Elementary Classical Greek, Revised Edition - Softcover

Williams, Frederick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0809325772 ISBN 13: 9780809325771

Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press, 2003

Synopsis

Now in paperback for the first time, Elementary Classical Greek is a trusted handbook for learning the language that does not presuppose a knowledge of Latin. Based on the premise that average American students can learn the language, the lessons are thorough but not pedantic, simple but not superficial, and the textbook has been proven in the classroom and for independent learners. 

Elementary Classical Greek stresses a clear and orderly presentation of the language, accompanied by individual sentences or short passages that illustrate grammar, give practice in reading, and help build vocabulary. Drawing on decades of experience teaching classical Greek, Frederick Williams presents a text in which grammatical explanations are clear, succinct, and correct and the selected readings are varied, interesting, and useful. Included in the nearly one-hundred reading passages are excerpts from Plato’s Ion and Republic, Aristophanes’s Clouds, and Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians.

The popular textbook is designed for a course meeting for two semesters. There are twenty-four lessons in all, with appendixes on prepositions, Greek numbers, and the Greek verb, plus Greek-English and English-Greek vocabularies, a grammatical index of subjects, and a list of Greek authors cited. Selected readings are presented first in simple, then more complex, language until the reader is led to the actual words of the ancient author―all within the same lesson. This elementary device helps bridge many of the difficult gaps between modern English and ancient Greek.

About this title

About the Author

Frederick Williams is an associate professor of Classics and director of the University Honors Program at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Language Notes

Text: English, Greek

Edition details

• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0809325772
• ISBN 13: 9780809325771
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 256