Language – Latin

6 Responses to “From a historians point of view is it better to learn greek or latin?”

1. Orfeo A Says:
   October 6th, 2009 at 8:37 pm

   You really should learn both, since as you say, both are key languages. Besides they’re both have many similarities, maybe the vocabularies are very different from each other, but the grammar is very similar. However greek’s morphology is too complex, and since you know some spanish you’ll find latin’s morphology to be easier. On the other hand latin’s sintax is more complex than greek’s. In many Universities they teach the 2 languages at the same time.

2. Monika Lewinskeeze Says:
   October 6th, 2009 at 8:37 pm

   Latin…. Why? Because Italian, French, Catalan, Romanian, Spanish, and Portuguese are descended from Latin, while many others, including English, have inherited and acquired much of their vocabulary from Latin.

3. ? Says:
   October 6th, 2009 at 8:37 pm

   I’d say Greek, the culture of the classical world developed in Greece.

4. Kate J Says:
   October 6th, 2009 at 8:37 pm

   I suppose it depends whether you intend to be an expert in Roman or Greek culture and history!

5. aida Says:
   October 6th, 2009 at 8:37 pm

   Latin will be a little easier, especially since you’ve had some Spanish, and many medieval histories, as well as ancient, were written in Latin. I’d recommend doing Latin first and then Greek as well. Familiarity with Latin will give you a slight head start in Greek.

6. Vasiliki-Βασιλική Says:
   October 6th, 2009 at 8:37 pm

   Latin is easier but is a dead language

   Greek is harder but its a language that is used till today
   Plus, 10% of the ENglish words derive from ancient Greek