About this title: Combining the best features of traditional and modern methods, Athenaze: An Introduction to Ancient Greek, 2/e, provides a unique course of instruction that allows students to read connected Greek narrative right from the beginning and guides them to the point where they can begin reading complete classical texts. Carefully designed to hold students' interest, the course begins in Book I with a fictional narrative about an Attic farmer's family placed in a precise historical context (432-431 B.C.). This narrative, interwoven with tales from mythology and the Persian Wars, gradually gives way ...
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 2003-03-13
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 2003
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Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
Date Published: 2003
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780195149562ISBN:0195149564
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780195149562ISBN:0195149564
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 2003-03-13
ISBN-13:9780195149562ISBN:0195149564
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780195149562ISBN:0195149564
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Description: New. Combining the best features of traditional and modern methods, Athenaze: An Introduction to Ancient Greek, 2/e, provides a unique course of instruction that allows students to read connected Greek narrative right from the beginning and guides them to... read more
"Yes, it's true, I have studied Ancient Greek. I know, wierd. This was a good book and taught me a lot. The first time through in class and again when I sort of knew what was going on and it made a lot more sence the second time around. I found the mechanism of the story, building in greater liguistic complexity to be very useful. With each chapter, you would learn a few more words, and a few more rules, all of which were used in that chapter's story. Once you could reliably read the new story, and knew why you could now read it, you were ready for the next chapter.
"This is a great improvement over the old edition. It has wider margins, bigger spacing, and it has resolved most of the errors from before. The explanations of grammatical concepts are not as clear as they could be, generally too technical for most students. It would be significantly improved if they reformatted the charts and put boxes around them."
"Good old Dicaeopolis! Lazy Xanthias! Brave Philip! How we students enjoyed snickering at the "Dick and Jane" approach to classical Greek that is to be found in this introductory text, and what an effective teaching tool it turned out to be...
This was the book used in the beginning Greek class I took in college, Book I the first semester, and Book II the second. Each unit contains a list of vocabulary, a text in Greek, a Word Study, a section on Grammar, and a list of exercises. Taken sequentially, the texts tell the story of Attic farmer Dicaeopolis and his family, living in Greece at the beginning of the Peloponnesian War. Interspersed throughout are various passages explaining some of the cultural background of the story. This first volume has 16 units, each divided into two lessons. The book also contains a reference grammar at the back , a brief dictionary, and an index.
These books are ideally suited, I think, for introducing students to this ancient language. They allow one to jump into textual passages right from the beginning, even though very little grammar or vocabulary has been learned. While I can think of any number of things more interesting than Dicaeopolis digging stones out of a field, it would be impossible to jump right into Homer, Plato, or any of the other greats. Nor would it be especially pleasant to spend an entire year doing nothing but memorizing lists of vocabulary and tables of grammar paradigms. Here is a noble compromise: and though my classmates and I may have groaned, I look back now with nostalgic fondness..."
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