The ancient Greek language and culture spread through Africa following the conquests of Alexander the Great on the continent.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

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 ...

The same year that Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” has broken box office record after box office record, Canadian poet, ...

A new data crowd-sourcing platform aims to preserve the sound of Romeyka, an endangered millennia-old variety of Greek. Experts consider the language to be a linguistic goldmine and a living bridge to ...

Yes, they do! Both Ancient Greek and Latin satisfy the second language requirement. So if you want to learn a fascinating language that will continue to benefit you for years to come, or if you just ...

Anne Carson, this year’s Nobel laureate in Literature, belongs to a group of writers who blur the boundaries between poetry, ...

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 ...

A groundbreaking announcement for the recovery of lost ancient literature was recently made. Using a non-invasive method that harnesses machine learning, an international trio of scholars retrieved 15 ...

When Andrea Marcolongo’s book “La Lingua Geniale,” subtitled “9 ragioni per amare il greco” (“Nine Reasons to Love Greek”), came out in 2016, I bought it, in Italian, and took it with me to Greece. I ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Thousands of years ago, on the continent of Europe, some people live their everyday lives in one of the ...

In addition to the general requirements that all College of Arts and Science students must require, students with a major in Ancient Greek must also complete the following requirements. A major in ...