[MGSA-L] Oscar Wilde - Women of Homer class - Modern Greek for Classicists

[Ilias Kolokouris]

Dear Sir or Madam,

I would like to bring to the attention of all MGSA - members the
undermentioned classes in Modern Greek, Ocsar Wilde's *Women of Homer
*and *Modern
Greek for Classicists, *as well as the *Modern Greek Aestheticism *course.

Thank you in advance,
Yours,
Ilias Kolokouris
PhD Candidate in Modern Greek Literature
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
New College, University of Oxford

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Telepaideia, our series of online courses in Ancient and Modern Greek.
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WOMEN OF HOMER BY OSCAR WILDE

Course Description: A classicist well influenced by Plato and Aristotle’s
*Ethics *on his major work *The Picture of Dorian Gray, *Oscar Wilde
studied classics at Magdalen College, Oxford. As an undergraduate there, he
decided to write a long essay surveying the chapter “Women of Homer” from
John Addington Symonds’s *Studies of the Greek Poets. *But young Wilde’s
project became bigger than he expected. It was August 1876, an inspiring
vacation in Ireland, and he ended up writing an unfinished idiosyncratic
introduction to the major of Homer’s heroines. First published by the Oscar
Wilde Society  <http://oscarwildesociety.co.uk/publications/>and edited by
Thomas Wright and Donald Mead, *Women of Homer *is Oscar Wilde’s earliest
surviving prose work, his first attempt at reviewing, with all the later
elements of Aesthetic Philosophy that define him in his work *The critic as
artist. *Together we will read a modern greek translation of the text,
along with the original, despite the negative opinions on Wilde’s essay
that Mr. Daniel Mendelsohn has expressed
<https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2010/11/11/oscar-wilde-classics-scholar/>.
Level: This is a course of advanced Modern Greek translation.
Textbook: Instructor will provide materials. The original english text will
have to be purchased through the Oscar Wilde Society. An upcoming
publication in modern greek will be available by Kastaniotis publications
in 2019.
Schedule: Sundays at 1pm EST
Instructor: Ilias Kolokouris
<http://paideiainstitute.nationbuilder.com/telepaideia_instructors>
Sections capped at: 5 students
MODERN GREEK AESTHETICISM: GOD IN EXILE, HOMEWARD BOUND

Course Description: This course focuses on the late 19th century Greek
Aesthetes. Like their British contemporaries (such as Oscar Wilde, who we
will also read in translation), the Aesthetes of Athens tried to
reformulate the idea of classicism into a radical ideal. The prose of
Episkopopoulos, Rodokanakis, and, above all, Giannopoulos transformed the
study of Classical Greece into a productive mode of art.
Level: This course is intended for those with some experience in Classical
and Modern Greek, though English translations will be provided.
Textbook: Instructor will provide materials.
Schedule: Thursdays at 2pm EST
Instructor: Ilias Kolokouris
<http://paideiainstitute.nationbuilder.com/telepaideia_instructors>
Sections capped at: 5 students
MODERN GREEK FOR CLASSICISTS

Course Description: A course designed for students who know Ancient Greek
and would like to learn the modern Greek language.
Level: This course is intended for beginners with knowledge of Ancient
Greek.
Textbook: Instructor will provide materials.
Schedule: Tuesdays at 2pm EST
Instructor: Ilias Kolokouris
<http://paideiainstitute.nationbuilder.com/telepaideia_instructors>
Sections capped at: 5 students

*For further information,*

*Here <https://www.paideiainstitute.org/telepaideia_courses_fall_2018>*

Χαίρετε και Καλή εβδομάδα!

Ηλίας Κολοκούρης
PhD Candidate in Modern Greek Literature
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
New College, University of Oxford
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