This module opens the way for reading written documents, (eg inscriptions, graffiti, and papyrus letters) and literary texts, (eg poetry, tragedy, comedy, history and philosophy) from ancient Greece in their original language. Over the course of the module, students become familiar with standard terms for classifying and analysing the language’s fabric, and begin to understand how words in Ancient Greek change and interact with each other (‘morphology, ‘grammar’), forming phrases and complex sentences (‘syntax’). Students build this knowledge by working with a course book (JACT Reading Greek) and translating passages of increasing complexity. From the first, adapted passages from the course book are balanced with ‘real’ Greek. Prior language learning is not a pre-requisite for this module, only a curiosity about and passion for the language and culture of ancient Greece.