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AHIS1110 – Ancient Greek A

2025 – Session 1, In person-scheduled-weekday, North Ryde

General Information

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Unit convenor and teaching staff Unit convenor and teaching staff
Ian Plant
ian.plant@mq.edu.au
Contact via email/ in person
Room 154, 25B Wally's Walk
Tuesday [following classes]; or make an appointment
Credit points Credit points
10
Prerequisites Prerequisites
Corequisites Corequisites
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AHIX1110
Unit description Unit description

This unit aims to help history and archaeology students engage with the study of Ancient Greek. No previous language study or knowledge of Ancient Greek is expected. By the end of the unit students should have acquired a developing understanding of the script, grammar and vocabulary and be able to read simple passages in Greek. The unit also encourages development of highly transferable knowledge and skills in the spoken and written expression of English and engages with Machine-Learning tools including generative AI.

Important Academic Dates

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Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  • ULO1: Recognise Ancient Greek scripts, phonetic structure and vocabulary from different periods and genres
  • ULO2: Demonstrate developing understanding of the grammar required for the translation of Ancient Greek texts appropriate to beginner’s level
  • ULO3: Explore and appraise relevant translations using ML tools, including generative AI and other online grammatical and lexical reference tools
  • ULO4: Investigate Ancient Greek texts in their historical and cultural contexts

General Assessment Information

Late Assessment Submission Penalty [Macquarie University Policy]

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a mark of ‘0’ (zero) will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11.55pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical issue.

This late penalty will apply to non-timed sensitive assessment (incl essays, reports, posters, portfolios, journals, recordings etc). Late submission of time sensitive tasks (such as tests/ exams, performance assessments/presentations, scheduled practical assessments/labs etc) will only be addressed by the unit convenor in a Special consideration application. Special Consideration outcome may result in a new question or topic.

Moderation

Grading decisions for each assessment task will be moderated against the set criteria and standards before task results are released.

 

Other Tasks (not for assessment)

Classwork

Exercises from the textbook

Quizzes: Set on vocab and grammar from each chapter we cover.

 

Assessment Tasks

Name Weighting Hurdle Due
Grammatical analysis and translation 20% No 16/03/2025
Composition Task 40% No 2025-04-13
Comprehension Task 40% No 2025-06-08

Grammatical analysis and translation

Assessment Type 1: Translation
Indicative Time on Task 2: 12 hours
Due: 16/03/2025
Weighting: 20%

 

Grammatical analysis and translation task

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Recognise Ancient Greek scripts, phonetic structure and vocabulary from different periods and genres
  • Demonstrate developing understanding of the grammar required for the translation of Ancient Greek texts appropriate to beginner’s level
  • Explore and appraise relevant translations using ML tools, including generative AI and other online grammatical and lexical reference tools
  • Investigate Ancient Greek texts in their historical and cultural contexts

Composition Task

Assessment Type 1: Problem set
Indicative Time on Task 2: 24 hours
Due: 2025-04-13
Weighting: 40%

Translation exercise
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Recognise Ancient Greek scripts, phonetic structure and vocabulary from different periods and genres
  • Demonstrate developing understanding of the grammar required for the translation of Ancient Greek texts appropriate to beginner’s level
  • Explore and appraise relevant translations using ML tools, including generative AI and other online grammatical and lexical reference tools

Comprehension Task

Assessment Type 1: Problem set
Indicative Time on Task 2: 24 hours
Due: 2025-06-08
Weighting: 40%

Analysis of features drawn from Unit readings
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Recognise Ancient Greek scripts, phonetic structure and vocabulary from different periods and genres
  • Demonstrate developing understanding of the grammar required for the translation of Ancient Greek texts appropriate to beginner’s level
  • Explore and appraise relevant translations using ML tools, including generative AI and other online grammatical and lexical reference tools
  • Investigate Ancient Greek texts in their historical and cultural contexts

1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:

  • the academic teaching staff in your unit for guidance in understanding or completing this type of assessment
  • the Writing Centre for academic skills support.

2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation

Delivery and Resources

Textbook: C.A.E. Luschnig, An Introduction to Ancient Greek. Second Edition, revised by C.A.E. Luschnig and Deborah Mitchell. Hackett Publishing, Indianapolis/Cambridge, 2007. Available in e-copy and paperback (ISBN 978-0-87220-889-6). You will need this book for each class. It is

important for you to have a copy of the textbook: each class will work through the grammar and exercises in the book. The textbook is supported by a website prepared by the book's authors:http://worldwidegreek.com/.  The Macaquarie library has an e-copy of the text book.

 Delivery: All lectures will be recorded through the ECHO system, with access through the unit's ilearn page.

Unit Schedule

CLASSWORK OVERVIEW

[‘Lesson’ = chapter in textbook]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weeks

Lesson

Key Grammar

Vocabulary

Exercises

Readings

 

 

1

Introduction

Alphabet p.1

Grammar Outline 15-18

 

A p. 2 B p.6 C p.10

p. 11-12

p. 19

 

 

2-3

I

Verbs: Present Indicative Active & Middle-Passive

Present Infinitives

Nouns: 1st & 2nd Declensions

Definite Article

 

p.24-5 p.33

 

A p.26

B p.37-40

 

p.40-41

 

 

4-5

II

Verbs: Imperfect Indicative Active

& M-P

Verb To Be

Adjectives

Relative Pronoun

 

 

p.53-4

 

A p.46-47 B p.55-58

 

p.58-61

 

 

 

6-7

 

III

Verbs: Future Indicative Active & Middle

Future Infinitive

Principal Parts

1st declension nouns (more)

Demonstrative Pronouns/Adjectives

 

 

p.65-6

p. 71-2

 

A p. 66-7

B p. 74-8

 

p.78-81

 

 

 

8-9

 

IV

Verbs: Aorist Indicative  Active & Middle

Infinitives

verb to say

compound verbs

indirect statements

 

p.89 p.98-100

 

A p.86, 88-9 B p.92-3

C p.95-97

 

p.100-102

 

 

10-11

V

Nouns: 3rd declension

p.110-112

A p.107-9 B p.114-6

p.116-9

 

 

 

12-13

 

VI

 

Adjectives: 3rd declension

Syntax: result clauses, temporal & causal clauses; conditions

 

p.123-4

 

A p.125-6 B p.129

 

p.129-33

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is not work for submission.

This is a plan of the grammar and exercises we will be covering in class.

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Changes from Previous Offering

Weekly translation exercises consolidated into two assignments

Unit information based on version 2025.03 of the Handbook