I have been using introduction to attic greek by mastronarde for about three months now and so far like it very much. Introduction to greek, second edition is an introductory text to classical greek. Mastronarde, university of california press, 1993 list price 35. Transliteration of greek into english pdf document.
Introduction to attic greek by mastronarde, donald j. Words not glossed can be looked up in the greekenglish glossary of the book. Mastronarde, 9780520275744, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. Mastronarde, donald j this booklet provides the answers to the exercises in introduction to attic greek, 2nd edition by donald j. Mastronarde is melpomene professor of classics at the university of california, berkeley. Its published significantly later than the first version of reading greek. Buy the book, or request an exam copy is the home of the revised ancient greek tutorials by donald mastronarde, adjusted to conform to the changes made in the second edition of introduction to attic greek university of california press 20 and to provide additional supplements to that book. The art of euripides dramatic technique and social context. Jan 14, 1995 this booklet provides the answers to the exercises appearing in introduction to attic greek by donald j. So this book is another textbook and its by donald mastronarde. It investigates their relation to the greek poetic tradition.
Its called introduction to attic greek, and its published by berkeley. The approach is generally more analytic than i think a secondaryschool course would be, and mastronarde is clearly writing for the historical linguistics crowd as well as pure classicists, which is nice. It is an invaluable guide for instructors and independent language students. Thoroughly revised and expanded, introduction to attic greek, 2nd edition gives student and instructors the most comprehensive and accessible presentation of ancient greek available. Request an exam or desk copy recommend to your library pdf. Thoroughly revised and expanded, introduction to attic greek, 2nd edition gives student and instructors the most comprehensive and accessible presentation of. In this third edition, allen has revised the section on stress in classical greek. The answers given here take into account the very few changes and corrections in the exercises made in the third printing of the paperback edition and all subsequent printings, which was issued in 1995. This booklet provides the answers to the exercises in introduction to attic greek, 2nd edition by donald j. The approach is generally more analytic than i think a secondaryschool course would be, and mastronarde is clearly writing for the historical. Phenomenal resource here, i sincerely thank you for posting it. I first learned greek from hanson and quinn and it was alright.
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Thoroughly revised and expanded, introduction to attic greek, second edition gives students and instructors the most comprehensive and accessible presentation to learning ancient greek available. However, if you are diligent enough to read the book thoroughly and do the exercises, you will have quite a thorough understanding of this language. The need for an uptodate edition and commentary now that pages longestablished book is quite old, is. Out of all the introductory grammars and workbooks on either koine or attic greek that ive ever read or perused, mastronarde s book seems to be the most practical one for those who desire to be either tutored or selftaught attic greek. Greek core vocabulary contains the top 500 words in greek, comprising 65% of all the vocabulary you will encounter in a greek text dickinson college commentaries.
A colloquial greek course download ebook pdf, epub. Professor of the graduate school, emeritus melpomene distinguished professor of classical languages and literature. Aug 31, 20 22 thoughts on hansen and quinn intensive greek book merwen september 6, 20 at 3. The best books on learning ancient greek five books expert. Words not glossed can be looked up in the greek english glossary of the book. It is designed for the first full year course and it concentrates on the basics in a way that allows the material to be covered easily in courses that meet three. Greek drama, greek literature, greek textual transmission and scholia. Feb 17, 1993 a very solid elementary undergradlevel course thatas far as i could telldoes nothing in an unexpected way. Here are several of the handouts i made for my greek classes, in pdf format. This booklet provides the answers to the exercises inintroduction to attic greek, 2nd editionby donald j. The introduction analyzes medea as a revengeplot, evaluates the strands of motivation that lead to her tragic insistence on killing her own children, and assesses the potential sympathy of a greek audience for a character. Introduction to attic greek by donald mastronarde does not dazzle with multicolored illustrations, humorous anecdotes or invented stories about the life of a farmer.
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Typing greek using antioch antioch is pc compatible software written in unicode that allows you to toggle between greek and roman characters, plus add accents and breathing marks. Logically organized and remarkably lucid, introduction to attic greek provides students with a strong grounding in the essentials of greek grammar as well as a substantial body of vocabulary, enabling students to read, on completion of the course, a continuous text with commentary and dictionary. What it does do is present an admittedly difficult language in a clear, wellorganized and thoughtful manner. Introduction to attic greek university of california press.
Logically organized and remarkably lucid, introduction to attic greek. Full exposure to the grammar and morphology that students will encounter in actual texts selfcontained instructional chapters, with challenging, carefully tailored exercises. My major complaint was that the book throws all the verb tenses, moods, and voices at you very quickly, which was a little overwhelming at first for me even though i also came in with latin, which helped a lot. A colloquial greek course download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. The answer key for the first edition is also out of print, and prices are rising on extant copies. Looking into studying some ancient greek and im debating between introduction to attic greek by mastronarde, and greek. Full exposure to the grammar and morphology that students will encounter in actual texts selfcontained instructional chapters, with challenging, carefully tailored. But what you will find in an introduction to attic greek is sound methodology that will give you many clues early on which will be a great help in future mastery. This booklet provides the answers to the exercises appearing in introduction to attic greek by donald j. Mastronarde s book is an immensely useful and wellwritten introduction into attic greek. Each of the fortytwo chapters is a selfcontained instructional unit, with challenging exercises carefully tailored to reflect the vocabulary and grammar learned to date. The present book, apart from its greater extent and certain differences of statement and arrangement, has, in general, the same plan as the authors greek grammar for schools and colleges.
I purchased an answer key for the first edition of mastronardes introduction to attic greek. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Woodhouse, english greek dictionary, scanned in, page by page, with a search function university of chicago lexilogos. Pdf introduction to attic greek isabel jimenezpena. Click download or read online button to get a colloquial greek course book now. Greek help at lsu, geared for beginning and intermediate students, contains core vocabulary lists including the 50% and 80% lists, grammar aids, and supplementary readings. Additional teaching resources are available at website. Dramatic technique and social context, euripides, medea, and euripides, phoenissae. I have experience with latin so im not afraid of a grammarheavy approach, but i am looking for something thats more of a textbook than just a grammar reference. Now, mastronarde does not boldface important concepts or provide nice illustrations to guide the reader. Buy introduction to attic greek by mastronarde, donald j. It is a descriptive, not an historical, nor a comparative, grammar. Because this book treats concepts of language and grammar so thor oughly, there is not room in it for the. It took me fourteen months to go through the whole book, not doing chapter end exercises.
Mastronarde, 97805202757, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. Mastronardes book, the first commentary on a euripidean play in the cambridge greek and latin classics series, and allans duckworth companion william allan, euripides. Carefully designed to hold students interest, the course begins in book i with a fictional narrative about an attic farmers family placed in a precise historical. Download introduction to attic greek pdf by donald j. Frustrated with jact reading greek i studied attic greek some years ago through a grammartranslation method, and while ive been able to read real classic texts and the nt as long as i have a vocab crib nearby, i wanted to have a refresher course in the fundamentals and to build up my core vocabulary through graded readings and flashcards. The book is also a useful reference work for more advanced students.
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