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Structured courses that take you from zero — alphabet included — to reading real literature in the original. The method is graded reading: short lessons, one system at a time, put to work immediately in real, attributed texts quoted from the standard editions. Audio on every example, tap-glosses on every reading, spaced review on every word. Free, no account needed to start.
Old English · Ænglisc
6 units · 18 lessons · freeThe language of Beowulf. From þ, ð, and æ to reading the poem's opening, the Chronicle's dragons, and The Wanderer — unabridged.
Start the courseAncient Greek · Ἑλληνική
6 units · 18 lessons · freeFrom the alphabet to Homer, Plato, and the Greek New Testament. Attic foundations; readings across the whole tradition — unabridged.
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