Greek Reporter

Middle Greek: The Language That Shaped Modern Greek

Learn about the journey of the Greek language from its ancient origins to the vernacular of modern Greece through the lens of Middle Greek.
Greek Reporter

Study of Indo-European Languages Origin Reconciles Two Dominant Hypotheses

A study on Indo-European languages, using direct linguistic data, reconciles the two dominant hypotheses of where and how ...
Princeton University

Hellenic Studies

Designed to serve as an introduction to the language of modern Greece. Practice in speaking, grammatical analysis, composition, and graded reading. Four classes. No credit is given for HLS 101 unless ...
Proto Thema

Training program for teaching the Greek language in the diaspora by the University of Ioannina

A pioneering and free training program implemented by the University of Ioannina comes to cover an essential need in the ...
CNN

Which languages are easiest – and most difficult – for native English speakers to learn?

Many of us have entertained the idea of expanding our horizons. Learning a foreign language is an obvious option. It’s one that I would personally endorse: My individual circumstances were such that, ...
The Atlantic

The Study of Greek

THERE are reasons why the earliest philosophy and literature of the civilized world should have not only a transcendent interest, but a unique teaching power. Our abstract terms are concrete ; our ...
America Magazine

A defense of learning Latin and Greek (Also: Why does it even need defending?)

There is no assessment more objective than a written exam in an ancient language. Such a test measures recall of and facility with a language that exists only on the printed page, one governed by a ...
Science Daily

Last chance to record archaic Greek language 'heading for extinction'

A new data crowdsourcing platform aims to preserve the sound of Romeyka, an endangered millennia-old variety of Greek. Experts consider the language to be a linguistic goldmine and a living bridge to ...
The Economist

The real reason to study the classics

WHY STUDY classical languages? For a long time the reason was clear: there wasn’t much else to read. Medieval Europe read and wrote in Latin, even as its spoken form had changed so much it had become ...
Cyprus Mail

Finding a voice in Cyprus: how UCY’s School of Modern Greek builds bridges through language

For thousands of students arriving in Cyprus, mastering Greek is about more than just learning a language. It’s about belonging. Since 1998, the School of Modern Greek at the University of Cyprus has ...
EurekAlert!

Last chance to record archaic Greek language ‘heading for extinction’

A new data crowdsourcing platform aims to preserve the sound of Romeyka, an endangered millennia-old variety of Greek. Experts consider the language to be a linguistic goldmine and a living bridge to ...