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Evening outside the gates of Athens: a family walking to the city with their dog, sheep and goats by the road, an altar beside the gate

Greek I · Classical Greek

Monsters and Heroes

θηρία καὶ ἥρωες

A wolf on the hillside, the Minotaur in the labyrinth, a one-eyed giant on his island: the family's favourite stories, told on the road to Athens for the great festival. Seven puzzles stand between them and the city gates.

The second room in Classical (Attic) Greek for beginners, following on from The Ploughman's Day: wild animals, the stories of Theseus and Odysseus, the city and its gods, and the first deponent verbs.

Play the free taster (2 of 7 locks)Members: full room

The taster runs in the browser, with nothing to install. Members share a private class link that opens all seven locks.

What's inside

  • 7 self-grading locks, all in Classical Greek
  • A Greek keyboard on screen, or type in English letters that turn into Greek
  • Accents, breathings and final sigma never needed
  • Vocabulary: the mountain, the sea, myths and the city; deponent verbs like ἔρχομαι and βούλομαι
  • Takes about one lesson