All The Greek Verbs (Greek Language) [Paperback]

N. Marinone (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0715617729 | ISBN-13: 978-0715617724 | Publication Date: September 15, 2011 | Edition: annotated edition

Over 13,000 ancient Greek verbs, analysed and annotated

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About the Author

F. Hugh Thompson's interest in slavery was first inspired by his excavation of the Iron Age hill-fort at Bigberry near Canterbury in 1978-80. Later he participated in international expeditions to the slave-worked Roman quarries in Egypt's eastern desert. A study tour in search of slavery evidence took him all over Europe and the Mediterranean and ultimately led him to write this book. He died in 1995, aged 72. Ralph Jackson, who has written the Epilogue, is Curator of the Romano-British collections at the British Museum.

Product Details

• Paperback: 360 pages
• Publisher: Duckworth Publishers; annotated edition edition (September 15, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0715617729
• ISBN-13: 978-0715617724
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
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100 of 100 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An extremely useful book, November 6, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: All The Greek Verbs (Greek Language) (Paperback)

I'm not sure some of the other reviewers have really understood the point of this book. If you come across a verbal form you can't recognise, you can look it up in this book and it will tell you what form of the verb it is (i.e. 3 person singular, future tense), as well as the present form of the verb. In other words, it takes out all the difficulty in identifying verbs because you don't have to re-form the present tense in your head - you just look the verb up straight! If you still don't know the verb, then you look it up in a lexicon which will take less than 5 seconds because you already have the present form. Easy!

I don't know what on Earth kept Mr. Marinone going, but you must pay tribute to him for publishing an essential book that takes much of the heartache out of translation. A must if you are embarking on Thucydides / Xenophon etc.

47 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not Pointless At All!, August 27, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: All The Greek Verbs (Greek Language) (Paperback)

Pointless? I don't think so at all. This is not a lexicon or dictionary and it never pretends to be. This book helps the classical student identify tricky verb forms and it does an excellent job at that.

In Italian, yes. But keep in mind that this book is basically just a long list of verb forms. I don't speak a word of Italian and I can easily understand the abbreviations. The only thing I can't read is the book's brief preface.

An excellent book for any Ancient Greek reader who needs help with verb forms.

49 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beware!, August 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: All The Greek Verbs (Greek Language) (Paperback)

An excellent reference for students of Classical Greek that has never been equalled. A word of warning -- it was published in Italy, and the parts of speech are given with Italian abbreviations. Example: "optative" is given the abbreviation "ott" presumably for "ottativo." It shouldn't slow you down once you get used to it.