![]() ![]() ![]() You can meet other course participants in the Terrace Bar which opens at 18:15. Please plan to arrive between 16:30 and 18:30. After dinner on Saturday, there will be an illustrated talk setting Herodotus in his literary context. The classes are led by the tutor, but with full participation from the students, so that all will have the opportunity to take their turn in reading the Greek text aloud, and translating into English, and joining in discussion of the text in its historical setting. You are asked to read the Greek text in advance of the course, so that the language content of the classes can focus on ironing out any difficulties in the vocabulary, grammar and syntax encountered during preparation, and translating into English (we will aim for fluency without departing too far from the Greek). It exemplifies characteristic themes: change over time, the interaction of Greek and barbarian, and the ambiguities of self-interested leadership. It forms a bridge between his ethnographic survey of the known world and his narrative of the Persian Wars. The reading material is Herodotus’ account of the Ionian Revolt of 499 BC (precipitated by a message tattooed on a slave’s head), in which the Greek cities of Asia Minor attempted to throw off their Persian overlords. Understand the text in its historical and literary setting.Develop your appreciation of Greek prose style. ![]() Read an extended section of the Histories.The course includes 7 x 90-minute sessions with plenty of opportunity for further conversations and networking during breaks and mealtimes. ![]()
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