Learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

• explain why Greek and Latin are referred to as classical languages

• understand some of the distinctive features of Greek and Latin and some features they share in common with other languages

• understand why an English translation cannot represent a passage of Greek or Latin word for word

• contrast the role of word order and word endings in Greek and Latin with those in English

• explain the terms case, declension and (for Latin only) conjugation.