Teaching Greek through (digital) epigraphy, epigraphy through Greek (June 29)

Teaching Greek through (digital) epigraphy, epigraphy through Greek (June 29)

June 29, 2016: 17h00-18h15 CEST

Dimitar Illiev (University of Sofia) and his Students

• Slides
• Live Broadcast

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This common session will present the teaching of Ancient Greek to 2nd-year Archaeology students at the University of Sofia, the challenges it poses and the ways to address these challenges using epigraphic texts. The application of various digital tools for the understanding and the analysis of inscriptions is the focus of the presentation.

The following resources are used:

Kalinka, Ernst, Antike Denkmäler in Bulgarien, Wien: A. Hölder, 1906 (available in the public domain here)

The Edmodo learning platform

LSJ at Perseus

PHI Epigraphic Database

Introduction to Greek Meter

Reading Homeric Hexameter

The Chicago Homer