Modern Greek for Classicists

Modern Greek for Classicists

*Please note that this course will run only if two or more students enroll. 

Course Description: Modern Greek can feel both familiar and surprising to classicists: the alphabet and many words are recognizable, yet the sound, rhythm, and everyday use of the language open up a whole new world. This course offers a guided path across that bridge, designed specifically for students with some background in Ancient Greek who want to bring their knowledge into the present. Built on the Paideia Institute’s groundbreaking Modern Greek for Classicists online curriculum, the class combines the clarity of structured grammar modules and graded readings with the energy of live, spoken practice. Instead of just studying forms, you will use them in conversation, role-play, and storytelling, turning passive recognition into active command. By the end of the semester, students will be able to carry on basic conversations in Modern Greek, read accessible texts with confidence, and appreciate more deeply how the ancient and modern languages connect. The emphasis is on steady progress, cultural connection, and the excitement of actually speaking Greek as it is spoken today.

DETAILS

Level: This course is intended for students with no prior study of Modern Greek, but with at least two semesters of Ancient Greek.

Textbook: Paideia online curriculum

Sections capped at: 5 students. If the course is sold-out, please fill out this waiting-list form.

When
Wednesdays, 11:00a.m.

Cost
$250

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Instructors

Roberto Salazar

Roberto Salazar is an experienced polyglot language coach and nomadic classicist, with a passion for teaching Latin and Greek as spoken languages, and an impossible desire to speak all tongues imaginable, and to teach them to those who want to learn them.

He has taught Latin, Greek, Arabic, German and more in different places around the world, including various Paideia programs, online and on site. A former fellow of the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris, where he studied Classics and Philosophy, he's currently writing a PhD dissertation on the reception of Greek tragedy in the Arab World, Modern Greece and Latin America. He has also done research on European Classical Reception and Neo-Latin.

He has published fiction translations into French and Spanish from various languages including Swedish. In 2017, he was the head literary curator for the French-Colombian Year.

That's probably why he's still scrambling to complete his PhD at the University of Versailles.

He currently lives between Athens, Cairo and Saint Denis, France.

Megan Buick

Megan Buick is the Online Programs Manager at the Paideia Institute. She studied Classics in Latin at the University of Iowa and under Reginald Foster in Milwaukee and has a Masters degree from Boston college in Philosophy & Theology.

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