KRMgrC04 Reading Herodotus

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 0 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Irena Radová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Irena Radová, Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
Deep knowledge of the Classical Greek normative grammar.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is not being taught in the standard form; during consultations the student solves the actual problems and answers questions concerning the text, which is prescribed to translation.
At the end of this course, students should be able to translate and interpret the writings of Herodot in a correct way in the context of the ancient Greek historiography and they should also be well informed about his syntax.
Syllabus
  • Reading and interpreting Herodot's Historiae (book I, VII).
Literature
  • HÉRODOTOS. Herodoti Historiae. Edited by Haiim B. Rosén. Stutgardiae: in aedibus B.G. Teubneri, 1997, xiv, 509. ISBN 3815414040. info
  • HÉRODOTOS. Dějiny. Translated by Jaroslav Šonka. Vyd. 2., v Odeonu 1. Praha: Odeon, 1972, 548 s. info
  • HÉRODOTOS. Dějiny. Edited by Bořivoj Borecký, Translated by Jaroslav Šonka. Vyd. 3., V nakl. Academia 1. Praha: Academia, 2004, 548 s. ISBN 8020011927. info
  • SMYTH, Herbert Weir. Greek Grammar. Harvard University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-674-36250-0. info
  • SCHWYZER, E. and A. DEBRUNNER. Griechische Grammatik. München, 1939. info
  • A Greek-English lexicon : with a revised supplement, 1996. Edited by Henry Stuart Jones - Roderick McKenzie - Henry George Liddell - Robert. 9th ed. completed 1940 with. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1996, xlv, 2042. ISBN 0198642261. info
  • KELLER, Werner. Da aber staunte Herodot : merkwürdige und gruselige, wunderbare und komische Stories des Vaters der Geschichte präsentiert und kommentiert. Illustrated by Roland Kohlsaat. Zürich: Droemer Knaur, 1972, 398 s. ISBN 3426055716. info
Teaching methods
Consultations based on individual reading.
Assessment methods
Completion: credit (the student has to show the ability of correct interpretation and translation of a selected part of the text).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Spring 2004, Autumn 2004, Spring 2005, Autumn 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019.
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