Prof. Thomas K. Hubbard Office: Waggener 9 Hours: TTh 12:30-2:00 Telephone: 471-0676 E-mail: [email protected] GREEK 324 – ATTIC ORATORS (#33480) The purpose of this course is to introduce third-year Greek students to some of the major types and topics of Athenian oratory in the late fifth- and fourth-centuries BCE. These works constitute a fascinating source for the political history and daily life of the period. We shall also gain a sense of the development of Greek prose style, as well as honing technical skills in grammar and translation. Each student will be expected to translate in class every day. To allow some flexibility for students’ progress, precise assignments will be announced at the end of the preceding class, within the framework of the following schedule of examinations. Aug. 28 Introduction PART ONE. Forensic Oratory: Lysias Sept. 2 Begin Lysias’ Against Simon Sept. 25 Midterm #1 PART TWO. Sophistic Oratory: Antiphon and Gorgias Sept. 30 Begin Antiphon’s Second Tetralogy Oct. 21 Midterm #2 PART THREE. Praise Oratory: Isocrates Oct. 23 Begin Isocrates’ Panegyricus (selections) Nov. 18 Midterm #3 PART FOUR. Political Oratory: Demosthenes Nov. 20 Begin Demosthenes’ First Olynthiac Dec. 13 Final Exam (9AM-noon) The course grade will be based on three midterms and a final exam (20% each), and class participation, including attendance (20%). Absences will be excused only with proper documentation. Scholastic dishonesty in any form, which includes handing in work that is not exclusively one's own, will be punished by failure of the course and a referral to the Dean of Students (see http://deanofstudents.utexas.edu/sjs/scholdis.php). Any students who request special accommodation due to a disability (see http://www.utexas.edu/diversity/ddce/ssd/) or observance of a religious holiday (see http://www.utexas.edu/provost/policies/religious_holidays/) are asked to identify themselves to the instructor during the first two weeks of class; every reasonable effort will be made to accommodate. Required Textbooks: Christopher Carey (ed.), Lysias: Selected Speeches (Cambridge UP). Michael Gagarin (ed.), Antiphon: The Speeches (Cambridge UP). E. I. McQueen (ed.), Demosthenes: Olynthiacs (Bristol Classical Press). Texts from Isocrates and Gorgias will be available through Blackboard. .