Reading Euclid's Elements in Greek

Using the online Perseus database of classical texts students learn a subset of Koine Greek that is sufficient to read the theorems and proofs in Euclid's Elements Books 1-4.

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$3,400+

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APMA_MATH

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Instructor-led

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Course Language

English

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Difficulty

Intermediate

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Harvard DCE Professional & Executive Development

Course description

Using the online Perseus database of classical texts students learn a subset of Koine Greek that is sufficient to read the theorems and proofs in Euclid's Elements Books 1-4. The course also explores in English non-Euclidean geometry and modern alternatives to Euclid's five postulates. Class time is divided roughly equally between mathematics and language.

Instructors

Paul G. Bamberg

Senior Lecturer on Mathematics, Harvard University

Julia Scarborough

Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics, Amherst College

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