Homer's Iliad: The Embassy to Achilles

Summer 2026

This course has concluded. Visit our current catalog for upcoming offerings.

Course Description

With the Greek forces in dire straits, Agamemnon sends an embassy to Achilles as a desperate ploy to get the slighted hero to return to battle. But will he even listen? In this Greek reading course, we will cover the last brief part of book 8 and the majority of book 9 of the Iliad, for a total of 600 lines. While this is an ongoing Homeric reading group, new participants are always most welcome.

Details

Semester: Summer 2026
Day: Tuesday
Time: 6:00 PM ET
Duration: 60 minutes per session
Level: Intermediate-Advanced — This course is intended for participants with upper-Intermediate to advanced reading knowledge of Ancient Greek.
Subject: Greek
Textbook: Instructor will provide materials.

Tuition

$250 per course

Availability

5 spots remaining out of 5

Cancellation Policy

Telepaideia tuition is non-refundable. However, if you need to cancel your enrollment or withdraw from your class, you may be eligible for a 50% credit to be used toward a future Telepaideia course. In order to be eligible for this credit, you must notify info@paideiainstitute.org of your withdrawal before the second class meeting has taken place.

Instructor

Marcello Lippiello

A participant in the Telepaideia program since its inception, Marcello Lippiello is now completing his tenth year as an instructor. In that time, he has joyfully logged over 1000 hours of live video instruction experience, covering a range of topics and levels. Highlights include reading--together with enthusiastic Telepaideians of course!--the entirety of Homer's Odyssey in Greek over the course of a seven-year period, perennial courses in basic Latin and Greek grammar, and a number of advanced Latin conversational groups. He was born and raised in the Bronx, New York, where he received his B.A. in Classical Languages and Theology from Fordham University. He has long had an interest in conversational Latin, earning a Graduate Certificate in Latin Studies from the University of Kentucky's Institutum Studiis Latinis Provehendis in 2005, along with master's degrees in classical languages and classical studies from Kentucky and from Duke University. He is also a two-time alumnus of Paideia's Living Greek in Greece Program (where he played Tiresias in the Bacchae), and has participated in many other conversational Greek and Latin workshops through the University of Kentucky, the Polis Institute, and through SALVI, such as the Synodos Hellenike and Rusticatio. He has taught undergraduate college courses in all levels of Latin and Greek at several institutions, including Christendom College in Virginia and the Pontifical College Josephinum in Ohio. He lives with his family in Danbury, Connecticut.