Reading List for Greek Ph.D. Translation Exam

Reading List for Greek Ph.D. Translation Exam

Ph.D. Greek Reading List (with recommended commentaries)

  • Aeschylus, Agamemnon
    • Raeburn, D. and Thomas, O. (2011), The Agamemnon of Aeschylus. Oxford.
  • Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.1-39, 3.1-489
    • Hunter, R. (1989), Apollonius of Rhodes: Argonautica Book III. Cambridge.
  • Aristophanes, Frogs, Lysistrata
    • Dover, K. (1993), Aristophanes Frogs. Oxford.
    • Henderson, J. (1987), Aristophanes Lysistrata. Oxford.
  • Aristotle, Poetics, 1448b4-1452b27
    • Lucas, D.W. (1968), Aristotle, Poetics. Oxford.
  • Callimachus, Hymns 1, 2; Aetia fr. 1
    • Stephens, S. (2015), Callimachus: The Hymns. Oxford.
    • Dickinson College Commentary (Aetia)
  • Demosthenes, Third Philippic
    • Davies (1949) (on Perseus)
  • Greek lyric: Campbell, D. (1969) Greek Lyric Poetry
    • Archilochus 6, 7, 60, 74
    • Solon 3, 5
    • Sappho, 1, 16, 31
    • Alcaeus 6
    • Xenophanes, 1, 7, 10, 13
    • Bacchylides 17
  • Euripides, Alcestis, Medea*
    • Luschnig, C.A.E. and Roisman, H.M. (2003), Euripides’ Alcestis. Oklahoma. 
    • Mastronarde, D. (2002), Euripides: Medea. Cambridge.
  • Herodotus, Histories 1.1–68, 3.1–16, 3.30–87
    • Dewald, C. and Munson, R.V. (2022), Herodotus: Histories Book I. Cambridge.
    • Newmyer, S.T. (1986), Herodotus Book III. Bryn Mawr.
  • Hesiod, Theogony 1–210, 453–616, 820-885; Works and Days 1–273
    • Hamilton, R. (1981), Hesiod's Theogony. Bryn Mawr.
    • Hamilton, R. Rainis, E., and Ruttenberg, R. (1988), Hesiod's Works and Days. Bryn Mawr.
  • Homer, Iliad 1*, 6*, 9, 16, 22, 24; Odyssey 6*, 9*, 10–12, 23
    • Griffin, J. (1995), Homer Iliad Book Nine. Oxford.
    • de Jong, I. (2012), Homer: Iliad Book XXII. Cambridge. 
    • Macleod, C. (1982), Homer Iliad Book XXIV. Cambridge.
    • Dickinson College Commentary (Iliad 6, 22; Odyssey 5-12)
  • Homeric Hymn to Demeter, Homeric Hymn to Apollo
    • Richardson, N. (2010), Three Homeric Hymns. Cambridge. 
  • Isocrates, Helen
  • Longinus, On the Sublime 8-9 and 44
    • Halliwell, S. (2022), Pseudo-Longinus On the Sublime. Oxford.  
  • Longus, Daphnis and Chloe 1
    • Byrne, S. and Cueva, E. (2012), Longus’ Daphnis & Chloe. Bolchazy-Carducci.
    • Bowie, E. (2018), Longus: Daphnis and Chloe. Cambridge.
  • Lucian, True History 1*, 2
    • Dickinson College Commentaries (online, free)
    • Hayes, E. and Nimis, S. (2011), Lucians’ A True Story. Faenum. 
  • Lysias 1*, 3*, 12
  • Menander, Dyskolos, ll. 1–80, 666–757
    • Handley, E. W. (1965), The Dyskolos of Menander. Cambridge, MA. Konstan, D. (1983), Menander's Dyskolos. Bryn Mawr.
  • Pindar, Olympians 1
    • Gerber, D. (1982), Pindar’s Olympian One: A Commentary. University of Toronto Press. 
  • Plato, Apology*, Republic 1*, Symposium
    • Dover, K. (1980), Plato: Symposium. Cambridge. 
  • Plutarch, Life of Pericles
    • Stadter, P. (2010), A Commentary on Plutarch’s Life of Pericles. UNC Press.
  • Sophocles, Antigone, Oedipus Tyrannus*
    • Griffith, M. (1999), Sophocles: Antigone. Cambridge. 
  • Theocritus, Idylls 1, 7, 11, 13
    • Hunter, R. (1999), Theocritus: A Selection. Cambridge.
  • Thucydides, 1.1–23, 1.118–46, 2.34–65, 5.84–116, 6.1–41, 7.71–87
    • Marchant, E.C. (1982), Thucydides Book 1. Bristol. 
    • Rusten, J. (2008), Thucydides: The Peloponnesian War Book II. Cambridge.
    • Pelling, C. (2022), Thucydides: The Peloponnesian War, books VI and VII. Cambridge.
  • Xenophon, Anabasis 1*, Hellenica, 2.3.11–2.4.43

 

TOTAL: 1,445 pp.

[* = also on MA reading list]

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