Homer Summer School

University College London

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Level

    Intermediate

  • Location

    London

  • Class hours

    20h

  • Duration

    5 Days

  • Start date

    Different dates available

This five-day intensive summer school is for anyone wanting to learn Homeric Greek, study Homer from translation, or revive their knowledge of the Homeric world.
You can choose to study Homer's Odyssey or Iliad in their original language or in translation. Or you can learn the art of ceramics or Linear B (a syllabic script that was used for writing Mycenaean Greek).
Each afternoon there will be optional activities including lectures, readings and screenings.

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Location

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London
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Gower Street, WC1E 6BT

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About this course

The summer school is open to anyone over 15 - including GCSE and A level students, university students and mature learners who want to expand their linguistic knowledge.
You don't need any prior knowledge of the languages, unless you want to take classes on intermediate or advanced Greek, papyrology and Homer, or Latin palaeography.
Familiarity with the Homeric epics is desirable but not essential.

The summer school runs over five days.
Each day will involve:
four hours of teaching in your chosen subject (language, literature or ceramics)
optional activities in the afternoons, including lectures, readings and screenings
For the classes, you'll be assigned to a teaching group of about 15 to 20 people. As far as possible, groups will be made up of students of roughly the same level of experience (beginners, intermediate or advanced).
There's no formal assessment but you'll receive a certificate of attendance on completing the course.

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Subjects

  • Greek
  • Translation
  • Learn Homeric Greek
  • Greek0.5
  • Greek1.0
  • Greek Literature
  • Greek Archaeology
  • Greek papyrology
  • Latin palaeography
  • Greek with Latin

Course programme

You'll attend one of the following:

  • language classes (beginners, intermediate or advanced Greek, Linear B, Latin palaeography and Homer, or Greek papyrology and Homer)
  • literature classes (Homer in translation and his Roman legacy, or philosophy and Homer)
  • ceramics workshops

The language classes focus on reading texts and offer a mixture of grammar and translation practice.

The Homer in translation classes focus on enhancing your knowledge of the Homeric world through specific themes and by studying the Homeric epics in English translation.

In the ceramics workshop you'll learn how to create a Greek vase which will be painted with Homeric scenes

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Homer Summer School

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