Classics
Undergraduate - Greek

• We offer courses in Greek at first, second and third / fourth levels.
• You do not need to have studied Greek before. The first year classes cater for the whole range of previous linguistic attainment, from absolute beginners to those who already have a fair knowledge of the language.
• Greek can be your main subject in the single honours Greek studies degree, or one of two main subjects in one of our many joint honours degrees (in combination with, for example, Latin, or Ancient History, or French, or English Literature).
• Greek can be taken for one or two years as part of almost any Arts degree.

The following outlines the courses that are offered in Greek, and describes the various ways in which you can include Greek in your curriculum.

Greek 1 courses are so organised as to bring students with little or no previous knowledge and those with SCE or GCE qualifications to the same level of attainment by the end of the year.

Greek 1A (in the first Semester) and Greek 1B (in the second Semester) are intended for those with little or no previous knowledge of the language. In Greek 1A, intensive language teaching makes it possible to proceed rapidly to the reading of texts representative of three areas of Greek literature: epic poetry, oratory and philosophy.

 

Greek 1C (in the first Semester) and Greek 1D (in the second Semester) are intended for those students who have SCE or GCE qualifications. Revision work on grammar and syntax supplements the major texts which are read. Class work also includes unseens and/or linguistic exercises, and an essay in each of the autumn and spring semesters.

In Greek 2A (in the first Semester) and Greek 2B (in the second Semester), language teaching continues and the texts studied are taken from a variety of classical Greek authors.