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Science history: Rosetta stone is deciphered, opening a window into ancient Egyptian civilization — Sept. 27, 1822

On Sept. 27, 1822, French philologist Jean-François Champollion announced that he had deciphered ancient Egyptian ...
Greek Reporter

Findings Challenge Claims Ancient Greek Was Influenced by Anatolian Languages

New research from Oxford reexamines whether Greek was influenced by Anatolian languages, uncovering limited but notable ...
Helsinki

Greek language and literature

Greek language and literature examines the ancient Greek language, literature and culture, as well as research focused on them and their residual effects. Classical Greek language and literature have ...
Boston College

Ancient Language Teaching and Graduate Reading Groups

Boston College offers coursework and hosts reading groups in the languages of the Bible, Church Fathers (Patristic Texts), ancient Greece and Rome both for graduate and undergraduate students. Anyone ...
Greek Reporter

Study Decodes the Strange Pronunciation of Ancient Greek

A new study explains the strange pronunciation of ancient Greek words by tracing stress shifts in suffixes like "-es" and ...
Mena FN

LanguageCert Launches Global First Certification of Classical Greek

Classical Greek by LanguageCert will be available globally, in May 2021 and all exams for the Classical Greek certification will be offered free of charge. ATHENS, ATTICA, GREECE, April 21, 2021 ...
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 ...
The Atlantic

Ancient and Modern Greek

THE progress of civilization may be compared to the ancient torch-race. The nations have succeeded one another like the runners. As one sinks exhausted, another grasps the torch and carries it forward ...
William & Mary

Greek Language Credit and Placement

Students seeking credit for ancient Greek courses taken elsewhere must contact the Classical Studies Department Chair. Students seeking placement to enable them to continue in ancient Greek at William ...
The Harvard Crimson

Redefining the Classics at Harvard

During my first few days at Harvard, I attended the Advising Fair and wandered into the language section. Thinking I might be interested in Sanskrit, I approached the Classical Languages booth for ...