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Athenaze, Book II: An Introduction to Ancient Greek

Third Edition

Maurice Balme, Gilbert Lawall, and James Morwood

Publication Date - 18 December 2015

ISBN: 9780190607678

480 pages
Paperback
7-1/2 x 9-1/4 inches

In Stock

Description

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.

New to this Edition

  • More effective design and more illustrations (including color spreads)
  • Companion Website includes pronounciations of vocabulary and additional exercises

Features

  • Short passages from Classical and New Testament Greek in virtually every chapter
  • Vocabulary and complete explanations of grammar, including material on accents
  • Instructor's Resource Manual available online for Books I and II, containing translations of all stories, readings, and exercises; detailed suggestions for classroom presentation; abundant English derivatives; and additional linguistic information
  • Student Workbooks for Books I and II include self-correcting exercises, cumulative vocabulary lists, periodic grammatical reviews, and additional readings

About the Author(s)

James Morwood was elected to a Fellowship at Wadham College in 1966, where he taught and served as Dean of Degrees, Steward of Common Room, and Dean (the last post from 2000 to 2006). He became an Emeritus Fellow in 2006 and remains Editor of the Wadham Gazette. He still does some teaching at the college.
James was educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge, where he sat Part I of the Classical Tripos and Part II of the English Tripos. After a year at Merton College, Oxford on the course for the Diploma of Education, he went to Harrow School in September 1966 to teach Classics and English. He spent 30 years at Harrow, the last seventeen of them as Head of Classics. He was deeply involved in school journalism and drama, working with Richard Curtis and Ben Cumberbatch among many others. He was librarian for more than eleven years, and sat on and later chaired the school's Treasures Committee, a body which brought into existence the Old Speech Room Gallery.

In 1996 he moved to Oxford University and took up the post of Grocyn Lecturer in the Classics Faculty and served for a year as President of the Oxford Philological Society.

James has been a committed member of the Joint Association of Classical teachers and held the Presidency of the Association for 1999-2001, becoming an Honorary Member in 2011. He was President of the London Association of Classical Teachers for 1995-6; has been a regular tutor at the JACT Greek Summer School at Cheltenham and Bryanston since 1970, serving as its Director of Studies, and its Director. He also teaches Classics and English literature at the University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education.

With Eric Dugdale, he is currently editing a new series entitiled 'Greece and Rome: Texts and Contexts'. His revision of the Oxford Latin Course for North American college students was published in January 2012; his book on Hadrian (Bloomsbury) was published in the summer 2013.

Current projects include an edition of Virgil, Aeneid 3 (with Stephen Heyworth), an edition (with Chris Collard) of Euripedes' Iphegenia at Aulis and A Little Greek Reader (with Stephen Anderson-Oxford University Press). He lectures on cruises in the Adriatic and Agean, last September sailing from Istanbul to Athens.

Table of Contents

    Book 1:
    INTRODUCTION ix
    Readings Grammar
    1 ? ??????????? (?) 2 1. Verb Forms: Stems and Endings 4
    2. Nouns: Genders, Stems, Endings, Cases, and Agreement 4
    3. Labeling Functions of Words in Sentences 6
    The Athenian Farmer 6 4. Use of the Definite Article 6
    ? ??????????? (?) 8 5. Accents 9
    ? ?????? 10
    Classical Greek: Heraclitus 11
    New Testament Greek: Title of the Gospel of Luke 11
    2 ? ??????? (?) 12 1. Verb Forms: Indicative Mood; 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Persons Singular 13
    2. Proclitics 14
    3. The Imperative 15
    Slavery 15
    Greek Wisdom: Cleobulus of Lindos 16
    ? ??????? (?) 18 4. Articles, Adjectives, and Nouns; Singular, All Cases 20
    5. Uses of the Cases 20
    6. Persistent Accent of Nouns and Adjectives 20
    7. Recessive Accent of Verbs 21
    ? ?????? 22
    Classical Greek: Callimachus 23
    New Testament Greek: Luke 3.22 23
    3 ? ?????? (?) 24 1.Verb Forms: 3rd Person Plural, Imperatives, and Infinitives 26
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    The Deme and the Polis 28
    ? ?????? (?) 30 2. Articles, Adjectives, and Nouns; Singular and Plural, All Cases 31
    3. Accent Shifting 32
    ?? ???? 34
    Classical Greek: Menander 35
    New Testament Greek: Luke 6.46 35
    4 ???? ??? ?????? (?) 36 1. Verb Forms: All Persons, Singular and Plural 38
    2. Declensions of Nouns and Adjectives 40
    3. Feminine Nouns and Adjectives of the 1st Declension 40
    Women 43
    Greek Wisdom: Pittacus of Mitylene 45
    ???? ??? ?????? (?) 46 4. Masculine Nouns of the 1st Declension 47
    5. Feminine Nouns of the 2nd Declension 48
    6. 1st and 2nd Declension Adjectives 48
    7. Formation of Adverbs 50
    8. The Definite Article as Case Indicator 50
    ?? ???????? ???? ?????? ????????? 51
    Classical Greek: Callimachus 53
    New Testament Greek: Luke 6.45 53
    5 ? ????? (?) 54 1. Contract Verbs in -?- 56
    2. Recessive Accent of Finite Verbs 56
    3. Article at the Beginning of a Clause 58
    4. Elision 58
    Gods and Men 59
    Greek Wisdom: Chilon of Sparta 61
    ? ????? (?) 62 5. Agreement of Subject and Verb 64
    6. Personal Pronouns 64
    7. Attributive and Predicate Position 66
    8. Possessives 66
    9. The Adjective ?????, -?, -? 68
    ? ????? ?? ??????? ?????? 69
    Greek Wisdom: The Seven Wise Men 70
    Classical Greek: Anacreon 71
    New Testament Greek: Luke 4.22 and 24 71
    6 ? ????? (?) 72 1. Verb Forms: ???? 74
    2. Verbs: Voice 75
    3. Verb Forms: Middle Voice 76
    4. Deponent Verbs 78
    Myth 81
    ? ????? (?) 84 5. Middle Voice: Meaning 86
    6. Some Uses of the Dative Case 88
    7. Prepositions 89
    ? ?????? ??? ???????? ?????????? 91
    Classical Greek: Marriage 93
    New Testament Greek: Luke 13.10-16 93
    7 ? ?????? (?) 94 1. Substantive Use of Adjectives 96
    2. Nouns: Declensions 97
    3. 3rd Declension Consonant Stem Nouns: Velar and Dental Stems 97
    4. Reflexive Pronouns 100
    Homer 102
    ? ?????? (?) 104 5. 3rd Declension Consonant Stem Nouns: Nasal Stems 106
    6. 3rd Declension Consonant Stem Nouns: Labial and Liquid Stems 107
    7. A 3rd Declension Adjective: ??????, ??????, of sound mind; prudent; self-controlled 107
    8. The Interrogative Pronoun and Adjective 108
    9. The Indefinite Pronoun and Adjective 109
    ? ??? ?????? ????? ??????????? 110
    Classical Greek: Sophocles 111
    Greek Wisdom: Thales of Miletus 111
    8 ???? ?? ???? (?) 112 1. Participles: "Present" or Progressive: Middle Voice 114
    Athens: A Historical Outline 117
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    Classical Greek: Archilochus 121
    New Testament Greek: Luke 5.20-21 121
    ???? ?? ???? (?) 122 2. 3rd Declension Consonant Stem Nouns: Stems in -?- 124
    3. Two Important Irregular Nouns: ? ????, ??? ????????, woman; wife, and ? ????, ??? ??????, hand 125
    4. 1st/3rd Declension Adjective ???, ????, ???, all; every; whole 126
    Greek Wisdom: Periander of Corinth 127 5. Numbers 128
    6. Expressions of Time When, Duration of Time, and Time within Which 128
    ? ???????? ??? ? ?????? 130
    Classical Greek: Sappho: The Deserted Lover: A Girl's Lament 131
    9 ? ????????? (?) 132 1. Participles: Present or Progressive: Active Voice 135
    The City of Athens 139
    ? ????????? (?) 142 2. 3rd Declension Nouns with Stems Ending in -??- 145
    3. 3rd Declension Nouns with Stems Ending in a Vowel: ? ????? and ?? ???? 145
    4. 3rd Declension Nouns with Stems Ending in Diphthongs or Vowels: ? ???????? and the Irregular Nouns ? ???? and ? ????
    146
    5. Uses of the Genitive Cases 147
    6. Some Uses of the Article 148
    ? ???????? ??? ? ????? 149
    Classical Greek: Simonides 151
    New Testament Greek: Luke 6.31-33: The Sermon on the Mount 151
    REVIEW OF VERB FORMS 152
    PREVIEW OF NEW VERB FORMS 154
    10 ? ??????? (?) 156 1.Verb Forms: Verbs with sigmatic Futures 158
    2. Verb Forms: The Asigmatic Contract Future of Verbs in ???? 159
    3. Verb Forms: The Sigmatic Future of Contract Verbs 159
    4. Verb Forms: Verbs with Deponent Futures 159
    Festivals 162
    Classical Greek: Theognis 163
    New Testament Greek: Luke 6.35-36: The Sermon on the Mount 163
    ? ??????? (?) 164 5. Verb Forms: The Asigmatic Contract Future of Verbs with Liquid and Nasal Stems 166
    6.The Irregular Verb ???? 168
    7. Future Participle to Express Purpose 170
    8. Impersonal Verbs 170
    9. Review of Questions 171
    ? ???????? ???? ???????? ????????? 171
    Classical Greek: Menander 173
    New Testament Greek: Luke 5.30-32 173
    11 ? ?????? (?) 174 1. Verb Forms: Past Tense: The Aorist 176
    2. Verb Forms: The Thematic 2nd Aorist 177
    3. Aspect 178
    4. Thematic 2nd Aorist Active and Middle Participles 180
    5. Verb Forms: Common Verbs with Thematic 2nd Aorists 180
    Greek Science and Medicine 183
    Classical Greek: Theognis 185
    New Testament Greek: Luke 6.20-21: The Beatitudes 185
    ? ?????? (?) 186 6. Verbs with Thematic 2nd Aorists from Unrelated Stems 189
    7. Accents on Thematic 2nd Aorist Active Imperatives 189
    8. Augment 190
    ? ????????? ??? ??????? ???????? 192
    New Testament Greek: Luke 6.27-29: The Sermon on the Mount 193
    12 ???? ??? ??????? (?) 194 1. Verb Forms: Past Tense: The Sigmatic 1st Aorist 196
    2. Sigmatic 1st Aorist Active and Middle Participles 199
    Trade and Travel 200
    Classical Greek: Scolion: The Four Best Things in Life 203
    New Testament Greek: Luke 15.3-7: The Parable of the Lost Sheep 203
    ???? ??? ??????? (?) 204 3. Verb Forms: The Asigmatic 1st Aorist of Verbs with Liquid and Nasal Stems 207
    4. Irregular Sigmatic 1st Aorists 208
    5. Verb Forms: Augment of Compound Verbs 209
    ? ??????? ??? ????????? ???????? 210
    Greek Wisdom: Bias of Priene 211
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    13 ???? ??? ???????? (?) 212 1. Verb Forms: The Imperfect or Past Progressive Tense 213
    2. Aspect 216
    The Rise of Persia 218
    ???? ??? ???????? (?) 222 3. Relative Clauses 224
    4. 3rd Declension Nouns and Adjectives with Stems in -??- 226
    5. 1st/3rd Declension Adjective with 3rd Declension Stems in -?- and -?- 227
    ? ?????? ??? ??????????? ????????? 228
    Greek Wisdom: Solon of Athens 230
    Classical Greek: Archilochus 231
    CONTENTS
    Introduction, iii
    Chapter 1, ? ???????????, 1
    Reading: ? ?????, 3
    Chapter 2, ? ???????, 4
    Reading: ???? ??????????, 7
    Chapter 3, ? ??????, 8
    Reading: ? ???????? ??? ??? ??????? ??????, 11
    Chapter 4, ???? ??? ??????, 12
    Reading: ? ???????? ??? ? ?????, 17
    Chapter 5, ? ?????, 18
    Grammar: Clauses of Result with ????, 20
    Reading: ? ?????? ??? ???? ?? ?????, 24
    Vocabulary: Chapters 1-5, 25
    Chapter 6, ? ?????, 28
    Reading: ? ??????????? ?????????, 32
    Chapter 7, ? ??????, 34
    Reading: ?? ??? ????? ?????, 37
    Chapter 8, ???? ?? ????, 39
    Reading: ?? ???? ???? ???????????? ????????, 40
    Reading: ? ?????????? ??? ?? ??????, 46
    Chapter 9, ? ?????????, 49
    Reading: ?? ??? ???????? ????, 53
    Vocabulary: Chapters 6-9, 55
    Chapter 10, ? ???????, 59
    Reading: ?? ?????? ???????, 61
    Grammar: ??????? and ????, 63
    Reading: ? ???????? ?????? ?????, 66
    Chapter 11, ? ??????, 68
    Grammar: Some Common Verbs with Thematic 2nd Aorists, 68
    Grammar: Some Common Verbs with Thematic 2nd Aorists from Unrelated Stems, 72
    Reading: ?? ??? ??????, 74
    Chapter 12, ???? ??? ???????, 78
    Grammar: Some Irregular Sigmatic 1st Aorists, 81
    Reading: ? ???? ????? ?????, 83
    Chapter 13, ???? ??? ????????, 85
    Reading: ? ????? ??? ??? ????? ?????, 91
    Vocabulary: Chapters 10-13, 93
    Chapter 14, ? ?? ???? ??????????? ????, 97
    Grammar: Review of Uses of the Cases, 99
    Reading: ??? ???????? ?????????, 104
    Chapter 15, ? ?? ??? ???????? ????, 109
    Reading: ?? ???? ??? ?????? ????????, 114
    Chapter 16, ???? ??? ?? ??? ???????? ?????, 117
    Reading: ? ???????? ??? ??? ???????? ?????????, 118
    Grammar: Review of Prepositions, 120
    Reading: ? ???????? ??? ??? ????????? ????????, 125
    Vocabulary: Chapters 14-16, 130
    Answer Key, 134

    Book 2

    CONTENTS
    Introduction, v
    Chapter 17, ? ????????? (?), 1
    Reading: ??????? ????? I, 5
    Chapter 17, ? ????????? (?), 6
    Reading: ??????? ????? II, 9
    Chapter 18, ? ????????? (?), 10
    Reading: ??????? ????? III, 13
    Chapter 18, ? ????????? (?), 14
    Reading: ??????? ????? III, 17
    Chapter 19, ? ?????? (?), 19
    Reading: ??????? ????? IV, 23
    Chapter 19, ? ?????? (?), 24
    Reading: ??????? ????? V, 29
    Chapter 20, ? ?????? (?), 30
    Reading: ??????? ????? VI, 33
    Chapter 20, ? ?????? (?), 35
    Reading: ??????? ????? VII, 39
    Vocabulary: Chapters 17-20, 40
    Chapter 21, ? ???????? (?), 44
    Reading: ??????? ????? VIII, 49
    Chapter 21, ? ???????? (?), 50
    Reading: ??????? ????? IX, 53
    Chapter 22, ? ????????? (?), 55
    Reading: ??????? ????? X, 59
    Chapter 22, ? ????????? (?), 60
    Reading: ??????? ????? XI, 63
    Chapter 23, ? ?????? (?), 64
    Reading: ??????? ????? XII, 67
    Chapter 23, ? ?????? (?), 69
    Reading: ??????? ????? XIII, 73
    Chapter 24, ?? ?????????? (?), 74
    Reading: ??????? ????? XIV, 77
    Chapter 24, ?? ?????????? (?), 78
    Reading: ??????? ????? XV, 81
    Vocabulary: Chapters 21-24, 82
    Chapter 25, ? ??????? ??? ?????? ??????? (?), 87
    Reading: ??????? ????? XVI, 91
    Chapter 25, ? ??????? ??? ?????? ??????? (?), 92
    Reading: ??????? ????? XVII, 95
    Chapter 26, ? ??????? ??? ????? ????????? (?), 96
    Reading: ??????? ????? XVIII, 99
    Chapter 26, ? ??????? ??? ????? ????????? (?), 101
    Reading: ??????? ????? XIX, 103
    Chapter 27, ? ??????? ??? ??? ????? ??????????? (?), 105
    Reading: ??????? ????? XX, 109
    Chapter 27, ? ??????? ??? ??? ????? ??????????? (?), 110
    Reading: ??????? ????? XXI, 113
    Chapter 28, ? ??????? ??? ??????? ?????? (?), 114
    Reading: ??????? ????? XXII, 119
    Chapter 28, ? ??????? ??? ??????? ?????? (?), 120
    Reading: ??????? ????? XXIII, 123
    Vocabulary: Chapters 25-28, 124
    Chapter 29, ???? ?? ??? ???????? ?????? (?), 128
    Reading: ??????? ????? XXIV, 129
    Chapter 29, ???? ?? ??? ???????? ?????? (?), 131
    Reading: ??????? ????? XXV, 133
    Chapter 29, ???? ?? ??? ???????? ?????? (?), 134
    Reading: ??????? ????? XXVI, 135
    Chapter 29, ???? ?? ??? ???????? ?????? (?), 136
    Reading: ??????? ????? XXVII, 137
    Chapter 29, ???? ?? ??? ???????? ?????? (?), 138
    Reading: ??????? ????? XXVIII, 139
    Chapter 30, ??????? (?), 141
    Reading: ??????? ????? XXIX, 143
    Chapter 30, ??????? (?), 144
    Reading: ??????? ????? XXX, 145
    Chapter 30, ??????? (?), 146
    Reading: ??????? ????? XXXI, 147
    Chapter 30, ??????? (?), 148
    Reading: ??????? ????? XXXII, 149
    Vocabulary: Chapters 29-30, 152
    Supplementary Grammar, 156
    Aspect, Time, and Tense, 156
    Articles, 162
    Uses of the Cases, 166
    Correlatives: Interrogative, Indefinite, Demonstrative, and Relative Pronouns and Adjectives, 172
    Uses of ????, 175
    Uses of ??, 176
    Uses of the Negative, 178
    Uses of the Participle, 181
    Third Person Imperatives, 184
    Review of Prepositions, 186
    Answer Key, 189
    Chapters 17-30, 189
    Supplementary Grammar, 213
    The Tablet of Cebes XXXIII-XLI, 217

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