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B. A. COURSE.
I. A general course, comprising what is deemed essential to a liberal classical
education. This course extends over two years.
A. First Year Class.—As a preparation for this class an accurate knowledge
of the regular Attic inflections and some experience in translating are necessary.
A thorough study of three books of Xenophon's Anabasis may be regarded as
the minimum of preparatory reading. The work of the class is directed to the
acquirement of practical familiarity with the simpler Attic prose. The Grammar
is carefully reviewed, and weekly exercises, based on Greek authors, are written.
The authors read are Xenophon and Lysias.
B. Second Year Class.—This class, for which the work of the preceding
year, or some equivalent, is the appropriate preparation, continues the study of
Attic prose, and enters upon the study of Epic and Ionic Greek and the Drama.
The Syntax is reviewed, and weekly exercises are given for translation into Attic
prose. The authors read are Plato, Demosthenes, Euripides, Herodotus, and
Metres. Graduation in this course is prescribed for those who select Greek as
one of their studies for the degree of B. A.
In preparing students for the B. A. course teachers are urged not to use Homer,
but to confine the instruction to Attic prose.
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