Ancient Greek Conversation and Composition 2

Admission

The course may be attended by:
those who are attending also the course of Ancient Greek 2, Ancient Greek 2 – Telematic, Ancient Greek 3 – Greek Literature (getting a discount of € 100);
those who, having a sound knowledge of Ancient Greek, are able to pass the exam of Ancient Greek 1 without having attended classes.

Objectives

• Ability to easily speak in Ancient Greek, using also complex sentences
• Ability to easily write in Ancient Greek, using also complex sentences
• In-depth knowledge and active use of all the most complex structures of Greek syntax and classical rhetorical style

Program

This course aims at providing the skills needed to be fluent in Ancient Greek and the skills needed to produce a written text in Ancient Greek. The techniques used are inspired by the teaching tradition developed by the Humanists and the lessons encourage the student to acquire an active awareness of the author’s creativity. From the very first lessons, under the guidance of the lecturer and on the basis of the notions learnt during the language course, will learn to talk to one another and to the lecturer in Greek, using the same structures of the classical literary language.
The goal of the teaching activities, as for all the IISC courses, is literary: the ability to speak and to write texts in Greek and to imitate the authors’ style and language aim at consolidating the current reading ability of the classics and provide greater awareness of the richness of the language.
The course will be held in classroom and via streaming: students will enter the virtual classroom through a link given by the IISC. Lessons in streaming will be recorded and they will stay available for the students to see for a week.