GREEK 300 A: Greek Language, Accelerated

First year Greek courses give you direct access to the thoughts and writings of the ancient Greeks and allow you to explore the dynamic and often dangerous cultural, social and political world in which they wrote. Learning to interpret and use an ancient language requires you to explore unknown areas and think in new ways. Our focus is on Greek as a literary language. Course activities are designed to foster a collegial and collaborative atmosphere and to encourage you to make strong connections between the ancient language and literature we are exploring together and your other interests, passions and pursuits.

Course Goals:Through your work in the course you will demonstrate that you can: 

• Read and translate selections from ancient Greek authors and compose simple sentences in Greek.
• Understand and explain the literary, historical and cultural context of  texts by ancient Greek authors
• Analyze and explain Greek grammar and syntax
• Analyze and describe the influence of the Greek language on subsequent languages and literatures

By completing the first year sequence (101-102-103) you equip yourself to read any Greek author. In our second year courses (304, 305, 306, 307) students read selections of Xenophon (305), Plato (306), and Homer (307), and other authors (304). 

If you are interested in using Greek to meet the foreign language proficiency requirement, please email clasdept@uw.edu to make arrangements to do so. 

Comments from recent UW students in this class: 

"This class helped me understand language in a way I never thought I could." 

"I learned a lot and of all the language courses I have taken, this was the most useful and everything stuck." 

"I really enjoy learning Greek." 

"Greek is a blast!! I love learning about the culture." 

"Greek as a whole makes you think about the evolution of language and how much (and how little!) has changed in so many years."