Greek Prose Style

3 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

This class is an introduction to Greek prose style. Students will read a variety of Greek prose writers from the earliest periods through the 4th century BCE, paying particular attention to the constitutive features of their style, including diction, degrees of abstraction, word order, and sentence structure. Students will also practice writing continuous Greek prose with the goal of learning to imitate the stylistic features of the authors they are reading.