Classics 201, 1st class

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Dream stands before the class, his head held high, dressed in his formal robes. He speaks in a clear, strong voice.

"Hello, and welcome to your first class of the semester. I hope it will be enjoyable for all of you.

Start by reviewing the classroom rules. I would like each of you to sign them at the bottom and turn them in to me. This will serve as our contract for the semester.

Most of you studied with me last term; welcome back. The new student, John Connor, is to be my assistant. Treat him with the respect this role deserves.

Our lecture today will be an overview to refresh your minds about ancient Greek, which was the last tongue we studied last semester. We will spend the rest of the month working on Greek translations and readings.

As always, I will be in my office after class. Creature languages immediately follows this class, but I will be there for the rest of the day."

The administrative business taken care of, Dream delivers his lecture.

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Re: Office hours, 1/09

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders nods and, shuffling a little bit from one foot to the other, asks, "Well, actually, yeah. I know we just barely started and all, but I was just wondering if you could maybe give me a heads-up on what I should probably pay extra attention to this semester? I know my Latin and Hebrew were kinda shaky . . ."

Re: Office hours, 1/09

[game-of-you.livejournal.com]

Dream takes a moment to consider this. "I plan to do much more with literature, speech and translation this term," he answers. "Fewer classes of just reading a text. If you are not familiar with Greek or Latin mythology, I recommend you read a simple anthology so you know about the main figures, which would give you some context."

"We will probably do only a brief unit on Hebrew. Three languages is too many for one semester, and we spent a great deal of time on Hebrew last term."

Re: Office hours, 1/09

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders nods, glad he stopped and applied for that library card between class and now. "Well, it's not so much that I'm not familiar with the gods and stuff as it is that they've got totally different stories from the ones with the same names back home, you know? So yeah, I guess an anthology or two would be a good idea."