Introduction to Attic Greek

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Introduction to Attic Greek, 2nd Edition offers a comprehensive and accessible exploration of ancient Greek grammar and morphology, ideal for students and instructors alike. It features self-contained chapters with tailored exercises that increase in complexity, exposing learners to real texts by Xenophon, Lysias, Plato, Aristophanes, and Thucydides. The book includes a concise history of the Greek language, verb lists, paradigms, and bilingual glossaries, supported by extensive online supplements at atticgreek.org.
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This book is perfectly suited for advanced students, educators, and enthusiasts of classical languages seeking a thorough and structured approach to learning Attic Greek.

Gives student and instructors the comprehensive and accessible presentation of ancient Greek. This title features: readings based on actual texts and include unadapted passages from Xenophon, Lysias, Plato, Aristophanes, and Thucydides; composite list of verbs with principal parts, and an appendix of all paradigms; and, English-Greek glossaries.

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Thoroughly revised and expanded, Introduction to Attic Greek, 2nd Edition provides students and instructors with the most comprehensive and accessible presentation of ancient Greek available. The text features:

⁊ Full exposure to the grammar and morphology that students will encounter in actual texts.

⁊ Self-contained instructional chapters, with challenging, carefully tailored exercises.

⁊ Progressively more complex chapters to build the student’s knowledge of declensions, tenses, and constructions by alternating emphasis on morphology and syntax.

⁊ Readings based on actual texts, including unadapted passages from Xenophon, Lysias, Plato, Aristophanes, and Thucydides.

⁊ Concise introduction to the history of the Greek language.

⁊ Composite list of verbs with principal parts, and an appendix of all paradigms.

⁊ Greek-English and English-Greek glossaries.

Additional Resources:

⁊ Robust online supplements for teaching and learning available at atticgreek.org.

⁊ Answer Key to exercises also available from UC Press (ISBN: 978-0-520-27574-4).

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Introduction to Attic Greek has been praised as a "superb description of Greek grammar" by the Classical Journal and deemed "a mine of information" by the Classical Review.

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ISBN: 9780520275713

Publisher: University of California Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 February 2013

Country: United States

Imprint: University of California Press

Edition: 2nd edition

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 38.0mm

Width: 178.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 907g

Pages: 512

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About the Author

Donald J. Mastronarde is Melpomene Professor of Classics at the University of California, Berkeley. Among his many books are The Art of Euripides: Dramatic Technique and Social Context, Euripides, Medea, and Euripides, Phoenissae.

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