Assignment for Monday, 02-01-16

Dear Elementarians,

By Monday morning , February 1, please do the following:

(1) Practice pronouncing the Greek names in exercise A (#10, pp. 6–7). In class on Monday, you'll come to consensus on the proper pronunciation with your teammates.

(2) Practice reading aloud the Greek passage in exercise B (same section, p. 7), "Zeus Cuts the Camel Down to Size." Again, you'll practice reading aloud with your teammates on Monday. Enjoy the English translation.

(3) (Due 8:00 a.m., via email) Transliterate the following English names into Greek, then syllabify each Greek name:

a. Aischylos
b. Alexandros
c. Euripidēs
d. Hectōr
e. Helenē
f. Hēraklēs
g. Hypsipylē
h. Menoitios
i. Mnēmosynē
j. Pandōra
k. Ploutarchos
l. Rhadamanthys
m. Sapphō
n. Theocritos

IMPORTANT NOTES:

• For this exercise, don't make accent marks, but do make breathing marks (see below).
• Long e (ē) always = eta; long o (ō) always = omega.
• An initial H in the English name indicates a rough breathing mark over an initial vowel or diphthong in Greek (see section 6, p. 5).
• If a word begins with a vowel/diphthong, it will still need a smooth breathing mark in Greek.
• Separate the syllables of the transliterated Greek word using dashes.
• If you type your answers, you don't necessarily need GreekKeys, but now would be a good time to purchase the software and to learn it.
• Whether you type or hand-write your answers, please email them to me as a PDF by 8:00 a.m. on Monday. Make sure your name is on the actual document.

DC