Best Books To Learn Attic Greek

Very complete grammar lessons plenty of readings and exercises and a decent reference appendix.

Best books to learn attic greek.

Hansen and quinn greek. Interview by katie walker. I can t find my copy to verify but iirc andrew sihler s new comparative grammar of greek and latin has a good amount of information about pronunciation. View entire discussion 8 comments more posts from the ancientgreek community.

The best books for learning ancient greek whether you want to supplement what you are learning in your ancient greek class online or you want to be an autodidact and teach yourself ancient greek a good textbook or two will go a long way in getting you to the fluid reading skills that you are working towards. Reading your favorite book in translation seems to be a good way to keep a student motivated about learning a language. Vox graeca by w. By joint association of classical teachers.

Mastronarde s introduction to attic greek. An intensive course is quite solid for an intro to attic it s what my university uses. However keep in mind that the translations of best sellers are not always accurate. For what it s worth i offer here a list of a few of my favorite books on new testament greek grammar.

For starters introduction to attic greek has the common fare. This is a no holds barred approach to ancient greek written by a professor who got tired of seeing students coming to graduate school with huge gaps in their basic knowledge. Translators have to work on short deadlines and sometimes the result is poor work. Sidney allen is a complete and scholarly reconstruction of attic pronunciation.

Ten best books for studying new testament greek david alan black. Academic paul mcmullen recommends the best books for learning ancient greek. I hope this listing may stir some reader to an ambition to learn the language and learn it well. Within a year you too could be reading seminal texts in their original language.

Out of all the introductory grammars and workbooks on either koine or attic greek that i ve ever read or perused mastronarde s book seems to be the most practical one for those who desire to be either tutored or self taught attic greek. Leonard muellner professor emeritus of classical studies at brandeis university and belisi gillespie phd candidate at uc berkeley have posted 64 videos on youtube which when taken together present all the content covered in two semesters of a college level introduction to ancient greek course the textbook used is hansen hardy and gerald quinn. I fully realize that this catalog will be outdated as soon as it is published. Effective as either a primary or secondary textbook attica.

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