University of Wisconsin OnLine Greek Courses
Posted on 12/11/06 in Greek Language
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A visitor of Elpenor searching for accredited courses in ancient Greek informs me that the University of Wisconsin offers such courses, in two semesters. First Semester is for teachers as a review, advanced students as a rapid survey, and beginners as a foundation for reading Greek. Second Semester is for more advanced topics of grammar, such as the subjunctive and optative moods, the passive voice, complex sentences, conditionals, the genitive absolute, and all remaining tenses not discussed in first semester – future, perfect, and pluperfect.
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Hello,
I’m interested in learning ancient Greek. Is there any significant difference in the ancient and modern versions of Greek? Is learning modern Greek sufficient when one is intending to achieve a reading proficiency in ancient Greek?
Thanks for your time,
Eric
Even only the fact that the vocabulary is almost completely identical in ancient and modern Greek (see indicatively this page featuring some important Greek words), is enough for one to understand that knowledge of this is useful to knowledge of that. However, vocabulary goes together with grammar and syntax, and there are differences in how a word is declined or in what place occupies in the structure of a sentence, that cause difficulties. If you ask this question because you’re thinking to start by learning modern Greek, I would say no. Start from ancient (attic or homeric) Greek and then go on to modern Greek — keeping in mind that modern Greek start essentially in the times of the New Testament, the so called “koine” dialect.