Jun 30, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
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GK 3140 - Greek Historians
Readings in Greek chiefly from Herodotus and Thucydides. Comparative study of the subjects, aims, and methods of historical inquiry in the 5th century B.C.E.
Requisites: GK 2120
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Acquisition of the vocabulary and language skills to read Greek historical texts with enhanced sensitivity and understanding.
- General knowledge of modern controversies concerning the ancient historians.
- General understanding of the subjects, aims, and methods of Herodotus’s historical inquiry.
- General understanding of the subjects, aims, and methods of Thucydides’ historical inquiry.
- Some understanding of the influence of Greek historiography on modern historiography.
- Understanding of the origins of historical inquiry in ancient Greece.
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