The study of the Greek language is foundational for understanding the classical and Byzantine worlds. In addition, knowledge of Greek is valuable for better understanding language in general and English in particular.
About the Greek Area of Concentration
Greek is a joint concentration that consists of six courses or activities. Four must be in Greek language. The remaining two can also be in Greek language, or they can be in classical civilization or Latin language.
Featured Course
LANG 2110
Elementary Homeric Greek
Elementary Homeric Greek I is the first half of a year-long course on the language of the ancient Greeks. This class has a unique organization that teaches Greek within the context of actual, unedited verses of Homer’s Iliad (composed around 800 BCE), and by the end of this semester, students will read around forty verses of the Iliad. Success will be achieved through learning the meaning and morphology of all Greek nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and most verbs, as well as by learning the most important Greek syntactical constructions. By the end of the first year of Greek, students will be prepared to read and understand (with guidance) Homer in the original language.
Recent courses
- Advanced Greek: Euripides’ Medea
- Elementary Homeric Greek I
Career Pathways
- Translation and Interpretation
- Education
- Civil and Foreign Service
- Intelligence
- Journalism
- Museum work
Contact Us
Humanities Division
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Location
Ace Academic Center 116
Greek Faculty
Dr. David Rohrbacher
Professor of Classics
Dr. Carl Shaw
Professor of Classics
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