Ancient Greek 3 – Greek Literature

Admission

Students are required an excellent knowledge of Ancient Greek. The course may be attended by:
those who have attended at least 75% of lesson hours at the course Ancient Greek 2 or Ancient Greek 2 – Telematic;
those who, having sound knowledge of Greek, might be able pass the test of Ancient Greek 2.

Objectives

• In-depth knowledge of the Greek works, covered in class
• Ability to deeply understand any Ancient Greek text, even of high difficulty;
• In-depth knowledge of all the most complex structures of Greek syntax and Classical rhetoric
• Knowledge of the 4000 most frequent word of Greek Classical literature
• Ability to write and speak in Ancient Greek
• Understanding of the basic techniques for teaching a lesson of Greek literature through the inductive-contextual methodology.

Program

Students will deal with an Ancient Greek literary work which will be different every year. Lessons will be held completely in Ancient Greek. Students will deal with the critical edition of the text, its historical background, the analysis of relevant scholarly literature and they will enter in direct contact with the thought of ancient thinkers and writers.
The course will be held in classroom. Upon request at the moment of the enrollment, the course may be also attended online. The IISC will provide students a link to access the virtual classroom and attend the course via live streaming. Lessons in streaming will be recorded and they will stay available for the students to see for a week.