Beginner's Ancient Greek

This course is an introduction to Ancient Greek as spoken and read in 5th-4th cent. BCE Athens, its core vocabulary, grammar and syntax. After taking this course and its companion, CLG 102, you will be ready to enroll in courses reading Plato and Homer. Our work this term will focus on Greek as a literary language, but also open a window onto the dynamic cultural, social and political world in which our authors lived and wrote.