Course material (compulsory):
?Bowie, Angus M. (ed., comm.). 2007. Herodotus: Histories. Book VIII. Cambridge: CUP.
?We will focus on Herodotus, Histories Book VIII (to be read unabridged). In addition, we willbe reading excerpts from other historiographers; these texts will be distributed (photocopies).
Course requirements (cf. also web):
?General requirements (for all):
-regular attendance (please let me know in advance if you cannot make it for once; if you
miss more than three sessions, you will be asked to do extra work for compensation);
-weekly preparation of Greek text passages (translation);
-critical reading (secondary literature);
-regular oral contribution/participation in class discussion.
?BA (GRE2404):
-written essay: 3–4 pages (excl. title page and bibliography), on a topic to be assigned
?deadline: 25 March 2015;
-written exam (19 May 2015): translation of a passage from Herodotus, Histories Book VIII
or from any other text passage read in class (no dictionary allowed), incl. interpretive questions.
Everything that is said and discussed in class during the semester (incl. teaching materialsuch as PPP’s etc.) will be relevant to the examination.
?MA (GRE4304): seminar paper on a passage to be chosen autonomously from Greek historiography,
incl. your own translation (+ small commentary), close reading and interpretation. Thepaper should be 8–10 pages long (excl. title page, Greek text + translation + comm., bibliogr.).
?Deadlines:
-25 March 2015: outline (1 page);
-19 May 2015: final paper.
?Exams and papers can be written in either English, Norwegian (Bokm?l or Nynorsk), Swedishor Danish. However, please note that you have to be consistent in your choice of language (viz.
no mixing of languages/idioms).