Teach Yourself Ancient Greek Complete Course ,9780071431804

Teach Yourself Ancient Greek Complete Course

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9780071431804
ISBN10: 0071431802
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Pub. Date: 2004-04-22
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill
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Summary

Sightseeing in Sparta? Learn Ancient Greek.With Teach Yourself it's possible for virtually anyone to learn and experience the languages of the world, from Afrikaans to Zulu, Ancient Greek to Modern Persian, Beginner's Latin to Biblical Hebrew. Follow any of theTeach Yourself Language Coursesat your own pace or use them as a supplement to formal courses. These complete courses are professionally designed for self-guided study, making them one of the most enjoyable and easy to use language courses you can find.Prepared by experts in the language, each course begins with the basics and gradually promotes the student to a level of smooth and confident communication, including: Step-by-step guide to pronunciation and grammar Regular and irregular verb tables Plenty of practice exercises and answers Practical vocabulary and a bilingual glossary Clear, uncluttered, and user-friendly layout An exploration of the culture And much more

Author Biography

Gavin Betts teaches classical studies at the univesity level.

Alan Henry teaches classical studies at the university level.

Table of Contents

Introduction xi
how to use this book xi
abbreviations xiii
map of ancient Greece xv
01
1.1
1.1/1 the Greek alphabet and its pronunciation
1.1/2 accents
1.2 exercise
1.3 excursus - the different forms of Greek
1(8)
02
2.1
2.1/1 nouns in Greek
2.1/2 first declension (feminine nouns) and the feminine definite article
2.1/3 basic uses of cases
2.1/4 verbs in Greek
2.1/5 present and future indicative active of -ω verbs (and corresponding infinitives)
2.1/6 word order and elision
2.2 Greek reading
2.1/1 vocabulary
9(10)
03
3.1
3.1/1 second declension and the masculine and neuter definite article
3.1/2 first declension (masculine nouns)
3.1/3 first and second declension adjectives
3.1/4 adverbs
3.1/5 prepositions
3.1/6 present indicative and infinitive of epsilonιμι I am
3.2 Greek reading
3.1/1 vocabulary
19(9)
04
4.1
4.1/1 imperfect indicative active and weak aorist indicative active and infinitive active of -ω verbs
4.1/2 first and second person pronouns, and αupsilonτomicronν, -ην, -omicron
4.1/3 connecting particles
4.2 Greek reading
4.2/1 vocabulary
28(10)
05
5.1
5.1/1 third declension - consonant stem nouns (1)
5.1/2 contracted verbs
5.1/3 further uses of the definite article
5.2 Greek reading
5.2/1 vocabulary
38(10)
06
6.1
6.1/1 third declension - consonant stem nouns (2)
6.2/2 second declension contracted nouns and first and second declension contracted adjectives
6.2/3 compound verbs formed with prepositional prefixes
6.2/4 -ω verbs with stems in palatals, labials, dentals
6.2 Greek reading
6.2/1 vocabulary
48(10)
07
7.1
7.1/1 strong aorist indicative and infinitive active of -ω verbs
7.1/2 φημι say
7.1/3 indirect speech
7.1/4 indirect command
7.1/5 numerals
7.1/6 negatives
7.1/7 phrases expressing time and space
7.2 Greek reading
7.2/1 vocabulary
58(11)
08
8.1
8.1/1 middle and passive voices
8.1/2 deponent verbs
8.1/3 indirect statement
8.1/4 third declension nouns - stems in ι and upsilon
8.2 Greek reading
8.2/1 vocabulary
69(12)
09
9.1
9.1/1 demonstrative pronouns
9.1/2 the relative pronoun omicronc and adjectival clauses
9.1/3 αupsilonτomicronc and its uses
9.1/4 reflexive and reciprocal pronouns
9.1/5 possessive adjectives and pronouns
9.2 Greek reading
9.2/1 vocabulary
81
10
10.1
10.1/1 interrogative τιc and indefinite τιc
10.1/2 questions, direct and indirect
10.1/3 first and third declension adjectives
10.1/4 third declension adjectives
10.2 Greek reading
10.3 extra reading - the wisdom of Socrates
93(9)
11
11.1
11.1/1 root aorist, aorist passive and future passive
11.1/2 agent and instrument
11.1/3 -ω verbs with stems in λ, μ, ν, ρ
11.1/4 third declension nouns - stems in epsilon upsilon, αupsilon, omicron upsilon
11.1/5 crasis
11.2 Greek reading
102(9)
12
12.1
12.1/1 participles
12.1/2 uses of participles
12.2 Greek reading
12.3 extra reading - epigrams
111(10)
13
13.1
13.1/1 oddities of declension
13.1/2 verbs used with the genitive or dative
13.1/3 further particles
13.2 Greek reading
13.3 extra reading - Plato
121(12)
14
14.1
14.1/1 moods of the Greek verb
14.1/2 subjunctive mood
14.1/3 optative mood
14.1/4 uses of the subjunctive and optative
14.2 Greek reading
133(11)
15
15.1
15.1/1 perfect indicative active
15.1/2 verbs used with participles
15.2 Greek reading
15.3 extra reading - Prometheus bound (1)
144(10)
16
16.1
16.1/1 phrases and clauses of result
16.1/2 pluperfect indicative active
16.1/3 perfect and pluperfect indicative middle/passive
16.1/4 other parts of the perfect tense
16.2 Greek reading
16.3 extra reading - Heracles
154(11)
17
17.1
17.1/1 imperative mood: commands and prohibitions
17.1/2 comparison of adjectives and adverbs
17.1/3 meaning of the comparative and superlative
17.1/4 constructions involving the comparative and superlative
17.1/5 active verbs used in a passive sense
17.2 Greek reading
17.3 extra reading - Prometheus bound (2)
165(13)
18
18.1
18.1/1 -μι verbs
18.1/2 διδωμι give, τιtheta;ημι put, place
18.1/3 epsilonιμι I shall come/go
18.1/4 other verbs with principal parts from different roots
18.1/5 conditional sentences
18.1/6 ακρomicronc, μepsiloncomicronc, epsiloncχατomicronc
18.2 Greek reading
18.3 extra reading - the sea, the sea!
178(11)
19
19.1
19.1/1 ιcτημι and its compounds
19.1/2 potential clauses
19.1/3 oddities in verbs
19.2 Greek reading
189(10)
20
20.1
20.1/1 verbs in -ν
20.1/2 ιημι and its compounds
20.1/3 genitive of price or value
20.1/4 genitive of separation
20.1/5 accusative of respect or specification
20.2 Greek reading
199(8)
21
21.1
21.1/1 wishes
21.1/2 further temporal conjunctions (epsilonωc, μepsilonχρι, πριν)
21.1/3 further demonstrative and relative adjectives/pronouns
21.1/4 further impersonal verbs
21.1/5 accusative absolute
21.2 Greek reading
21.3 extra reading love poetry
207(13)
22
22.1
22.1/1 summary of the uses of ωc
22.1/2 uses of cases (1) - accusative
22.2 Greek reading
22.3 extra reading - Anacreontea
220(11)
23
23.1
23.1/1 uses of cases (2) - genitive
23.1/2 uses of cases (3) - dative
23.2 Greek reading
23.3 extra reading - further elegiac poetry
231(14)
24
24.1
24.1/1 yes and no
24.1/2 summary of uses of omciron upsilon and μη
24.1/3 diminutives
24.1/4 dual number
24.1/5 verbal adjectives in -τomicronc and -τomicronc and -τepsilon omicron c
24.1/6 verbs of precaution and striving verbs of hindering, preventing, forbidding, denying
24.2 Greek reading
24.3 extra reading - the think tank
245(13)
25
25.1
25.1/1 Homeric Greek
25.1/2 differences in phonology and morphology
25.1/3 differences in syntax
25.2 readings from Homer
258(7)
appendices 265(24)
1 conjugation of λupsilonω loosen
265(3)
2 conjugation of contracted verbs (present and imperfect)
268(3)
3 conjugation of epsilonιμι be epsilonρχomicronμαι (and epsilonιμι) come/go, φημι say, omicronιδα know
271(2)
4 root aorists
273(1)
5 conjugation of διδωμι give, τιthetaηmu;ι put, place, ιημι let go, send forth, ιcτημι make/stand
274(5)
6 conjugation of δepsilonικνupsilonμι (present and imperfect)
279(1)
7 numerals
280(1)
8 accentuation
281(5)
9 Greek verse
286(3)
key to Greek reading exercises 289(32)
principal parts of verbs 321(6)
vocabulary 327(48)
index 375

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