Summer Intensive Intermediate Ancient Greek

Undergraduate / Graduate

Summer Intensive Intermediate Greek combines extensive reading of texts with a comprehensive review of Classical grammar and syntax; it prepares students for advanced courses in Greek and for the use of Greek texts in their research. Texts studied are taken from a variety of representative and important Classical authors, and include prose works from e.g. Plato, Herodotus, Lysias or Thucydides, and poetry works from e.g. Euripides, Sophocles or Homer. The course also involves the intensive review of basic grammar and regular practice with reading at sight. The program combines daily synchronous and asynchronous activities. Students are responsible for considerable amounts of class preparation in the evenings, requiring a full-time commitment for the duration of the course. This course equips students to continue with advanced coursework or independent reading in ancient Greek in all its varieties. Summer Intermediate Greek corresponds to a full year's worth of instruction at the University of Chicago.