A Little Greek Reader

ISBN-13: 9780199311729 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 312 str.

David M. Christenson;Aristophanes;Menander

Opis

Covering an extensive variety of grammatical constructions, A Little Greek Reader is an ideal supplement for undergraduate courses in beginning and intermediate Greek. It presents more than 200 vivid, unadapted passages drawn from the poetry and prose of a wide range of Greek authors including Aeschylus, Aristophanes, Demosthenes, Euripides, Herodotus, Homer, Pindar, Plato, Sophocles, Thucydides, and Xenophon. The sections vary in length and difficulty and are arranged according to the specific points of grammar and syntax that they demonstrate.

FEATURES

* Brief introductions for each grammatical principle and reading provide students with context

* Selections are annotated and arranged for maximum classroom flexibility

* Extensive notes below each selection elucidate its meaning or explain interesting or difficult features of Greek grammar, style, and culture

* Appendices offer short biographies of the authors included in the text; coverage of Homeric grammar, Herodotean forms, and New Testament Greek; a guide to two key Greek meters; a list of important literary terms; and a map of Greece and the Aegean

* A complete vocabulary list of unglossed words is included at the end of the book

Recenzje

An excellent book, then, for combining details of purpose clauses while deepening understanding of the Greek world.

O autorze

James Morwood went on from the post of Head of Classics at Harrow School to take charge of the teaching of the Greek and Latin languages at Oxford University, where he is at present an Emeritus Fellow of Wadham College. He has authored and co-authored many books on the classical languages and literature. Stephen Anderson was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and St John's College, Cambridge. Since 1980 he has taught at Winchester College, where he was Head of Classics from 1984 to 2008 and is currently Senior Tutor. He is co-author of a number of classical textbooks widely used in both schools and universities.