarty0 at gmail dot com <mailto:richardmoriarty0 at gmail dot com> > Dec 05 ass 27 5.18-5.19 Dec 12 ass 28 5.20 Chapter 5 ends. Break, and return on Jan Dec 19 ass 29 6.1 Group: GSCE-2 Advanced Attic (KAPPA) Coordinator: Jennifer Margrison <jmargrison at gmail dot com <mailto:jmargrison at gmail dot com> > Text: John Taylor, "Greek Beyond GCSE" Second Edition (2017) Assignments: Nov 28 Ex 8.4 line 1 to line 9 the end of the sentence Dec 05 Ex 8.4 lines 9 - 22 Dec 12 Ex 8.4 lines 43-57 Group: Eros at the Banquet (BANQUET) Coordinator: Jennifer Margrison <jmargrison at gmail dot com <mailto:jmargrison at gmail dot com> > Text: "Eros at the Banquet: Reviewing Greek with Plato's Symposium" by Louise Pratt Assignments: Nov 30 Assignment 22 4B 1-14 ; review 2C d the rest (Theognis and pseudo-Plato ) Dec 07 4B 15-24 (to end of sentence in line 24 ; review ex 3 scholion, a 1-7 Group: Plutarch on Love (Plutarch) Coordinator: Martin Petersen <mpetersenm at googlemail dot com <mailto: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: Nov 26 Section 17.2 Dec 03 Section 17.3 Dec 10 Section 17.4 Dec 17 Section 17.5 Jan 07 Section 17.6 Group: Greek New Testament (GNT) Coordinator: Kelwin Wylie <greek at wylie dot ca <mailto:greek at wylie dot ca> > Text: Greek New Testament, Suggested UBS 4 or Nestle-Aland 26 or later Assignments: Nov 13 Acts 26:28-32 [End of ch. 26] * Group: Thucydides (Thucydides) Coordinator: Donald Wright <wrightdon5041 at outlook dot com <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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