Latin Reading, Listening & Speaking Group (Beginners -->)
The group meets once a week to train reading, listening and (to a more limited extent) speaking skills in Latin, with the ultimate goial of improving reading fluency. We read and listen to simple texts in Latin, using simple questions and answer in Latin to support text comprehension. Suitable for absolute beginners.
Language: Latin/Norwegian/English
Text: Via Latina
Time: Mondays, 13.15 - 14.00
First meeting for the autumn semester 2026: Monday 24/8
Place: Blindern Campus, Georg Morgenstiernes hus, Undervisningsrom 215
Contact: Federico Aurora, federico.aurora@ub.uio.no
Latin Reading & Speaking Group
The group meets once a week to read a Latin text and talk about it in Latin. The reading group is thought as a way to combine the reading of central Latin texts with exercising and improving Latin reading skills, through a combined written/oral, active/passive use of the language.
Language: Latin
Text: TBA
Time: TBA
Place: TBA
Contact: Federico Aurora, federico.aurora@ub.uio.no
Ancient Greek Reading, Listening & Speaking Group (Beginners -->)
The group meets once a week to train reading, listening and (to a more limited extent) speaking skills in Ancient Greek, with the ultimate goal of improving reading fluency. We read and listen to simple texts in Ancient Greek, using simple questions and answers in Ancient Greek to support text comprehension. Suitable for absolute beginners.
Language: Ancient Greek/Norwegian/English
Text: Reading Greek
Time: Thursdays, 11.15 - 12.00
First meeting autumn semester 2026: Thursday 27/8
Place: Blindern Campus, Georg Morgenstiernes hus, Undervisningsrom 211
Contact: Federico Aurora, federico.aurora@ub.uio.no
Ancient Greek Reading, Listening & Speaking Group (Intermediate -->)
The group meets once a week to train reading, listening and speaking skills in Ancient Greek, with the ultimate goal of improving reading fluency. We read an original Ancient Greek text, using relatively simple questions and answers in Ancient Greek to support text comprehension. Suitable for intermediate learners.
Language: Ancient Greek/Norwegian/English
Text: Chariton, Love Stories about Callirhoe
Time: Wednesdays, 15.15 - 17.00
First meeting autumn semester 2026: Wednesday 30/9
Place: Blindern Campus, Georg Morgenstiernes hus, Undervisningsrom 213
Contact: Federico Aurora, federico.aurora@ub.uio.no
Ancient Greek Reading & Speaking Group
The group meets once a week to read an Ancient Greek text and talk about it in Ancient Greek. The reading group is thought as a way to combine the reading of central Ancient Greek texts with exercising and improving Greek reading skills, through a combined written/oral active/passive use of the language.
Language: Ancient Greek
Text: Thucydides, Histories, Book VI (starting from 6.47.1: καὶ Νικίου μὲν.. )
Time: Mondays, 17.00 - 18.00 (CET/CEST)
First meeting autumn semester 2026: Monday 28/9
Place:
- Zoom: please, take contact to receive the link.
Contact: Federico Aurora, federico.aurora@ub.uio.no
Listen to some examples of spoken Ancient Greek here
Ancient Philosophy Reading Group
The group meets once a week during term time to read and discuss ancient Greek philosophical texts. Regular participants are mostly faculty and graduate students working on ancient philosophy, but everyone with an interest in the texts being read and an ability to follow discussion of the Greek text are welcome.
Language: Ancient Greek (reading) & English (translation and discussion)
Text: Plato, Phaidon (starting from 84c1: σιγὴ οὖν ἐγένετο ταῦτα εἰπόντος...)
Time: Fridays, 14.15 - 16.00 (CET/CEST)
First meeting autumn semester 2026: Friday 21/8
Place:
- Blindern Campus, Georg Morgenstiernes hus, room 452
- Zoom: please, take contact to receive the link.
Contact: Pål Rykkja Gilbert, paal.rykkja.gilbert@gmail.com
Generally Useful Resources for reading Ancient Greek and Latin texts:
Plug-in reading tools (vocabulay & grammar help):
- Alpheios - plug-in for Firefox: analyses (morphological form & translation) Greek and Latin words for any web text (html).
Dictionaries:
- Logeion - groups in one site both Greek (LSJ, DGE, m.fl.) and Latin (Lewis & Short m.fl.) standard dictionaries (Open Acces)
Encyclopaedias:
- Oxford Classical Dictionary (Access through UB)
- Brill’s New Pauly (Access through UB)