Siracusa Seminar on Ancient Greek Philosophy July 24 – August 4, 2023 The ability to navigate Greek texts enhances our understanding of ancient philosophy and reveals its hidden treasures. Exedra’s “Greek for Philosophers” courses, organised with the Fonte Aretusa association, provide opportunities for scholars of philosophy to cultivate their language skills and engage with the...Read More
Siracusa Seminar on Ancient Greek Philosophy July 18 – 29, 2022 The ability to navigate Greek texts enhances our understanding of ancient philosophy and reveals its hidden treasures. “Greek for Philosophers” provides opportunities for scholars of philosophy to cultivate their language skills and engage with the ancient texts, whether they have studied Greek before or...Read More
Classical Languages Summer School in Sicily – “Searching for happiness; life and death in Greece and Rome” Dr. George Gazis, Dr. Chiara Blanco and Prof. Heather Reid will be leading the Classical Languages Summer School in Siracusa, Sicily, from 2-13 August 2021, looking for happiness in the writings of the past. Siracusa, with its great...Read More
Theocritus, Sicily’s most renowned poet in antiquity, has captured the island’s beauty and allure in his Idylls, offering us a window through its landscapes into the everyday life of its ancient inhabitants, including their love-affairs and disappointments, fears and hopes. In this brief course, we will be reading Idylls 1 and 11, in which the poet paints a...Read More
It is with great pleasure that we announce the launch of online Ancient Greek classes that will run this coming autumn and winter. Our tutors are Dr. George Gazis and Dr. Chiara Blanco who will lead the classes live. Beginners Greek Course: Every WEDNESDAY at 18:00 – 20:00 Italian Time UTC+2 Starting on 14th of October...Read More
The Covid 19 crisis has forced us to change our plans for this Summer course. Ancient Greek will go on-line for short “taster” courses from 3rd – 8th August 2020 and 9th-14th August 2020. BEGINNERS GREEK Week 1 Monday 3rd – Saturday 8th August 14:00 – 16:00 Italian time (UTC+2) INTERMEDIATE GREEK Week 1 Monday...Read More
