KR016 Classical Greek IV

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jana Steklá, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Mgr. Viktor Zavřel (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)
KR015 Classical Greek III
Gramatika probraná v předmětech KR013-15.
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
Continuation of normative grammar of the Attic dialect of Ancient Greek. The aim of the course is to present a general survey of Ancient Greek verbal morphology and summarize the basics of syntax so that the student is able to be familiar with grammar and vocabulary in any original text of the classical and later periods. Another aim is to give a comprehensive overview of the development of the Greek language, illustrated on examples of texts from various periods.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course, students will:
- have a comprehensive overview of both nominal and verbal morphology;
- have a basic overview of the syntax: infinitive and participal constructions, realization of dependent clauses;
- understand the meaning of verbal moods (conjunctive, optativ);
- understand the development of the Greek language from Mycenaean to the present;
- be able to read the original Greek text with dictionary and other tools.
Syllabus
  • 1. Optative.
  • 2. Formation of aorist in liquid stems.
  • 3. Second aorist in -ην.
  • 4. Perfect stem, reduplication.
  • 5. μι verbs.
  • 6. Syntax of the complex sentence.
  • 7. Development of Greek.
Literature
    required literature
  • NIEDERLE, Jindřich, Václav NIEDERLE and Ladislav VARCL. Mluvnice jazyka řeckého. Ve Vyšehradu 1. vyd. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 288 s. ISBN 8070212837. info
  • LIDDELL, Henry George and Robert SCOTT. Mega lexikon tés ellénikés glóssés : metafrasthen ek tés agglikés eis tén Ellénikén. Athénai: Ekdotés-Ióannés Siderns, 2001, 811 s. ISBN 9600802173. info
    recommended literature
  • SMYTH, Herbert Weir. Greek Grammar. Harvard University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-674-36250-0. info
  • LEPAŘ, František. Nehomérovský slovník řeckočeský. V Mladé Boleslavi: Karel Vačlena, 1892, 1181 s. info
    not specified
  • RODRÍGUEZ ADRADOS, Francisco. A history of the Greek language : from its origins to the present. Leiden: Brill, 2005, xix, 345. ISBN 9004128352. info
  • HORROCKS, G. A History of the Language and its Speakers. London - New York, 1997. info
Teaching methods
Planned learning activities and teaching methods consist of lectures, grammar exercises and reading of continuous Greek texts of diffrent authors and diffrent periods. Students are required to translate and gramatically analyze particular chapters in advance at home with the use of vocabulary. During the classes, the text is translated and the grammar is explained.
Assessment methods
Credits are awarded for the successful passing of the written test consisting of a translation of the passage from an unknown text with the help of the dictionary.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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