Ancient Greek Alive - Softcover

Paula Saffire; Catherine Freis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 080784800X ISBN 13: 9780807848005

Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press, 1999

Synopsis

This innovative textbook offers students a dynamic introduction to classical Greek. It inspires a constructive sense of enthusiasm in the classroom while helping students master grammatical principles and reading skills.

Among the imaginative features of the book is a two-week introduction to spoken Greek, which immerses students in the sound and basic vocabulary of the language so that they are comfortable as they learn to read and write. (Conversational scripts are provided.) For its reading passages, Ancient Greek Alive uses engaging and even humorous stories drawn from folklore around the world and rendered freshly into classical Greek.

The book's grammatical explanations are unusually clear. Helpful, one-step-at-a-time exercises are incorporated into the lessons. Entire chapters are devoted to vocabulary review to underline its importance and provide rest stops. There are special sections on aspects of Greek culture. Students test their reading skills along the way on intriguing passages in original Greek texts, which range from Heraclitus and the New Testament to Diogenes and Greek gravestones.

About this title

Book Description:

"Faculty in colleges and secondary schools considering a new textbook for beginning Greek are well advised to look at Saffire and Freis. In a way they give the best of both worlds, being traditional but with some innovations and some attention to oral work. The story-telling and reading emphasis are excellent and attractive. Saffire and Freis's enthusiasm for Greek and joy in teaching it bubble through each page."-- Scholia Reviews

From the Inside Flap:

A newly revised edition of an innovative approach to teaching and learning classical Greek.

About this edition

• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 080784800X
• ISBN 13: 9780807848005
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 304