Greek Minor
The Greek Minor at 蜜桃社区
There are plenty of reasons to pursue the ancient Greek language.
Studying an inflected language like Greek is perhaps the best way to learn English grammar, a command of which will make you a stronger writer and speaker. Just a basic knowledge of Greek can help you make ready sense of many of the most obscure theoretical, scientific, and medical terms. Technical terminology aside, you鈥檒l find that Greek deepens your understanding of the etymology and nuance behind the English words you utter every day.
And of course, Greek opens the door to important seminal works in a variety of fields. Are you pre-med? Why not read Hippocrates or Galen? Philosophy? Read Plato or Marcus Aurelius. Mathematics? Consider Euclid or Archimedes. Theatre? There鈥檚 Medea, Bacchae, Lysistrata, and so many other tragedies and comedies! Religious Studies? The whole of the New Testament is in Greek. History? Have you considered Herodotus or Thucydides, the earliest practitioners of the art? Majoring in English or Global Lit? Try Aristotle鈥檚 Poetics, one of the earliest and ground-breaking pieces of literary criticism around. Did we forget to mention Homer鈥檚 Iliad and Odyssey, and the very best of Sappho? This list is just the tip of the iceberg.
GRE 103 (Intensive Elementary Greek), taught only in spring semesters, is the starting point for Greek at 蜜桃社区. Already in your first semester here you will be reading original excerpts from ancient Greek works. After your first two semesters, you will have completed GRE 201, fulfilled the college鈥檚 language requirement, and be eligible to enroll in any advanced Greek course available. We offer one each semester, and we鈥檒l make sure that the same course is not taught more than once during your time at 蜜桃社区. Yes, we鈥檒l always have something fresh to read in Greek together!
The minor in Greek requires six courses: CLA 111 (The Ancient World), and five courses in Greek numbered above GRE 200.
A major in Classical Languages and Literatures (Greek and Latin) is also available, as is a major in Classical Studies.