{"id":8169,"date":"2021-01-28T11:15:01","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T16:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/classics\/?page_id=8169"},"modified":"2023-09-19T09:44:33","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T13:44:33","slug":"ancient-greek","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/classics\/academics\/undergraduate-programs\/undergraduate-academics\/ancient-greek\/","title":{"rendered":"Ancient Greek"},"content":{"rendered":"

Study Ancient Greek at BU!<\/h3>\n

Ancient Greek offers students a deeper understanding of some of the world\u2019s most influential works of drama, philosophy, history, and theology.<\/p>\n

Students who study ancient Greek will:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Read the philosophical works of Plato<\/strong>, the New Testament<\/strong>, the Iliad <\/em>and Odyssey <\/em>of Homer<\/strong>, the thrilling love poetry of the female poet Sappho<\/strong>, and classic tragedies such as Euripides<\/strong>\u2019 Medea <\/em>and Sophocles\u2019 Antigone, <\/em>among many other works.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Explore and discuss the meaning of the texts through study of genre, style, and cultural context.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. \u00a0Come closer to the thoughts, hopes and ideas of the Greeks, whose myths, art, and political thought have left a lasting impression on later world cultures.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Students who have learned Greek have gone on to careers in medicine<\/strong>, law<\/strong>, education<\/strong>, and editing<\/strong>, among many others.<\/p>\n

    Four semesters of Ancient Greek (or their equivalent) satisfies the CAS language requirement. If you have taken some Ancient Greek before and are interested in continuing your study, complete a placement test here<\/a>, so that we can advise you on the appropriate level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Learn to read archaic and classical Greek texts, such as Homer, Sophocles, and Plato in their original language.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16797,"featured_media":8182,"parent":8462,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/landing.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/classics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8169"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/classics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/classics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/classics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16797"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/classics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8169"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/classics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10204,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/classics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8169\/revisions\/10204"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/classics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8462"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/classics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/classics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}