Advanced Ancient Greek: Ἀπολογία Σωκράτους
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Advanced Ancient Greek: Ἀπολογία Σωκράτους (Fall 2024)
ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι.
Few men have inspired such extremes of hate and of love as the great philosopher Socrates. His preeminent student, Plato, recorded (embellished? invented?) the speeches made at Socrates’ trial before the Athenian Assembly, the trial that led to his execution, in a dialogue that is perhaps the most widely read philosophical work in the world. In this class, we will be reading Plato’s rendering of the Apology of Socrates in its entirety, and discussing it in Ancient Greek.
- Cost: $725
- Advanced Ancient Greek Details:
- Class sessions last 1.5 hours
- 1 class session per week
- Course lasts 14 weeks
- Term runs September 1st – December 14th
- ALI classes are completely risk-free: Get a 100% refund anytime before your second class session
- Refunds in weeks 2 – 4 done on a pro rata basis
- No refunds after week 4
Note: You must have completed two Advanced Ancient Greek classes at ALI already or have instructor permission to join this course.
Teacher for the Ἀπολογία Σωκράτους Course
Michael Kopf, our Latin & Greek Fellow, was born and raised in Upper Austria. He has studied and lived in Munich, Vienna, and Jerusalem. Since receiving his MA in Ancient Philology from the Polis Institute in 2015, he has taught Latin and Greek to middle-schoolers, high-schoolers, graduate students, as well as independent learners in immersion and in more conventional settings. His special interests include ancient grammatical texts as well as the use of poetry in language teaching. In 2020, he and his wife decided to resettle in rural Austria from where they both teach classical languages in different capacities.
What You Need to Know
- Classes run on a semester basis.
- Fall: September – December
- Spring: January – April
- Summer: May – August
- G302 will meet on Thursdays, 10:30am – 12:00pm PDT (San Francisco)
- Classes are live, online classes run by ALI Greek professors. Learn Ancient Greek from anywhere.
- You can skip the semester system. With one-on-one Tutorials, you can set up your own class schedule with an ALI professor.
- We want to make sure you’re completely satisfied. If you don’t love your first Ancient Greek class, we guarantee a 100% refund. After that, in weeks 2 – 4, refunds will be made on a pro rata basis, based on however many class sessions you’ve attended. We cannot issue refunds after the fourth week of classes.