Conversational Ancient Greek

Fri, July 18 – Fri, Sep 19

(spots remaining updated 2025-07-08)

Let’s continue speaking Ancient Greek! The current Conversational Ancient Greek classes will conclude in June, but new ones will resume in July! Learn to express yourself in Ancient Greek, describing and interacting with the world around you through the language of Plato and Plutarch.

The prerequisite for attending this class is merely an elementary ability to read and recite Ancient Greek. If you have taken any Beginner level Ancient Greek class with me, or have read Thrasymachus’ Catabasis through Chapter 10 (or equivalent in Athenaze, Logos, Alexandros, Ancient Greek Alive, etc.) and listened some audio to learn basic pronunciation, you will be able to join this course! (Intermediate and Advanced readers are naturally welcome.)

The course runs for 10 lessons, 90 min each, every Friday, July 18 to September 19, conducted via Zoom.

You may choose from one of three sessions: 9am ET, 12pm ET, or 6pm ET (Fridays).

Note that there is a new class time: 6pm ET Friday, in addition to the 9am ET and 12pm ET classes that will continue every Friday. Here is how this works:

The 9am ET and 12pm ET classes will learn to discuss new topics, which are organized into what I call Topic Block B:

TOPIC BLOCK B

Buying & Selling

Family

Speaking Languages, Communication

Rooms and Architecture

Cooking & Spices

Our Cities, Regions, & Nations

Geography, Topography, Astronomy

Weights & Measures

Home Economics

Hours & Time

If you would like to attend the 6pm ET class, we will be covering the topics that you missed from the spring session, which I call Topic Block A:

TOPIC BLOCK A

Introductions, Useful Expressions

Meals & Food

Daily Routine

Likes & Preferences

Hobbies

Yesterday, Our Past, Ancient Things

Tomorrow, Our Future, Weather

Household Activities, Jobs & Professions.

Travel – Planes, Trains, & Automobiles

Sickness & Health

It is not necessary to have attended Block A before attending Block B. Each Block is designed for beginner to intermediate readers of Ancient Greek who want to begin to speak and express themselves, with no prior conversational ability. Naturally, returning students will have had some prior experience speaking, and they will have ample opportunities to improve their growing skills in class. New students will fit right in, as each lesson is prepared to give every student the ability to begin speaking colloquially.

As a new student, you should base your choice of class on the class time (9am, 12pm, 6pm ET) that best suits you, and the block of topics you want to practice.

Please take a look at the attached schedule to get a better idea of how this is organized.

Course price: $200.

The class size will be capped at 10 students.

If you are interested, please email me at scorpiomartianus@gmail.com.

Check out my other courses here.