Teach Yourself Ancient Greek Complete Course

416 Pages·2004·10.54 MB·English

by  Gavin Betts

teach
yourself
ancient greek

ancient greek
gavin betts and alan henry
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First published in UK 1989 by Hodder Headline Ltd., 338 Euston
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Impression number 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 21
Year 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003
introduction xi
how to use this book xi
abbreviations xiii
map of ancient Greece xv
01 1.1/1 the Greek alphabet and its
pronunciation /2 accents .2 exercise
.3 excursus - the different forms of
Greek 1
02 2.1/1 nouns in Greek /2 first declension
(feminine nouns) and the feminine definite
article /3 basic uses of cases /4 verbs in
Greek /5 present and future indicative
active of -ω verbs (and corresponding
infinitives) /6 word order and elision
.2 Greek reading /1 vocabulary 9
03 3.1/1 second declension and the masculine
and neuter definite article /2 first
declension (masculine nouns) /3 first and
second declension adjectives /4 adverbs
/5 prepositions /6 present indicative and
infinitive of ειμί, I am .2 Greek reading
/1 vocabulary 19
04 4.1/1 imperfect indicative active and
weak aorist indicative active and infinitive
active of -ω verbs 12 first and second
person pronouns, and αυτόν, -ην, -ό
/3 connecting particles .2 Greek reading
/1 vocabulary 28
^ΓΊ 05 5.1/1 third declension - consonant
stem nouns (1) 12 contracted verbs
§ 13 further uses of the definite article
| .2 Greek reading /1 vocabulary 38
06 6.1/1 third declension - consonant
stem nouns (2) 12 second declension
contracted nouns and first and second
declension contracted adjectives
/3 compound verbs formed with
prepositional prefixes /4 -ω verbs with
stems in palatals, labials, dentals
.2 Greek reading /1 vocabulary 48
07 7.1/1 strong aorist indicative and infinitive
active of -ω verbs 12 μίηφ say 13 indirect
speech /4 indirect command /5 numerals
/6 negatives Π phrases expressing time
and space .2 Greek reading /1 vocabulary 58
08 8.1/1 middle and passive voices
12 deponent verbs /3 indirect statement
/4 third declension nouns - stems in ι and υ
.2 Greek reading /1 vocabulary 69
09 9.1/1 demonstrative pronouns 12 the
relative pronoun oc and adjectival clauses
/3 αυτός and its uses /4 reflexive and
reciprocal pronouns /5 possessive adjectives
and pronouns .2 Greek reading
/1 vocabulary 81
10 10.1/1 interrogative τίο and indefinite tic
12 questions, direct and indirect 13 first
and third declension adjectives /4 third
declension adjectives .2 Greek reading
.3 extra reading - the wisdom of Socrates 93
11 11.1/1 root aorist, aorist passive and
future passive 12 agent and instrument
13 -ω verbs with stems in λ, μ, ν, ρ
/4 third declension nouns - stems in ευ,
αυ, ου /5 crasis .2 Greek reading 102
12 12.1/1 participles 12 uses of participles
vii
.2 Greek reading .3 extra reading - ο
ο
epigrams 111
I
13 13.1/1 oddities of declension /2 verbs
I
used with the genitive or dative /3 further
particles .2 Greek reading .3 extra reading -
Plato 121
14 14.1/1 moods of the Greek verb
/2 subjunctive mood /3 optative mood
/4 uses of the subjunctive and optative
.2 Greek reading 133
15 15.1/1 perfect indicative active /2 verbs
used with participles .2 Greek reading
.3 extra reading - Prometheus bound (1) 144
16 16.1/1 phrases and clauses of result
12 pluperfect indicative active /3 perfect
and pluperfect indicative middle/passive
/4 other parts of the perfect tense
.2 Greek reading .3 extra reading -
Heracles 154
17 17.1/1 imperative mood: commands and
prohibitions 12 comparison of adjectives
and adverbs /3 meaning of the comparative
and superlative /4 constructions involving
the comparative and superlative /5 active
verbs used in a passive sense .2 Greek
reading .3 extra reading - Prometheus
bound (2) 165
18 18.1/1 -μι verbs 12 δίδωμι give, μι ηΟίτ
put, place /3 είμι I shall come/go
/4 other verbs with principal parts from
different roots /5 conditional sentences
/6 aicpoc, ο,οοεμ έοχατοο .2 Greek reading
.3 extra reading - the sea, the sea! 178
19 19.1/1 ϊοτημι and its compounds
12 potential clauses 13 oddities in verbs
.2 Greek reading 189
20 20.1/1 verbs in -νομι 12 ΐημι and its
compounds /3 genitive of price or value
/4 genitive of separation /5 accusative
of respect or specification .2 Greek
reading 199
21 21.1/1 wishes 12 further temporal
conjunctions (έως, μέχρι, πρίν)
/3 further demonstrative and relative
adjectives/pronouns /4 further
impersonal verbs /5 accusative absolute
.2 Greek reading .3 extra reading -
love poetry 207
22 22.1/1 summary of the uses of roc
12 uses of cases (1) - accusative
.2 Greek reading .3 extra reading -
Anacreontea 220
23 23.1/1 uses of cases (2) - genitive
12 uses of cases (3) - dative .2 Greek
reading .3 extra reading - further
elegiac poetry 231
24 24.1/1 yes and no 12 summary of uses
of ού and μή /3 diminutives /4 dual number
/5 verbal adjectives in -xoc/-x0c and -reoc
/6 verbs of precaution and striving
Π verbs of hindering, preventing,
forbidding, denying .2 Greek reading
.3 extra reading - the think tank 245
25 25.1/1 Homeric Greek 12 differences
in phonology and morphology
/3 differences in syntax .2 readings
from Homer 258
appendices 265
1 conjugation of λύω loosen 265
2 conjugation of contracted verbs
(present and imperfect) 268