Tutor information
Holly Hunt
Holly studied Classics at Balliol College, Oxford, where she earned a BA and an MSt. She moved five minutes down the road to St Anne’s College during her DPhil, to teach papers on ancient Greek language and literature at this college. Upon completing her doctorate on Aristophanes and humour theory, she became a lecturer in Classical languages at Regent’s Park College (still, despite the name, in Oxford). Her interests encompass archaic and classical Greek literature, and the application of cognitive theory to reading ancient texts.
Courses
Ancient Greek is the language of Homer, Sophocles, Plato, the New Testament and many other texts. This class is for students who have either completed Ancient Greek 1 or have prior knowledge of Ancient Greek from elsewhere.
The course focuses on analysing original passages from some of the greatest ancient Greek authors, tackling some challenging grammatical and syntactical phenomena and learning about ancient Greek culture and thought.
We gradually move from reading simplified texts to analysing original passages from some of the greatest ancient Greek authors, tackling challenging grammatical and syntactical structures whilst learning about ancient Greek thought and culture.