Athenaze, Book II: An Introduction to Ancient Greek

ISBN-13: 9780190607678 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 480 str.

The late James Morwood

Opis

Combining the best features of traditional and modern methods, Athenaze: An Introduction to Ancient Greek 3/e, provides a unique, bestselling course of instruction that allows students to read connected Greek narrative right from the begining and guides them to the point where they can begin reading complete classical texts. Carefully designed to hold students' interest, the course begins in Book I with a fictional narrative about an Attic farmer's family placed in a precise historical context (423-431 B.C.). This narrative, interwoven with tales from mythology and the Persian Wars, gradually gives way in Book II to adapted passages from Thucydides, Plato, and Herodotuc and ultimately to excerpts of the original Greek of Bacchylides, Thucudides, and Aristophanes' Acharnians. Essays on relevant aspects of ancient Greek culture and history are also woven throughout.

Recenzje

The storyline and characters of the text readily draw students into the language and culture of the Greeks. Athenaze is arguably the best first-year Greek text on the market.

O autorze

Maurice Balme was former Head of Classics at Harrow School, UK. Gilbert Lawall is Emeritus Professor of Classics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. James Morwood was Emeritus Fellow at Wadham College, Oxford.