Classical Language and Texts: Greek Poetry and Prose II

YPH601 Classical Language and Texts: Greek Poetry and Prose II

Professor: Christos ZAFIROPOULOS | Course outline [pdf file]

The module’s syllabus includes the requirements from Greek I (grammatical and syntax rules and structures, translation into modern Greek) and introductions and commentaries on passages from Greek historiography, oratory, philosophy, Hellenistic poetry and the novel. The module aims to study Greek language, literature and thought, as well as the aforementioned genres and their authors and the prevailing cultural concepts and norms up, with emphasis on the Classical and the Hellenistic period.