τοῖς φιλέλλησι χαίρειν Learning a language is like training a muscle: You have to keep at it on a daily basis in order to build up strength. Since regular practice is so crucial, I decided to start a new series that is intended to keep learners of Ancient Greek in daily contact with the language: […]
Aesop’s Fables in Ancient Greek: Country Mouse and City Mouse
Watch the video here Transcript χαίρετε!Hi! σήμερον ἀναγνώσομαι Αἰσώπειον μῦθον ὃς ἐμοὶ καὶ τῷ Ἄργῳ μάλιστα ἀρέσκει· ἀκούσατε οὖν.Today I will read an Aesopic myth which I and Argos especially enjoy: So listen! Μῦς ἀρουραῖος καὶ μῦς ἀστικός μῦς ἀρουραῖος ἐκάλεσεν ἐφ’ ἑστίασιν μῦν ἀστικὸν καὶ παρεῖχεν αὐτῷ σιτεῖσθαι τὰ ἐν ἀγρῷ, συκῶν τε καὶ […]
Summer Class 2021
This year we (Rogelio & Jenny) offered our first Greek summer class in Greece as a joint program together with Michael & Catie Kopf (AGROS). Due to the pandemic it was no easy feat but we still managed to gather a handful of students in Selianitika (Peloponnese). —Thanks to all the students who have joined […]
The Four, or Five, Seasons in Ancient Greek (Learn to Speak Ancient Greek, pt. 10)
Let’s talk about the seasons in ancient Greek!
“What do you love?” (Spoken Ancient Greek, Part 9)
The ancient Greeks were sort of crazy when it came to love. Why? Let’s find out!
Easter in Ancient Greek
Let’s talk about Easter (πάσχα) in Ancient Greek!
“What language do you speak?” (Spoken Ancient Greek Lesson 6)
Ancient Greek has a special set of words that are used when we talk about languages. Which ones? Read on!
“Where are you from?” (Spoken Ancient Greek Lesson 5)
“Where are you from?” (πόθεν εἶ;) is always a good conversation starter. To facilitate speaking about this topic I’ve created a list of countries and nationalities in ancient Greek that you can download here as a PDF.
Where do you live? (Spoken Ancient Greek Lesson 4)
Lesson 4 of our series on “Learn to Speak Ancient Greek”
How to Say “Thank You!” in Ancient Greek (Spoken Ancient Greek, Lesson 3)
Lesson 3 of our series on “Learn to Speak Ancient Greek”