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.

For what it s worth i offer here a list of a few of my favorite books on new testament greek grammar. There is however an excellent beginner s book that introduces homeric greek rather than attic. Hansen and quinn greek. An intensive course is quite solid for an intro to attic it s what my university uses.

Reading your favorite book in translation seems to be a good way to keep a student motivated about learning a language. Avoid children books if you are beginner or pre intermediate. Vox graeca by w. Within a year you too could be reading seminal texts in their original language.

By joint association of classical teachers. 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. Sidney allen is a complete and scholarly reconstruction of attic pronunciation. I fully realize that this catalog will be outdated as soon as it is published.

However keep in mind that the translations of best sellers are not always accurate. Translators have to work on short deadlines and sometimes the result is poor work. Homeric greek by clyde pharr revised by john wright in print and available from oklahoma up. For starters introduction to attic greek has the common fare.

Academic paul mcmullen recommends the best books for learning ancient greek. Interview by katie walker. View entire discussion 8 comments more posts from the ancientgreek community. Mastronarde s introduction to attic greek.

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. You can guess what happened. Ten best books for studying new testament greek david alan black. He wrote a book that filled those gaps.

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. The book presumes no previous knowledge of greek and bases its exercises on the first book of the iliad.