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II.—GREEK.

The subjects taught in this school are:

1. The Greek language.

2. Greek literature.

3. History of Greece.

The method of instruction is identical with the plan of the
school of Latin.

The classic authors read in the Senior Class, are principally:
Thucydides, Sophocles, Euripides and Plato; in the Junior
Class, Lysias, Xenophon, Herodotus, Homer and Demosthenes.

A private course of parallel and preparatory reading is also
prescribed for each class.

Works of reference.—For the lectures on the structure and
syntax of the language, Hadley's Greek Grammar, Kühner's
School Grammar.

For the lectures on the History of Greece (Senior Class,)
Thirlwall's and Grote's History of Greece.