Comparative Philology, with special reference to the history of the Greek and/or Latin Language

You will be required to sit two papers:

(i) Paper 1 will consist of essays covering (a) basic questions about the comparative and/or historical grammar of Greek and/or Latin, and (b) questions about the history of the Greek and/or Latin language.

(ii) Paper 2 will consist of texts for translation and linguistic commentary, including a compulsory question with passages from either Greek dialect inscriptions or Latin archaic inscriptions; other passages will be set from Greek and/or Latin literary texts; there will be an opportunity to show knowledge of Linear B and/or Oscan and Umbrian.

The subject is taught mainly in lectures and classes (which cover the corresponding undergraduate options), but individual tutorials are also provided.