Greek & Latin Reading Groups

The Ancient Greek and Latin reading groups, convened by Dr Edward Jeremiah, are held in-person on Tuesdays person at the Parkville campus from 12–1 pm (Greek) and 1–2pm (Latin), in the Classics Reading Room 511, Level 5 Arts West (west wing)

In Semester One 2024, the texts being read are:

Latin: Moreschini’s Teubner edition of Boethius’s On the Consolation of Philosophy. Boethius, among other things, was highly influential in music theory and quite Pythagorean in his view of the metaphysical importance of music. The poems we will be reading in the Consolation were sung to music. Here you can find a reconstruction of what the opening poem in the text may have sounded like.

Greek: Plato’s Republic, using the edition of James Adam, which has helpful grammatical notes. Burnet’s text of the Republic can be found on Perseus, while for a challenge, one can read an early manuscript of the Republic, Parisinus graecus 1807 (c900 CE), in the Bibliothèque nationale de France

The only prerequisites are rudimentary Latin or Greek and a love of ancient literature!

If you are interested in joining either or both groups, contact Edward Jeremiah via email.

^{Feature image: Fragment of Plato’s Laws, IX. Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 23, third century CE. Cambridge University Library via Wikimedia Commons}