Ancient Greek: Lower Intermediate - Consolidation

Overview

This 10-week consolidation course is based on the syllabus of the previous two terms (most recently - Ancient Greek: Lower Intermediate - Part 2) and is primarily tailored to meet the needs of students who completed the weekly class, but new students who are at the appropriate level of proficiency are also welcome. Students who missed some classes during the first two terms and wish to catch up for the next level in the next academic year are encouraged to join.

Ancient Greek is the language of philosophy, politics, mathematics, drama, and religion. This class is for students who have either completed Ancient Greek 2 or have prior knowledge of Ancient Greek from elsewhere.

In this class, we will be translating original (unmodified or lightly modified texts) from Greek into English while revising challenging grammatical and syntactical points (mainly, moods and tenses for regular and irregular verbs, participles and their syntax, cases and the role in the sentence). Moreover, we will build on the vocabulary covered during the previous two terms and get to know aspects of the life, literature, and culture in ancient Athens, through selected passages from Xenophon, Lysias, and Plato (among others).

This course will allow you to familiarise yourself further with reading and translating original texts.

In line with teaching of Ancient Greek in the UK, accents are not a mandatory part of the learning.


This course combines online study with a weekly 1-hour live webinar led by your tutor. Find out more about how our short online courses are taught.


Programme details

This course begins on the 13 April 2026 which is when course materials are made available to students. Students should study these materials in advance of the first live meeting which will be held on 220 April 2026, 4.30-5.30pm (UK time).

Please note: there will be no class on the 1st and 29th May due to the public bank holidays.

Week 1: Case overview and prepositions

Week 2: Tense, aspect, and voice

Week 3: Subjunctive and its uses

Week 4: Optative and its uses

Week 5: Participle and its uses

Week 6: Impersonal verbs, gerunds and gerundives

Week 7: Purpose, fear, prevention

Week 8: Cause, result, time

Week 9: Conditionals

Week 10: Indirect speech

Textbooks

No course book required. Course materials will be provided by the course tutor.

Fees

Description Costs
Course Fee £360.00

Funding

If you are in receipt of a UK state benefit, you are a full-time student in the UK or a student on a low income, you may be eligible for a reduction of 50% of tuition fees. Please see the below link for full details:

Concessionary fees for short courses

Tutor

Dr Holly Hunt

Holly studied Classics at Balliol College, Oxford, where she earned a BA and an MSt. She moved five minutes down the road to St Anne’s College during her DPhil, to teach papers on ancient Greek language and literature at this college. Upon completing her doctorate on Aristophanes and humour theory, she became a lecturer in Classical languages at Regent’s Park College (still, despite the name, in Oxford). Her interests encompass archaic and classical Greek literature, and the application of cognitive theory to reading ancient texts.

Course aims

  • Consolidate the grammar, syntax and vocabulary learnt throughout the first two terms,
  • Become fluent in reading ancient Greek texts
  • Read passages of original text to see the contructions studied in context 
  • Revise more challenging aspects of the language that are appropriate for the level 

Course objectives:

  • Read and translate original Greek texts.
  • Understand advanced grammar topics and recognise the phenomena in the texts.
  • Consolidate and enhance the extant vocabulary by recognising the formation of individual words and etymological affinities.
  • Building contextual knowledge about society and culture of 5th c. Athens

Teaching methods

In class we will read out, translate and analyse the vocabulary, grammar, and syntax of short passages. Homework will be assigned regularly in order to enhance the students' learning process.

This course takes place over 10 weeks, with a weekly learning schedule and weekly live webinar held on Microsoft Teams. Shortly before a course commences, students are provided with access to an online virtual learning environment, which houses the course content, including video lectures, complemented by readings or other study materials. Any standard web browser can be used to access these materials, but we recommend Google Chrome. Working through these materials over the course of the week will prepare students for a weekly 1-hour live webinar you will share with your expert tutor and fellow students. All courses are structured to amount to 100 study hours, so that on average, you should set aside 10 hours a week for study. Although the course finishes after 10 weeks, all learning materials remain available to all students for 12 months after the course has finished.

All courses are led by an expert tutor. Tutors guide students through the course materials as part of the live interactions during the weekly webinars. Tutors will also provide individualised feedback on your assignments. All online courses are taught in small student cohorts so that you and your peers will form a mutually supportive and vibrant learning community for the duration of the course. You will learn from your fellow students as well as from your tutor, and they will learn from you.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course students will be expected to be able to:

1. Translate short passages from ancient Greek into English;

2. Apply their knowledge of Greek grammar, of word formation and of vocabulary;

3. Understand a Greek text as a product of a specific time and place.

Assessment methods

You will be set short, optional assignments to consolidate your learning and to allow you to progress at your own pace.

Application

Please use the 'Book now' button on this page. Alternatively, please complete an enrolment form.

 

 

IT requirements

Any standard web browser can be used to access course materials on our virtual learning environment, but we recommend Google Chrome. We also recommend that students join the live webinars on Microsoft Teams using a laptop or desktop computer rather than a phone or tablet due to the limited functionality of the app on these devices.