Candidates for the degree in Classical Antiquity who intend to be examined in Greek translation create their own reading list, which must be approved by the Associate Chair of Graduate Studies. The general principle is that you choose half of what used to be the M.A. Greek reading list, printed below. You must submit your list for approval by the end of your second semester in the M.A. program.
(Important note: The list below is NOT for current candidates for the M.A. in Greek, whose comprehensive exam follows the same format as the Preliminary Examination in Greek translation for Ph.D. candidates and is based on the Ph.D. Greek reading list.)
| Greek Readings | |
|---|---|
| Archaic Poetry. | Homer: 10 books Hesiod and Homeric Hymns: 1000 lines iambus and elegy: 400 lines lyric (excluding Pindar): 400 lines Pindar: 400 lines |
| Drama | Tragedy 5 plays (must include one each by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides) Comedy 2 plays (must include one by Aristophanes) |
| History and Oratory | Historians: 200 OCT pages (must include at least 75 pages of Herodotus and 75 pages of Thucydides) Orators: 80 OCT pages (must include one whole speech each by Lysias and Demosthenes) |
| Philosophy | 200 OCT pages (must include at least 75 pages of Plato and 75 pages of Aristotle) |
| Hellenistic poetry | 500 lines (must include at least one whole Idyll of Theocritus) |
| Prose by other authors | 100 OCT pages |
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