Greek Rhetoric and Prose Style, a course in Greek prose style and prose composition taught by Hardy Hansen at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Students from CUNY, Fordham University, and New York University are enrolled as part of the consortium in Classics among the three schools. Starting in the spring 1996 semester I have tried to develop this page into a resource which will be useful not only for students in this and similar courses but also for anyone interested in reading and appreciating Attic prose. Permission is granted to download materials posted here for your own personal use or for use in teaching, provided that the authorship of such materials is properly acknowledged.
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In General Greek 701 is a course for those who are beginning their graduate studies. Its aim is to improve students' ability to read and understand Attic Greek. We read selections from Greek prose authors of the fifth and fourth centuries B.C.E., ranging from Hekataios to Demosthenes. In particular, the course seeks to examine the nature and development of periodic sentence structure in Attic Greek. Most of the selections assigned are available, via the Perseus web site, by clicking on the course syllabus.