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Masaryk University Faculty of Arts

Ancient Greek Language and Literature

Omnia praeclara tam difficilia quam rara. (Ancient Greek Language and Literature)

What will you learn?

The study of the ancient Greek language and literature allows students to obtain firm linguistic competences in ancient Greek and introduces them to the world of ancient Greece, whose brightest minds set foundations of the European literature, established Western philosophical and scientific tradition, and entrusted the future generations with the heritage of first democratic principles and values of the civic society. The minor degree of the programme focuses on the ancient Greek language. As such, it primarily serves to satisfy the needs of the students of those study programmes, in which ancient Greek is potentially one of the source languages (e.g., philosophy, history of the antiquity, Latin language and literature, modern Greek, classical archaeology, religious studies, general and Indo-European linguistics etc.). The major and the completus of the programme lead to the in-depth knowledge of all important historical and socio-cultural aspects of the world of Greek Antiquity via courses on Greek literature, philosophy, mythology, history, art and religions. The study of the language whose morphology ranks among the most difficult in the domain of the Indo-European languages will deepen the general linguistic competences and facilitate the understanding of a wide range of technical terminology in various fields of study, which is largely built on the ancient Greek foundations. The knowledge acquired by the study of the ancient Greek world will lead to a better orientation in most domains of European culture and scholarship.

Further information

http://classics.phil.muni.cz/

Career opportunities

Following the successful completion of the bachelor’s degree, the graduate will have all the necessary philological competences for self-dependent reading and translation of the ancient Greek texts written in the Attic dialects, which he/she will be able to interpret on the wider socio-cultural background of the world of the Antiquity. Graduates that successfully completed the study of ancient Greek in combination with another professionally related field of study (e.g., religious studies, history, archaeology, philosophy) will be able to work with the primary source materials in their original format. The graduate may continue to further his/her knowledge of the ancient Greece in the Master’s study programme, successful completion of which makes the graduate eligible for the teaching of ancient Greek at classical colleges and universities. Graduate will find further work opportunities in various humanities departments of the Academy of the Sciences, in museums, libraries or in archives and in all professions requiring wider socio-cultural formation and dignified expression in word and writing.

Admission requirements

No information available

Application guide

Study options

Single-subject studies

Students have a pre-defined list of required courses, which are supplemented with selective and elective courses. The student pays full attention to the single field of study chosen.

Combined studies

In this type of studies, the students focus on the main degree programme (120 credits) supplemented with another, minor, programme (60 credits). The student enrols in the degree programme in which he/she majors. Both the programmes are stated in the university diploma. You will find possible combinations on the websites of individual degree programmes.​ An exception is programmes preparing students for teaching professions, where both fields of study are equal and the thesis may be written in any of them.

Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Arts

  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Aesthetics (minor) – Faculty of Arts
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Ancient History (minor) – Faculty of Arts
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Archaeology (minor) – Faculty of Arts
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Archival Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Art History (minor) – Faculty of Arts
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor) – Faculty of Arts
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Baltic Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Catalan Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Chinese Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Classical Archaeology (minor) – Faculty of Arts
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Combined Art Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Computational Linguistics (minor) – Faculty of Arts
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Czech Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + English Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Ethnology (minor) – Faculty of Arts
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + French Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + General Linguistics (minor) – Faculty of Arts
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + German Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + History (minor) – Faculty of Arts
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Information and Library Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Interpreting of Czech Sign Language (minor) – Faculty of Arts
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Italian Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Japanese Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Latin Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Mediterranean studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Modern Greek Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Museology (minor) – Faculty of Arts
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Musicology (minor) – Faculty of Arts
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Pedagogy (minor) – Faculty of Arts
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Philosophy (minor) – Faculty of Arts
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Polish Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Russian Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Social Education and Counselling (minor) – Faculty of Arts
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + South Slavonic and Balkan Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Spanish Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Study of Religions (minor) – Faculty of Arts
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Theatre Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (minor) – Faculty of Arts
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Theory of Interactive Media (minor) – Faculty of Arts
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Ukrainian Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Vietnamese Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Education

  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Social pedagogy (minor) – Faculty of Education

Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Economics and Administration

  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Economic Policy (minor) – Faculty of Economics and Administration
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Economics (minor) – Faculty of Economics and Administration
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Public Economics and Administration (minor) – Faculty of Economics and Administration

Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Informatics

  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Informatics (minor) – Faculty of Informatics

Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Social Studies

  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Environmental Studies (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + European Studies (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + International Relations (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Media Studies and Journalism (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Political Science (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Psychology (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Public and Social Policy and Human Resources (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Security & Strategic Studies (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Social Anthropology (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Social Work (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies
  • Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
    + Sociology (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

Study plans of this programme can also be studies in a combination with

Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Arts

  • Ancient History (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • English Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • Chinese Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • Classical Archaeology (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • Modern Greek Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • Philosophy (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • Latin Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • General Linguistics (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • Theatre Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • Archaeology (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • Czech Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • Japanese Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • Spanish Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • Portuguese Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • Ethnology (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • Art History (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • German Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • Combined Art Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • Dutch Language, Literature and Culture (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • Baltic Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • Interpreting of Czech Sign Language (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • Vietnamese Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • Study of Religions (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • Mediterranean studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • Museology (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • Russian Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • Polish Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • South Slavonic and Balkan Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • Ukrainian Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • French Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • Italian Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • Catalan Language and Literature (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • Information and Library Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • Archival Studies (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • Auxiliary Historical Sciences (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • History (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • Computational Linguistics (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • Pedagogy (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • Social Education and Counselling (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • Aesthetics (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • Musicology (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • Theory of Interactive Media (major) – Faculty of Arts, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)

Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Education

  • Social pedagogy (major) – Faculty of Education, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)

Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Economics and Administration

  • Economics (major) – Faculty of Economics and Administration, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • Economic Policy (major) – Faculty of Economics and Administration, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • Public Economics and Administration (major) – Faculty of Economics and Administration, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)

Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Informatics

  • Informatics (major) – Faculty of Informatics, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)

Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Social Studies

  • Media Studies and Journalism (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • Security & Strategic Studies (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • Political Science (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • Environmental Studies (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • International Relations (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • Social Anthropology (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • Sociology (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • Social Work (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • Public and Social Policy and Human Resources (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • Psychology (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)
  • European Studies (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor)

Courses – curriculum examples

An example of your study plan:

Single-subject studies

Combined studies

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Combined Art Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Latin Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Mediterranean studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Philosophy (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Psychology (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Aesthetics (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Ancient History (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Archaeology (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Archival Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Art History (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Baltic Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Catalan Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Chinese Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Classical Archaeology (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Computational Linguistics (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Czech Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + English Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Ethnology (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + French Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + General Linguistics (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + German Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + History (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Information and Library Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Interpreting of Czech Sign Language (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Italian Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Japanese Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Modern Greek Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Museology (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Musicology (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Pedagogy (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Polish Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Russian Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Social Education and Counselling (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + South Slavonic and Balkan Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Spanish Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Study of Religions (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Theatre Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Theory of Interactive Media (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Ukrainian Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Vietnamese Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Economic Policy (minor) – Faculty of Economics and Administration

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Economics (minor) – Faculty of Economics and Administration

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Public Economics and Administration (minor) – Faculty of Economics and Administration

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Social pedagogy (minor) – Faculty of Education

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Informatics (minor) – Faculty of Informatics

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Environmental Studies (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + European Studies (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + International Relations (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Media Studies and Journalism (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Political Science (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Public and Social Policy and Human Resources (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Security & Strategic Studies (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Social Anthropology (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Social Work (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

Ancient Greek Language and Literature (major), full-time studies
 + Sociology (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

Follow-up studies

Following the completion of the Bachelor's studies and subject to satisfying the admission requirements, graduates may continue their studies in the Master's degree programme of ancient Greek language and literature.

Study information

Provided by Faculty of Arts
Type of studies Bachelor's
Mode full-time Yes
combined No
Study options single-subject studies Yes
single-subject studies with specialization No
major/minor studies Yes
Standard length of studies 3 years
Language of instruction Czech

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