Greek Reporter

Would an Ancient Athenian Understand Byzantine Greek?

Could an ancient Athenian understand a Byzantine Greek speaker and realize they spoke different versions of the same language ...
Neos Kosmos

Greek: The language that bridges millennia

UNESCO's recognition of International Greek Language Day affirms Greek as a living, global vessel of culture, knowledge and ...
Discover Magazine

An Ancient Form of Greek Language Needs Help to Survive

Romeyka, a relative of the Modern Greek language, has a shrinking population of speakers in Turkey, but a helping hand from scholars and the general public may help it survive. Thousands of languages ...
Greek Reporter

Phillis Wheatley: The First African-American Poet Knew Ancient Greek

In 1761, Phillis Wheatley came to America on a slave ship, but soon became its first African-American poet with knowledge of ...
Smith College

Classical Studies

Classics is the study of ancient Greek and Roman civilization, which laid the foundation of the western tradition in literature, philosophy, history, art, science and mathematics. Classics is thus not ...
University of Delaware

Ancient Greek and Roman Studies

Associate Begin in a 2 year degree program with an option to complete a bachelor's UD’s Ancient Greek and Roman Studies program allows students to immerse themselves in the cultures of Ancient Greece ...
Discover Magazine

It Was Rare, But Ancient People Sometimes Needed to Translate Languages — Here's How

We don’t know how language first began. The first writing didn’t occur until around 3200 B.C.E., and we know that spoken language came before that. Some experts contend that it started with hand ...