FF:KRMgrC07 Reading Thucydides - Course Information
KRMgrC07 Reading Thucydides
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2010
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0. 0 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. Mgr. Irena Radová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. Antonín Bartoněk, DrSc.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová - Prerequisites
- KRSoZk Comprehensive Exam || KRBcZk B.A. Final Exam
Deep knowledge of 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
- Classical Greek Language and Literature (programme FF, M-FI)
- Classical Greek Language and Literature (programme FF, M-HS)
- Classical Greek Language and Literature (programme FF, N-FI) (2)
- Classical Greek Language and Literature (programme FF, N-HS)
- Course objectives
- The course is not being taught in the standart 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 Thucydides in a correct way in the context of the ancient Greek historiography and they should also be well informed about his usage of syntax. - Syllabus
- Reading and interpreting Thucydides's Historiae (book I, II).
- Literature
- THUCYDIDES. The history of the Peloponnesian war (Přít.) : The history of Herodotus. Translated by Richard Crawley. S. 345-616. info
- DEWALD, Carolyn. Thucydides' war narrative : a structural study. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005, xiv, 258. ISBN 0520241274. info
- SMYTH, Herbert Weir. Greek Grammar. Harvard University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-674-36250-0. info
- LEPPIN, Hartmut. Thukydides und die Verfassung der Polis : ein Beitrag zur politischen Ideengeschichte des 5. Jahrhunderts v. Chr. Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1999, 253 s. ISBN 3050034580. info
- DIMITROPOULOS, Panagiotis. Untersuchungen zum finalen Genetiv des substantivierten Infinitivs bei Thukydides. Helsinki: Societas scientiarum Fennica, 1999, vi, 117. ISBN 9516533000. 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
- THÚKYDIDÉS. Dějiny peloponnéské války. Edited by Václav Bahník. Vyd. 2., v Odeonu 1. Praha: Odeon, 1977, 595 s. URL info
- SCHWYZER, E. and A. DEBRUNNER. Griechische Grammatik. München, 1939. 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.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2010, recent)
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