The class is from the start in close contact with inspiring ideas and passages from some of the world's most influential thinkers.
Students learn to read subtleties in the original that are often lost in translation.
Passages from a wide range of works, including Euclid, Menander, Plato, and the New Testament are read closely for their linguistic value and their powerful logic, poetry, philosophy and spirituality. Texts are presented alongside the art and architecture of the period. The course also includes an encounter with Byzantine and modern Greek through the sights, sounds, and spirituality of the Greek Orthodox Church. Students prepare a self-assessment of class work, a close reading of selected passages, and an individual project in consultation with the instructor. As such it provides instruction in Greek vocabulary, grammar, and syntax.