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The study of Greek encompasses classical Greek language, literature, and ancient Greek civilization. Advancing to Honours offers the chance to spend a minimum of three weeks (typically during the summer after third year) exploring archaeological sites and museums in Greece, with financial assistance available for Single Honours students. You may also opt to spend your third year studying at universities in North America, Australia, New Zealand, or Europe. Depending on your course selections, you'll engage with works by Homer and other Greek poets, Athenian tragedies and comedies, orators, historians, and philosophers like Plato. The curriculum also covers Greek political and social history, philosophy, religion, and art. Students with a strong A-level performance in the subject may begin Greek at level 2, focusing on honing translation skills for both prepared and unseen texts while reinforcing grammatical fundamentals. The program introduces continuous literary texts from genres such as oratory, drama, historiography, and epic, alongside developing analytical abilities through commentary and essay writing. You'll build a solid grammatical and vocabulary foundation, progressing to reading authentic ancient Greek passages and translating elementary Greek texts into English.
Our recent graduates have pursued careers in teaching, civil service, administration, library and archival work, as well as roles in museums and galleries.