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Discovering Ancient Greek and Latin

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The free course, Discovering Ancient Greek and Latin, gives a taste of what it is like to learn two ancient languages. It is for those who have encountered the classical world through translations of Greek and Latin texts and wish to know more about the languages in which these works were composed.

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Learning outcomes
  • 1 Characteristics of the Greek and Latin languages
  • 1 Characteristics of the Greek and Latin languages
  • 1.1 The spread of Greek
  • 1.2 The spread of Latin
  • 1.3 Family resemblances
  • 1.4 Indo-European
  • 1.5 Word endings and word order
  • 1.6 Language and literature
  • 1.7 The quantity of Greek and Latin
  • 1.8 ‘Classical’ languages
  • 2 Beginning Latin
  • 2 Beginning Latin
  • 2.1 Parallel text 1: Pliny
  • 2.2 Parallel text 2: Catullus
  • 2.3 ‘Missing’ words
  • 2.4 Word endings
  • 2.5 Word order
  • 2.6 Recap
  • 3 Latin noun endings
  • 3 Latin noun endings
  • 3.1 ‘Of’ and the genitive case
  • 3.2 ‘To’, ‘for’ and the dative case
  • 3.3 ‘By’, ‘with’ and the ablative case
  • 3.4 The first declension
  • 3.5 The second declension
  • 4 Latin verb endings
  • 4 Latin verb endings
  • 4.1 Person and number
  • 4.2 The first conjugation
  • 4.3 Agreement
  • 5 Simple sentences
  • 5 Simple sentences
  • 5.1 Subject and object in English
  • 5.2 Subject and object in Latin
  • 5.3 Word ending in English
  • 5.4 Word order in Latin
  • 5.5 Practice
  • 5.6 Declensions summary
  • 6 Reading Latin
  • 6 Reading Latin
  • 6.1 Words
  • 6.2 Beyond words
  • 6.3 Larger units
  • 6.4 Closing thoughts
  • 7 Beginning Greek
  • 7 Beginning Greek
  • 7.1 Parallel text: Euripides
  • 7.2 ‘Missing words’
  • 7.3 Word endings
  • 7.4 Word order
  • 7.5 Recap
  • 8 Greek noun endings
  • 8 Greek noun endings
  • 8.1 ‘Of’ and the genitive case
  • 8.2 ‘To’, ‘for’ and the dative case
  • 8.3 Uses of the dative case
  • 8.4 ‘By’, ‘with’ and the dative case
  • 8.5 The first declension
  • 8.6 The second declension
  • 9 Greek verb endings
  • 9 Greek verb endings
  • 9.1 Person and number
  • 9.2 -ω (omega) verbs
  • 9.3 Agreement
  • 10 Simple sentences
  • 10 Simple sentences
  • 10.1 Subject and object in English
  • 10.2 Subject and object in Greek
  • 10.3 Word ending in English
  • 10.4 Word order in Greek
  • 10.5 Practice
  • 10.6 Declensions summary
  • 11 Reading Greek
  • 11 Reading Greek
  • 11.1 Words
  • 11.2 Beyond words
  • 11.3 Larger units
  • 11.4 Closing thoughts
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements

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