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Introduction to Attic Greek

Donald J Mastronarde author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University of California Press

Published:5th Mar '13

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Thoroughly revised and expanded, Introduction to Attic Greek, 2nd Edition gives student and instructors the most comprehensive and accessible presentation of ancient Greek available. The text features: full exposure to the grammar and morphology that students will encounter in actual texts; self-contained instructional chapters, with challenging, carefully tailored exercises; progressively more complex chapters to build the student's knowledge of declensions, tenses, and constructions by alternating emphasis on morphology and syntax; readings based on actual texts and include unadapted passages from Xenophon, Lysias, Plato, Aristophanes, and Thucydides; concise introduction to the history of the Greek language; composite list of verbs with principal parts, and an appendix of all paradigms; and, Greek-English and English-Greek glossaries. Additional Resources: Robust online supplements for teaching and learning available at atticgreek.org; and, Answer Key to exercises also available from UC Press (9780520275744).

"Introduction to Attic Greek is a superb description of Greek grammar." * Classical Journal *
"A mine of information." * Classical Review *

ISBN: 9780520275713

Dimensions: 254mm x 178mm x 38mm

Weight: 907g

512 pages

2nd edition