printer friendly pageCLASSICS 185: Reading the Archimedes Palimpsest
In this course we learn to read Medieval Greek manuscripts, concentrating on the most exciting of them all: the Archimedes Palimpsest. We begin by learning the Greek mathematical language, through a brief reading of Euclid. Following that, we learn how to read Euclid from manuscript and, following that, we proceed to read the Archimedes palimpsest itself. Course requires one year of Greek.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-5
Instructors:
Netz, R. (PI)
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