Learn about the journey of the Greek language from its ancient origins to the vernacular of modern Greece through the lens of Middle Greek.

Designed to serve as an introduction to the language of modern Greece. Practice in speaking, grammatical analysis, composition, and graded reading. Four classes. No credit is given for HLS 101 unless ...

THERE are reasons why the earliest philosophy and literature of the civilized world should have not only a transcendent interest, but a unique teaching power. Our abstract terms are concrete ; our ...

Many of us have entertained the idea of expanding our horizons. Learning a foreign language is an obvious option. It’s one that I would personally endorse: My individual circumstances were such that, ...

A pioneering and free training program implemented by the University of Ioannina comes to cover an essential need in the ...

There is no assessment more objective than a written exam in an ancient language. Such a test measures recall of and facility with a language that exists only on the printed page, one governed by a ...

WHY STUDY classical languages? For a long time the reason was clear: there wasn’t much else to read. Medieval Europe read and wrote in Latin, even as its spoken form had changed so much it had become ...

A new data crowdsourcing platform aims to preserve the sound of Romeyka, an endangered millennia-old variety of Greek. Experts consider the language to be a linguistic goldmine and a living bridge to ...

For thousands of students arriving in Cyprus, mastering Greek is about more than just learning a language. It’s about belonging. Since 1998, the School of Modern Greek at the University of Cyprus has ...

The history of Modern Greek at Harvard University began in 1828, just a few years after the Greek War of Independence started.