Pavlos Sfyroeras

One of the best courses I've taken at Middlebury. Pavlos is a fantastic lecturer; every day, he would just come into class and talk off the top of his head for 75 minutes. It is truly incredible how passionate and knowledgeable he is about the material. Grading-wise the course was very easy. We had a midterm and a final (both passage recognition), as well as, if memory serves, one paper the entire semester. If I were to criticize anything, it would be the fairly lackluster discussion sessions, but despite being boring, these still deepened my understanding of the material. Overall, this is a very low pressure course on some very valuable material, taught by a brilliant professor.

One of the best courses I've taken at Middlebury. Pavlos is a fantastic lecturer; every day, he would just come into class and talk off the top of his head for 75 minutes. It is truly incredible how passionate and knowledgeable he is about the material. Grading-wise the course was very easy. We had a midterm and a final (both passage …Read more

Professor Sfyroeras was an incredible instructor. It was an extremely challenging semester for me, and every single time I asked Sfyroeras for an accommodation he provided it for me and offered to work with me through any issues that I might've had in the class. He was incredibly supportive and so clearly wanted all of his students to succeed, his lectures are very organized (even though he goes a little off-book sometimes), and he has so much passion for what he's teaching and clearly finds it enjoyable.

Professor Sfyroeras was an incredible instructor. It was an extremely challenging semester for me, and every single time I asked Sfyroeras for an accommodation he provided it for me and offered to work with me through any issues that I might've had in the class. He was incredibly supportive and so clearly wanted all of his students t …Read more

Prof. Sfyroeras is an extremely kind and knowledgeable professor. Each week he had us read a comedy, and in lecture we would talk about it and it's relevance to ancient greek and roman life. The comedies were definitely a good amount of reading, but never too much for me. They were also all quite interesting, along with the lectures about them. The discussion section involved 2 students every week presenting two different sides of an argument about the comedy. It was actually really interesting to talk about. My favorite part of these discussions was that Prof. Sfyroeras gave questions that both sides could make an argument for (even though some were easier than others). Overall, I would recommend taking this class!

Prof. Sfyroeras is an extremely kind and knowledgeable professor. Each week he had us read a comedy, and in lecture we would talk about it and it's relevance to ancient greek and roman life. The comedies were definitely a good amount of reading, but never too much for me. They were also all quite interesting, along with the lectures …Read more