| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2024-07-01 | - |
| 2024-07-22 | - |
Program Overview
The six-week course covers grammar, vocabulary, and culture, with assessment through in-class tests. Students can choose to attend either the first three-week block for absolute beginners or the second three-week block for intermediate students.
Program Outline
Degree Overview
Overview
The Intensive Ancient Greek Summer School offers students who have not previously had the opportunity to study Ancient Greek intensive training designed to bring them from complete beginners to a point where they are able to read simple texts. The course is ideal for students who intend to study for a Masters or Doctoral degree, Y12 and Y13 school pupils, teachers, undergraduates, mature students, and anyone with an interest in the Hellenic or Roman world.
Objectives
The course aims to:
- Provide students with a strong foundation in Ancient Greek grammar and vocabulary.
- Develop students' ability to read and understand simple Ancient Greek texts.
- Introduce students to the culture and history of ancient Greece.
Description
The course is six weeks long and is divided into two sessions. Students can choose to attend either the first three-week block (for absolute beginners) or the second three-week block (for students at intermediate level). The program features:
- Daily language classes: Students work through the JACT Reading Greek course in daily language classes.
- Private study: Students are expected to put in a number of hours of private study to consolidate class work and to complete homework assignments.
- Staff support: Staff are on hand to offer private tutorials and surgery hours, as required.
- Assessment: Assessment is by three in-class tests.
- Guest lectures: Workshops by guest lecturers offer an introduction to skills such as epigraphy.
- Guided tours: Guided tours or behind-the-scenes sessions at the British Museum may be offered.
Outline
Content
The course covers the following topics:
- Grammar: Students will learn about the basics of Ancient Greek grammar, including:
- Articles, adjectives, and adverbs
- Verbs (present, middle, imperfect, future, aorist)
- Declensions (1st, 2nd, 3rd, and some irregular nouns)
- Prepositions, particles, and irregular verbs
- Pronouns
- Participles and infinitives
- Indirect speech
- Comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs
- Genitive and dative cases
- Optative
- Time phrases
- Root aorists
- Relatives
- Passive voice
- Genitive absolute
- Conditions
- Wishes
- Gerunds
- Sequence of tenses
- Subjunctive
- Indefinite constructions
- Scanning Greek verse
- Pluperfect
- Verbs of fearing
- Accusative absolute
- Purpose clauses
- Jussive subjunctive
- Result clauses
- Deliberatives
- Duals
- Herodotus’ dialect
- Accusative of respect
- Homeric dialect and hexameters
- Texts: Students will read a variety of Ancient Greek texts, including:
- Session 1:
- Part One: Athens at Sea
- Part Two: Moral Decay?
- Part Three: Athens through the comic poet’s eyes (extracts from Aristophanes’ Birds, Wasps, Lysistrata, Akharnians)
- Session 2:
- Part Four: Women in Athenian Society (extracts from Demosthenes, The Prosecution of Neaira and Euripdes, Alkestis)
- Part Five: Athenian Views of Justice (extracts from Demosthenes, Against Mnesiboulos and Euergos and Plato, Phaidros and Protagoras)
- Part Six: God, Fate and Man (extracts from Herodotus)
- Part Seven: Homeric hero and heroine (extracts from Homer, Odyssey)
Assessment
Assessment is by three in-class tests.
Teaching
The course is taught by experienced tutors who are passionate about Ancient Greek language and culture.
Careers
The course will provide students with the skills and knowledge they need to pursue a variety of careers in fields such as:
- Classics
- Ancient history
- Archaeology
- Museum studies
- Education
- Journalism
- Law
- Business
Other
The course also offers students the opportunity to:
- Meet other students who are interested in Ancient Greek
- Learn about the culture and history of ancient Greece
- Visit museums and archaeological sites in London
Fees
The course fees are as follows:
- One session, with exam: £1150
- One session, no exam: £900
- Both sessions, with exam: £2300
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