Learning Ancient Greek at Source Languages, Department of Historical Studies, CEU
Acquiring knowledge of Ancient Greek is crucial due to its great cultural and historical significance, in addition to its linguistic worth. With direct access to the writings of renowned thinkers like Homer, Plato, and Aristotle, this ancient language is the key to unlocking the rich fabric of historical, literary, philosophical, and religious texts from Classical Antiquity, Late Antiquity, and the Byzantine era. Additionally, studying Ancient Greek helps students develop their analytical and critical thinking abilities as they learn to understand challenging textual sources in their original language.
Goals and Learning Outcomes
This course is suitable for those who have very basic or no previous knowledge of Ancient Greek. In terms of resources, the course will primarily follow The Joint Association of Classical Teachers’ Greek Course Textbooks (2nd edition, 2007)—specifically, Reading Greek: Grammar and Exercises as well as Reading Greek: Text and Vocabulary. Following these textbooks, the Beginner I course will focus on developing the text comprehension skills required for scholarly research. By the end of this course, students will master basic grammatical concepts, including the definite article, imperative, present tense (indicative, active, and middle), contract verbs, the declension of nouns and adjectives (1st, 2nd, and 3rd declensions), personal pronouns, possessive pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, adverbs of place and time, present participles, and the imperfect tense (indicative, active, and middle), as well as the future tense (indicative, active, and middle).
Acquiring knowledge of Ancient Greek is crucial due to its great cultural and historical significance, in addition to its linguistic worth. With direct access to the writings of renowned thinkers like Homer, Plato, and Aristotle, this ancient language is the key to unlocking the rich fabric of historical, literary, philosophical, and religious texts from Classical Antiquity, Late Antiquity, and the Byzantine era. Additionally, studying Ancient Greek helps students develop their analytical and critical thinking abilities as they learn to understand challenging textual sources in their original language.
Goals and Learning Outcomes
This course is suitable for those who have very basic or no previous knowledge of Ancient Greek. In terms of resources, the course will primarily follow The Joint Association of Classical Teachers’ Greek Course Textbooks (2nd edition, 2007)—specifically, Reading Greek: Grammar and Exercises as well as Reading Greek: Text and Vocabulary. Following these textbooks, the Beginner I course will focus on developing the text comprehension skills required for scholarly research. By the end of this course, students will master basic grammatical concepts, including the definite article, imperative, present tense (indicative, active, and middle), contract verbs, the declension of nouns and adjectives (1st, 2nd, and 3rd declensions), personal pronouns, possessive pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, adverbs of place and time, present participles, and the imperfect tense (indicative, active, and middle), as well as the future tense (indicative, active, and middle).
- Instructor: Dunja Milenkovic