Greek seminars
Led by Miguel Ángel Acosta Albarracín
This seminar offers a rigorous immersion into ancient eloquence by pairing Aesop’s Fables with the classical Progymnasmata. Students transition from analysis to stylistic mastery, using seminal handbooks to model their oral and written work.
Taught in Ancient Greek
Recordings Available
Tue & Thu, 2–3:30 PM EDT (US East) / 8–9:30 PM CEST (Central Europe)
Jun 23 – Sep 10
36h total
Led by Lelio Paolo Panzone
This immersion seminar offers a comprehensive reading of Plato’s Apology in the original Greek. Participants explore the ethical interrogations raised by Socrates’ defense while refining their mastery of Attic forensic and philosophical style.
Taught in Ancient Greek
Recordings Available
Mon, 12–1:30 PM EDT (US East) / 6–7:30 PM CEST (Central Europe)
Jul 27 – Sep 28
15h total
Led by Joanna Thornhill
This seminar offers a philological and philosophical examination of the concept of philia through primary texts by Plato and Aristotle. Students explore the nature of virtue and reciprocity while refining their command of Ancient Greek prose.
Taught in Ancient Greek
Recordings Available
Mon, 1–2:30 PM EDT (US East) / 7–8:30 PM CEST (Central Europe)
Jun 29 – Aug 31
15h total
Led by Rogelio Toledo
This course provides a technical introduction to the fundamental meters of Ancient Greek poetry—iambic, hexameter, and anapest—through the study of classical and Christian authors. Students engage with authorities like Hephaistion and Tzetzes.
Taught in Ancient Greek
Recordings Available
Sat, 12–1:30 PM EDT (US East) / 6–7:30 PM CEST (Central Europe)
Jun 13 – Jul 11
7.5h total
Led by Camille Demouchy
This seminar offers a philological and historical examination of ancient Greek spherical astronomy through primary texts by Ptolemy and Aratus. Students transition from mythos to geometric logos while refining their command of scientific Greek prose.
Taught in Ancient Greek
Recordings Available
Wed, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EDT (US East) / 17:00 – 18:30 CET (Central Europe)
Sep 2 – Nov 4, 2026
15h total (10 Sessions)
Led by Rogelio Toledo
This immersive seminar focuses on the communicative acquisition of everyday vocabulary to solidify a functional command of Greek grammar. Students engage in active dialogue and interactive tasks to simulate authentic ancient communication.
Taught in Ancient Greek
Recordings Available
Sat, 10–11 AM EDT (US East) / 4–5 PM CEST (Central Europe)
Sep 5 – Nov 7
10h total
Led by Miguel Ángel Acosta Albarracín
This immersion seminar offers a critical exploration of the Vita Herodotea through oral performance and guided dialectic in Greek. Students achieve fluent comprehension of extended archaic prose and the nuances of the ancient Homeric dialect.
Taught in Ancient Greek
Recordings Available
Mon & Wed, 2–3:30 PM EDT (US East) / 8–9:30 PM CEST (Central Europe)
Jun 22 – Sep 9
48h total
Led by Camille Demouchy
This seminar offers a rigorous philological and mathematical investigation into complex ancient Greek astronomical systems. Building upon the foundations of Part 1, students analyze solar anomalies, lunar coordinates, and eclipse computations directly through primary sources.
Taught in Ancient Greek
Recordings Available
Wed, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EDT (US East) / 17:00 – 18:30 CET (Central Europe)
Nov 11, 2026 – Jan 20, 2027 (Note: Winter hiatus on Dec 30)
15h total (10 Sessions)
Led by Joanna Thornhill
This course provides a philological analysis of Menander’s One-Verse Maxims, exploring their ethical depth and poetic structure. Students master iambic trimeter through recitation and memorization to reveal the ancient Athenian worldview.
Taught in Ancient Greek
Recordings Available
Tue, 1:30–3 PM EDT (US East) / 7:30–9 PM CEST (Central Europe)
Jun 30 – Sep 1
15h total
Led by Rogelio Toledo
This seminar examines Aristotle’s survey of early Greek speculative thought in the inaugural book of the Metaphysics. Participants trace the development of philosophy from its mythic origins to the formalization of Aristotelian causality.
Taught in Ancient Greek
Recordings Available
Sat (bi-weekly), 12–1:30 PM EDT (US East) / 6–7:30 PM CEST (Central Europe)
Sep 5 – Jan 9 (2027)
15h total