Plato's Phaedrus (Intermediate-Advanced Greek Reading)

Mon., 9pm (U.S. Eastern Time) *Please note that this course will run only if two or more students enroll. Course Description : This class is an exercise in "slow reading." Students are to read and translate in turn sentence by sentence from the original; then follows a detailed analysis of each passage, from the discussion of the nuances of its grammar/syntax to the assessment of its logical/rhetorical force in the context of the argument. NB: It is a continuation of the previous reading class on the same text. We'll resume at ... [loc. TBA, depending on where the current class ends]; new students are expected to have read thus far at least in a translation. Sight reading is not required, home preparation is essential. DETAILS Level: This course is intended for students with intermediate to advanced knowledge of Ancient Greek.  Textbook: Plato, Phaedrus edited [with commentary] by Harvey Yunis (Cambridge: UP, 2011); Plato's Phaedrus: A Commentary for Greek Readers by Paul Ryan (Norman