RLS006 Greek Syntax II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025

The course is not taught in Spring 2025

Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jana Steklá, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Jana Steklá, Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
( RLS005 Greek Syntax I || KR005 Greek Syntax I ) && KR006 Greek Syntax
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
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Course objectives
The primary aim of the course is a systematic overview of the verbal syntax of Ancient Greek. The course introduces students to the general considerations of verbal syntax and teaches them all the most important functions of Ancient Greek subordinate clauses. Following the successful completion of the course, students will be able to identify and use the aforementioned grammatical phenomena during both active and passive translation of texts written in Attic Greek.
Learning outcomes
Following the successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- provide a systematic overview of Greek syntax, especially of the subordinate clauses and constructions, dependent clauses with finite verbal form and nominal constructions with infinitives and participles and their functional equivalence;
- transform finite clauses to non-finite clauses and vice versa;
- translate authentic Greek texts containing aforementioned phenomena into Czech;
- translate simple model Czech sentences into Ancient Greek.
Syllabus
  • 1. Definition of basic terms.
  • 2. Parataxis and hypotaxis.
  • 3. Complement declarative, optative and interrogative clauses.
  • 4. Relative clauses: syntactical characteristics of Greek relative clauses.
  • 5. Adverbial propositions; semantic equivalence of the form of dependent clauses with finite verbal form and nominal constructions with infinitives and participles.
  • 6. Temporal clauses.
  • 7. Causal clauses.
  • 8. Final and consecutive clauses.
  • 9. Conditional and concessive clauses.
  • 10. Modal clauses (comparison, device, circumstance, exception, respect).
  • 11. Paratactic sentences.
  • 12.–13. Revision.
Literature
  • Muchnová, D. (2006). Syntax klasické řečtiny I: Vedlejší věty. Praha: Karolinum.
  • Bartoněk, A. (2008). Řecko-latinská syntax v evropském kontextu. Brno: Masarykova univerzita.
  • Horáček, F. - Chlup, R. (2012). Učebnice klasické řečtiny. Praha: Academia.
  • Adrados, F. R. (1992). Nueva sintaxis del griego antiguo. Madrid: Gredos.
  • Crespo, E. - Conti, L. - Maquieira, H. (2003). Sintaxis del griego clásico. Madrid: Gredos.
  • Smyth, H. W. (1956). Greek Grammar. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.
  • Goodwin, W. W. (1998). Syntax of the Moods and Tenses of the Greek Verb. London: Bristol Classical Press.
  • Menge, H. - Thierfelder, A. - Wiesner, J. (1999). Repetitorium der griechischen Syntax. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft.
  • Lindemann, H. - Färber, H. (2003). Griechische Grammatik, Teil II: Satzlehre, Dialektgrammatik und Metrik. Heidelberg: Carl Winter.
  • Rijksbaron, A. (2002). The Syntax and Semantics of the Verb in Classical Greek. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
  • Bornemann, E. - Risch, E. (1986). Griechische Grammatik. Frankfurt am Main - Berlin - München: Diesterweg.
  • Humbert, J. (2004). Syntaxe grecque. Paris: Klincksieck.
  • Duhoux, Y. (2000). Le verbe grec ancien: Élements de morphologie et de syntaxe historiques. Louvain-la-Neuve: Peeters.
  • Basile, N. (2001). Sintassi storica del greco antico. Levante: Bari.
  • Meier-Brügger, M. (1992). Griechische Sprachwissenschaft I: Bibliographie - Einleitung - Syntax. Berlin - New York: Walter de Gruyter.
Teaching methods
Lectures, reading and drills in classes, homework.
Assessment methods
The assessment method for the course is an oral examination that evaluates the student's ability to perform syntactical analysis, as demonstrated by a detailed description of nominal and verbal syntax in a selected part of the Greek text.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
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