Greek III

Code:

LLC122

Acronym:

GRE3

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Classical Languages

Instance: 2019/2020 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Portuguese and Romance Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LLC	2	LLC - Bidisciplinar Study Plan (Portuguese Studies)	2	-	6	52	162
			3

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

It is intended that students further consolidate grammar knowledge and essential vocabulary acquired in previous levels.

 In the end of the semester they will be able to translate simple texts by Greek authors.

Learning outcomes and competences

- Ability to recognize and use morphological, syntactic and semantic structures increasingly more complex.

 

- Ability to understand and translate simple texts from ancient authors.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Review and furtherance of knowledge of morphology and syntax: 1.1. Noun inflexion: 1.1.1. Third declension nouns; liquid and nasal stems; semi-vowel stems and diphthong. 1.1.2. Contracted adjectives. 1.2. Verbal inflexion: 1.2.1. Present perfect and past perfect active and medio-passive. 1.2.2. Present and aorist subjunctive and optative. 1.2.3. Aorists ending in -an, -en,-wn and -un. 1.2.4. Thematic verbs (stop and liquid consonants); inceptive verbs. 1.3. Syntax of completive and circumstantial subordinate clauses. 2. Translation of selected texts by Luciano and from the New Testament.

Mandatory literature

BALLY, A.; Dictionnaire de grec-français, Hachette, 1950
LIDDEL, H.G. & SCOTT, R.A.; A Greek-English Lexicon, Clarendon Press, 1968
PEREIRA, I.; Dicionário Grego-Português e Português-Grego, Liv. Apostolado da Imprensa, s/d
CHANTRAINE, P.; Morphologie historique du grec, Klincksieck, 1973
FREIRE, A.; Gramática Grega, Liv. Apostolado da Imprensa, 1985
GOODWINN, W.W.; A Greek Grammar, Macmillan, 1987
HUMBERT, J.; Syntaxe grecque, Klincksieck, 1972
JÚNIOR, M.A.; Gramática de Grego, Alcalá, 2003
RAGON, E.; Grammaire grecque, Klincksieck, 1972
BALME, M. ; Athenaze: an introduction to ancient greek 2, Oxford University Press, 1995
Joint Association of Classical Teacher; Reading greek: text, Cambridge University Press, 1978
JÚNIOR, M.A.; Reading greek: grammar, vocabulary and exercises, Cambridge University Press, 1999

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theory-practical classes: exposition of programme contents; translation and back-translation exercises; tutorials.

keywords

Humanities > language sciences > Languages > Ancient languages

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	35,00
Participação presencial	30,00
Teste	35,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	108,00
Frequência das aulas	54,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Mandatory 75% class attendance, unless established otherwise by law.

Calculation formula of final grade

Participation in class: 30% Written tests: 70%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable