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Interview in Ancient Greek with Christophe Rico

June 22, 2023 by Jenny

An interview in Ancient Greek with Christophe Rico, the founder of the Polis Institute. A Polis summer class was my (Jenny’s) first introduction to spoken ancient Greek, so I am very grateful that Christophe agreed to doing this interview together. More about the Polis Institute: https://www.polisjerusalem.org/ Watch the video here

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Interview in Ancient Greek with Benjamin Kantor

June 21, 2023 by Jenny

Benjamin is a postdoc researcher in Cambridge, specialized in the pronunciation of Koine Greek. You can hear the results of his research in this Ancient Greek interview which I had the honor to do with him in Delphi this spring. If you want to learn more about the pronunciation Benjamin uses in this video, check […]

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A Guided Tour of Delphi in Ancient Greek / περιήγησις τῶν Δελφῶν

May 25, 2023 by Jenny

Join me in exploring the ancient “navel of the earth” (ὀμφαλὸς τῆς γῆς)!

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Christmas Webinar in Ancient Greek (Dec 28, 2022, 8pm CET)

December 27, 2022 by Jenny

If you want to use the last days of the year to improve your Greek, we invite you to join our free live webinar on December 28 at 8pm Central European Time (Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels, Madrid, Paris, Rome, Warsaw). We will read texts from the Christian Christmas tradition (New Testament & Gregory of Nazianzus) as […]

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διάλογος πρὸς Κέφαλον / Interview in Ancient Greek with Michael Kopf

December 13, 2022 by Jenny

I recently started a series of interviews in ancient Greek: You can watch the first one (with Gerardo Guzmán, Vivarium Novum) here. For the second interview I met with Michael Kopf (aka Κέφαλος). Michael was my first teacher when I started out speaking ancient Greek. He belongs without doubt to the best speakers around the […]

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Interview in Ancient Greek with Gerardo Guzmán (Vivarium Novum, Rome) / διάλογος περὶ τοῦ ἑλληνίζειν

December 13, 2022 by Jenny

On July 11, 2022, I had the honour to conduct an interview with Gerardo Guzmán at the Accademia Vivarium Novum, Rome. Gerardo has been teaching at the Accademia for over a decade and is one of the most proficient speakers of ancient Greek worldwide. Video

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τὸ κα’ παροίνιον μέλος τοῦ Ἀνακρέοντος

December 12, 2022 by Rogelio Toledo

Song Explanation in Ancient Greek Transcript You can download the Greek explanation of the song as a PDF here.

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Alexander and the Gordian Knot: A (Maybe) True Story in Easy Ancient Greek

November 27, 2022 by Jenny

Background info The story of Alexander and the Gordian knot is told by Arrian and Plutarch (see sources below). It can be interpreted in many different ways, depending on whether you see Alexander as a ruthless power seeker who does not care for religious traditions or as a smart guy who is thinking out of […]

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περὶ τοῦ Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου – About Marcus Aurelius

November 21, 2022 by Jenny

In this video we take you to Carnuntum, a Roman military camp near Vienna (Austria) where Marcus Aurelius stayed for three years defending the borders of the Roman empire and, en passant, writing his famous „Meditations“ (Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν).

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Easy Ancient Greek: ὁ πάππος καὶ ἡ λύκαινα (Story for Beginners & Intermediate Learners)

October 8, 2022 by Jenny

This story was written by one of my (Jenny’s) students just four months before his untimely death due to cancer: I am very glad that I had the honour to teach him ancient Greek during the short time we knew each other and I am especially grateful that he allowed me, before his death, to […]

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