Classical Greek OpenCourseWare: The Open University's Free Bachelor Level Class on Classical Greek

Published Feb 15, 2009

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The Open University offers its 'Classical Greek' course as free OpenCourseWare (OCW). The course is an introduction to ancient Greek. The original course was designed for humanities and literature students.

Getting Started on Classical Greek: Course Specifics

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Getting Started on Classical Greek: Course Description

This course is a primer in ancient, or classical, Greek. It aims to make students aware of the connection between ancient Greek and modern English. In addition, the course introduces the Greek alphabet and basic grammar. Specific topics include verbs, inflection, the Greek alphabet, the other vowels, parts of speech and Greek-derived words among other topics. The original course was designed for humanities and literature students.

This OpenCourseWare includes lecture notes, activity questions and hyperlinks to course documents. If you're interested in taking this free course, visit the classical greek course page.

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