School of Greek Language & Culture “Alexander the Great”

The Center of Greek Language & Culture “Alexander the Great” was founded in Athens in 1972. Today it has branches in Thessaloniki and Chania and also Bulgaria (Sofia and Philipoupolis – Plovdiv).

The name “Alexander the Great” has been given to commemorate the great spread of the Greek language, which followed the expedition of Alexander the Great up to India. Alexander the Great was the one to establish in Babylon the first organized school to teach Greek language and culture to non-Greeks, as stated by Plutarch.

Today we offer courses in:

1. Modern Greek

2. Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek seminars for Greeks

Ancient Greek summerschool in Athens

Ancient Greek summercamp in Athens

3. Summercamps in Athens

Modern Greek summercamps

Ancient Greek summercamps

4. Special programs

5. Greek for specific purposes

6. Teacher Training

7. Other cultural programs

Our educational programs include visits to museum, dinning out with teachers and students, participation in presentations about Greek Culture and projection of Greek movies.

Since its first steps, the school has been involved in the development of educational material for the Greek language with books and educational software (multimedia cd) through the participation in many European Educational Programs.

The School has cooperated with the BRITISH – HELLENIC COLLEGE and with EURANEK as well as with ALPHA PUBLICATIONS in such projects.

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