Summer School 2025
Course Description
Do you want to get better at Ancient Greek? And would you like to do so while exploring ancient ruins, enjoying excellent food and making new friends?
Then join us on Naxos this summer! This will be the third year that we organize our popular Ancient Greek course on this beautiful island.
Our program will offer you:
- ten days of language immersion,
- classroom instruction with highly experienced teachers,
- the opportunity to learn and speak Ancient Greek outside of the class room, during joint meals, swims in the sea or strolls on the beach,
- excursions and museum visits.
One highlight this year will be a day trip to Paros and Antiparos where we will visit one of the oldest and best preserved ancient Christian churches in Greece (Panagia Ekatontapiliani, from the 4th century) as well as a 45 million years old cave.
When?
July 2-July 12, 2025
Where?
Chora, Naxos, Cyclades (Greece)
Classes will be held at the Ursuline School, in Naxos’ historical castle.
Price
Standard: 1100€
Students: 900€
Early Bird Discount: For students who register and pay before March 15, we offer a 10% early bird discount! (Standard: 990€, Students: 810€)
Note: All prices include class instruction, entry to museums and sites, as well as transportation during trips. It does not cover your own travel costs and accommodation.
Teachers
Joanna Thornhill
Joanna Thornhill was born and raised in sunny Los Angeles, California. She studies Liberal Arts at St. John’s College in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She has a great passion for ancient languages and is particularly interested in how to actively use and teach them in a way that is both comprehensible to students and faithful to the idiom and usage of the ancient writers. She has taught a variety of students Greek and Latin both in individual and group settings. Outside of her studies, you can find her doing outdoor activities, like hiking the beautiful mountains of Santa Fe.
Jenny Teichmann
Jenny graduated in Classics at Humboldt University, Berlin. She has taught numerous classes in spoken Latin and Ancient Greek for Triodos Trivium (Berlin), the Paideia Institute (New York), and Cultura Clásica (Madrid).
What We Will See
4th Century Orthodox Church, Paros
Antiparos Cave
Cycladic Figurine (c. 3000-2000 BC), Archeological Museum Naxos
Naxos Old Town
Cats, Lots of Cats
Testimonials
I’m amazed by the sheer amount of Greek language, culture and religion that Jenny and Joanna have been able to impart to us, all in Ancient Greek! Both had obviously prepared their classes extremely well. The handout they created, containing a variety of literary and historical texts about Naxos, was a great basis for the advanced class I took. I was also very impressed by how knowledgeable my fellow-students were – I learnt a lot from them too ! And Naxos was beautiful.
Laurent
Summer School Student 2022,2023, 2024
I attended the summer school with Jenny and Joanna as a beginner last year and had a fabulous time. Naxos is a beautiful island and, although the course was quite intensive, we still had plenty of time to explore. I worried at the time that I was not doing enough speaking, but really felt the difference when I got back – I was much more confident and my vocabulary had improved immensely. I would thoroughly recommend the course to others and plan to return again this year, hopefully to the advanced class!
Anne
Summer School Student 2023, 2024
Studying Ancient Greek with Jenny and Joanna on the lovely island of Naxos was an intoxicating educational experience that I can highly recommend. Get ready for ten days of Greek nerd paradise!
Zach
Summer School Student 2023
I participated in the 2023 Summer School organized by Jenny and Joanna in Naxos. I made good, extremely helpful friends, spent a couple of weeks in a “very Greek” Cycladic Island, and learned a lot. Besides a nice environment, there was a lot of hard work, at least for me, and I made good progress. And I will always remember Jenny’s saying: “Read at least 10 minutes of Ancient Greek every day.”
Wilson
Summer School Student 2023
Photos from Last Year (2024)
Studying Greek while Enjoying the Good Things in Life
Ancient Greek Dinner Conversation
Learning by Doing: Visit to the Olive Press Museum
Museum Visit
Language Learning in Context: In the Pottery Shop
FAQ
This program is for advanced beginners to intermediate/advanced students. It aims at:
- students who want to deepen their knowledge of Ancient Greek through immersion,
- teachers of Ancient Greek interested in the active method.
- basic knowledge of Ancient Greek (at least one year of university studies or equivalent)
- previous experience speaking Ancient Greek is welcome but not necessary
No, you will have to book your own accommodation.
In Chora, the main town of Naxos, at the historic Ursuline School.
If you cancel before June 1, 2025, you will receive a full refund minus 70€ administrative fee. If you
cancel after June 1, 2025, you will receive a partial refund that will depend on the expenses we will have made already on your behalf (like booking transportation, buying entrance tickets etc.).
To register, please send an email at: info@argos-didaskei.com
Registration & Further Questions
To register for this program, or if you have further questions, please send an email at:
info@argos-didaskei.com
We look forward to hearing from you!