Telepaideia

Telepaideia

Online Courses in the Classics

Program Overview

Telepaideia is a broad collection of online courses, offered by the Institute in 10-week semesters three times a year (Fall, Spring, and Summer terms). These live classes are each designed and led by a dedicated teacher from the Paideia community and are taught in small groups of approximately five or fewer. Students can select and directly enroll in Telepaideia courses on a wide range of topics related to Latin, Greek, and the Classical humanities, according to both their personal interests and previous learning experiences. Course offerings change from semester to semester, but generally include language classes (at various levels and intensities), reading classes, and classes dedicated to intellectual history and Classical reception.

Fall 2026 Semester

Our Fall term runs for ten weeks of classes. If not otherwise specified in the course description, Fall 2026 Courses run from Sunday, September 27th to Saturday, December 12th with a one week break determined by the instructor.

Terms and Conditions▾

Registering

Please enroll a week before the term begins, to allow for best administrative set-up. Sign-ups after this date will still be accepted. However, if your enrollment comes in too close to the start of classes, there is a chance it might not be processed in time for you to attend the first meeting.

If the course you would like to take is sold-out, please fill out this waiting-list form. We will notify you if a spot becomes available.

Please reach out to info@paideiainstitute.org if you have any questions prior to registering.

Course Format

Telepaideia classes are taught online in small groups. Unless otherwise specified in the course listing, Telepaideia classes run with even one student sign-up, and are generally capped at five students.

Most class meetings last one hour. Classes that meet for one hour and twenty minutes will be marked accordingly in the listing (this applies primarily to some of our "intensive" courses).

Telepaideia courses run through Google Meet. Information about Google Meet technology and instructions on how to join the classes will be emailed to students the week before the start of the class.

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.

Letters of Completion

If you need official proof of your participation in Telepaideia, you may request a certificate of completion. To do so, please write to info@paideiainstitute.org once the term has ended, cc-ing your course instructor.

Scholarships

If you would like to take a Telepaideia course, but cannot afford it, limited scholarships are available. Please apply to the Reginald Foster Fund, describing which course you would like to take (title, instructor, meeting schedule). Scholarship applications received a week prior to the term start will receive best consideration.

Past Courses — Fall 2026

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Achilles' Fateful Decision: Iliad 9-10
Achilles' Fateful Decision: Iliad 9-10with Marcello LipielloThursdays at 9:00 PM ETfall 2026
Advanced Conversational Greek: Aristophanes’ Νεφέλαι
Advanced Conversational Greek: Aristophanes’ Νεφέλαιwith Zoltan TomkoFridays at 12:00 PM ETfall 2026
Advanced Conversational Latin: Tacitus’ Annales
Advanced Conversational Latin: Tacitus’ Annaleswith Zoltan TomkoFridays at 2:00 PM ETfall 2026
Aeschylus' Oresteia: Agamemnon
Aeschylus' Oresteia: Agamemnonwith Emily JusinoTuesdays at 8:00 PM ETfall 2026
Ancient Greek: More Words, Less Dictionary
Ancient Greek: More Words, Less Dictionarywith Roberto SalazarThursdays at 12:00 PM ETfall 2026
Augustine's Confessionswith Megan BuickMondays at 5:00 PM ETfall 2026
Babylonian Mathematical Texts
Babylonian Mathematical Textswith E.L. MeszarosWednesdays at 11:30 AM ETfall 2026
Biblical Hebrew for Beginners
Biblical Hebrew for Beginnerswith Ruth SpivakMondays at 1:00 PM ETfall 2026
Callimachus: Hymn to Athena
Callimachus: Hymn to Athenawith Nicholas SwiftTuesdays at 6:00 PM ETfall 2026
Catullus, Carmina Minora (Beginner/Intermediate)
Catullus, Carmina Minora (Beginner/Intermediate)with Marina GaraninThursdays at 2:15 PM ETfall 2026
Conversational Greek for Beginners
Conversational Greek for Beginnerswith Zoltan TomkoSundays at 2:00 PM ETfall 2026
Conversational Latin
Conversational Latinwith Marina GaraninTuesdays at 12:00 PM ETfall 2026
DANTE ALIGHIERI, MONARCHIA (ADVANCED LATIN/ITALIAN READING)
DANTE ALIGHIERI, MONARCHIA (ADVANCED LATIN/ITALIAN READING)with Enzo NardiSundays at 12:00 PM ETfall 2026
DANTE'S INFERNO (ADVANCED ITALIAN CONVERSATION)
DANTE'S INFERNO (ADVANCED ITALIAN CONVERSATION)with Enzo NardiSundays at 10:30 AM ETfall 2026
DANTE'S PURGATORIO (ADVANCED ITALIAN CONVERSATION)
DANTE'S PURGATORIO (ADVANCED ITALIAN CONVERSATION)with Enzo NardiSundays at 9:00 AM ETfall 2026
Enuma Elish: The Babylonian Creation Story
Enuma Elish: The Babylonian Creation Storywith E.L. MeszarosWednesdays at 10:00 AM ETfall 2026
History of Ancient Greek Art: From Geometric Greece to the Hellenistic World
History of Ancient Greek Art: From Geometric Greece to the Hellenistic Worldwith Jack BeckWednesdays at 8:00 AM ETfall 2026
Horace Odes Book 4 and Carmen Saeculare
Horace Odes Book 4 and Carmen SaeculareThursdays at 6:00 PM ETfall 2026
Introductory Intensive Greek
Introductory Intensive GreekMondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays at 7:30 PM ETfall 2026
Introductory Intensive Latin
Introductory Intensive Latinwith Robert ZiomkowskiMondays, Tuesdays & Thursdays at 7:00 PM ETfall 2026
Late Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy
Late Babylonian Mathematical Astronomywith E.L. MeszarosWednesdays at 1:00 PM ETfall 2026
Latin Metre
Latin Metrewith Marina GaraninWednesdays at 1:00 PM ETfall 2026
Medieval Teasing: Passages of Invective, Satire, and Humor
Medieval Teasing: Passages of Invective, Satire, and Humorwith Joshua GregorWednesdays at 4:30 PM ETfall 2026
Moriae Encomium: Selections from Erasmus of Rotterdamfall 2026
MUL.APIN: An Introduction to Akkadian and Early Babylonian Astronomy
MUL.APIN: An Introduction to Akkadian and Early Babylonian Astronomywith E.L. MeszarosTuesdays at 5:00 PM ETfall 2026
Open Sesame! Arabic Beyond the Basics (false beginners)
Open Sesame! Arabic Beyond the Basics (false beginners)with Roberto SalazarThursdays at 10:00 AM ETfall 2026
Ovid for Beginning and Intermediate Readers
Ovid for Beginning and Intermediate Readerswith Robert ZiomkowskiTuesdays at 8:30 PM ETfall 2026
Reading Byzantine Art: Greek Words, Sacred Images, and Visual Theology
Reading Byzantine Art: Greek Words, Sacred Images, and Visual Theologywith Jack BeckMondays at 1:00 PM ETfall 2026
Roman StoicsSundays at 2:00 PM ETfall 2026
Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum
Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorumwith John WeretkaFridays at 6:00 PM ETfall 2026
Selections from AristophanesTuesdays at 1:00 PM ETfall 2026
Tacitus: Germania, or De origine et situ Germanorum
Tacitus: Germania, or De origine et situ Germanorumwith Gabriel KuhlMondays at 8:00 PM ETfall 2026
The Letter to the Romans
The Letter to the Romanswith Malachi WalkerSaturdays at 10:00 AM ETfall 2026
The Neo-Latin Novel
The Neo-Latin Novelwith John WeretkaThursdays at 6:00 PM ETfall 2026
The Odyssey
The Odysseywith Mark BuchanMondays at 7:00 PM ETfall 2026
Vergil for Beginning and Intermediate Readers
Vergil for Beginning and Intermediate Readerswith Robert ZiomkowskiMondays at 8:30 PM ETfall 2026
Vergil: Georgics, Book IV
Vergil: Georgics, Book IVwith Gabriel KuhlTuesdays at 8:00 PM ETfall 2026
Vergil's Aeneid, Book 10
Vergil's Aeneid, Book 10Wednesdays at 8:00 PM ETfall 2026
Xenophon Anabasis Book I
Xenophon Anabasis Book Iwith Albert RequejoTuesdays at 12:00 PM ETfall 2026