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I’m here today to let you know about new and upcoming courses that I’m offering in Q4 of 2025. There are a few different things going on, so this post will explain them as well as my course offerings. Most of the courses below (apart from Greek 102) are 8 weeks rather than my usual 10.
Introductory Greek?
If you’ve been around for a while you’ll know that I primarily teach an introductory sequence working through the Athenaze textbook. This term I am not offering a 101 beginner class. So, if you were planning to start with me this term, get in touch via the contact form below. I’ll be happy to talk through where you’re at and what I think you should do. I will offer a new 101 cohort in January of 2026.
I am offering a 102 course, if that’s the right level for you. That’s Athenaze Book 1, chapters 9-16.
Other Greek
There’s a whole four other Greek classes I am offering, so let’s talk about those:
Greek 111: Speak Ancient Greek! (A1) : This is a brand new course with materials I am currently writing. It’s designed to teach you to speak Ancient Greek, in a very conversational manner, as if it were a modern language, and work through topics and areas aimed at bringing you to a A1 level according to the CEFR. It’s about one-half of an A1 course. You can take this class as a total beginner, but let me know if you don’t know the alphabet.
Update: I’m now offering a second block of this class (since the first one filled up!)
Greek 238: Greek Patristics: I enjoy reading Patristic texts, perhaps you do too. This class may continue on with Origen Contra Celsus, or we may do something else. I’ll be talking to students before term starts to decide what we’ll do. But it will be fun. And strange.
Greek 241: Herodotus Book 7: This is definitely a post-beginner class, where we’ll do some reading of Herodotus, and discuss and comment on it in both Greek and some English, depending on the participants. Book 7 has some great material!.
Latin!
I haven’t taught much Latin this year, and it’s been a while since I’ve offered introductory Latin. If you’d like to do some introductory Latin in 2026, let me know in the contact form below. What I am offering this term are two different medieval classes!
Latin 240: Bede: I’ve never read Bede in Latin, but I hear great things. We’ll tackle some selections from Historia Ecclesiastica.
Latin 242: Beeson’s Medieval Primer: Beeson produced a wonderful anthology, and this class will tackle some of the prose selections from it.
Living Greek?
I’m (sadly) not going to offer an in-person live class in Sydney this term/year. I don’t have an evening free that I can dedicate to it. If you are interested in live in-person offerings in Sydney, and want to chat to me about possibilities in 2026, also get in touch.
Other news
As I’ve said a few times, this year I’ve been trying to develop some video skills to produce more video content. You can see a little of this in terms of English-language videos on a few topics over on my youtube channel. I’ve started slowly but steadily recording and releasing καθ’ ἡμέραν videos as well, which are verse-by-verse treatments of New Testament texts. Lastly, I’ve been adding to the Teachable course materials slowly, developing and fleshing out the 103 course of video lectures.
The video work is also going on behind the scenes to develop a new and improved vision and version of LGPSI or something like that, to teach ancient Greek from scratch. More details on that when I have more concrete things to say and share.
Lastly, I am still doing some writing. Some of that is for the Speak Ancient Greek materials mentioned above (catchy name/title suggestions welcome!), developing Galilaiathen towards publication, and a second novella. All of which take more time than I have, but I’m at work here!
Thanks for reading to the end of this rambling update and course advertisements.
