Athenaze: An Introduction to Ancient Greek Book I 2nd Edition

by Maurice Balme (Author), Gilbert Lawall (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0195149564

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Combining the best features of traditional and modern methods, Athenaze: An Introduction to Ancient Greek, 2/e, provides a unique course of instruction that allows students to read connected Greek narrative right from the beginning and guides them to the point where they can begin reading
complete classical texts. Carefully designed to hold students' interest, the course begins in Book I with a fictional narrative about an Attic farmer's family placed in a precise historical context (432-431 B.C.). This narrative, interwoven with tales from mythology and the Persian Wars, gradually
gives way in Book II to adapted passages from Thucydides, Plato, and Herodotus and ultimately to excerpts of the original Greek of Bacchylides, Thucydides, and Aristophanes' Acharnians. Essays on relevant aspects of ancient Greek culture and history are also provided.

New to the Second Edition:
* Short passages from Classical and New Testament Greek in virtually every chapter
* The opening lines of the Iliad and the Odyssey toward the end of Book II
* New vocabulary and more complete explanations of grammar, including material on accents
* Many new exercises and additional opportunities for students to practice completing charts of verb forms and paradigms of nouns and adjectives
* Updated Teacher's Handbooks for Books I and II containing translations of all stories, readings, and exercises; detailed suggestions for classroom presentation; abundant English derivatives; and additional linguistic information
* Offered for the first time, Student Workbooks for Books I and II that include self-correcting exercises, cumulative vocabulary lists, periodic grammatical reviews, and additional readings

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Maurice Balme is at Harrow School (Emeritus). Gilbert Lawall is at University of Massachusetts, Amherst (Emeritus).

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Publisher : Oxford University Press; 2nd edition (March 13, 2003)
Language : English
Paperback : 359 pages
ISBN-10 : 0195149564
ISBN-13 : 978-0195149562
Item Weight : 1.41 pounds
Dimensions : 9.1 x 0.9 x 7.4 inches

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nelson luis lott de moraes costa

Good Start To Learn Koine

Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2019

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Sorry, but I did not start the reading yet, but I liked what I overview. I am not a scholar, just someone who loves languages, I can read english, portuguese, spanish, italian, catalan, french, russian and ukrainien, all of them Iearned by myself, for the love of the literature of those countries. Now I am trying to learn greek with the help of books like "Reading Greek" (Joint Association of Classical Teachers Greek Course), on going, "Learn Ancient Greek" (Peter Jones), "Aprenda Grego pelo Novo Testamento"(John Dobson) and "Gramatica Griega" (Jaime Amenós). I had tried already several others books but they are too gramatical, too high brow and I give up them. By my first impressions this book "Athenaze I" will fullfill my expectations. When I finish it I will send my comments. Sorry for my pidgin english, but learning by himself has its fails. Best regards, Nelson

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Ryan Mease

Review of Athenaze, Volume 1

Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2009

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My opinion of Athenaze is almost entirely positive. By presenting in ancient language through simple passages connected by a single plot, the book gives a the student a reason to read, a reason to study. This is especially helpful in self-study, where there is no teacher encouraging or rewarding progress.

Furthermore, Athenaze offers many passages from classical Greek and biblical sources, introducing the reader to "real" Greek grammar.

Where Athenaze fails, it is small, insignificant matters: examples weren't given for all verb-types in this tense, this noun has an odd declension that isn't fully explained, etc.

By the end of Book 1, the student can expect a vocabulary of a few hundred words, and the ability to speak in present, future, aorist (past), and imperfect tenses.

Because Amazon will not let me review the Athenaze Workbook for Book 1, I will add my comments below...

For the self-study, the workbook proves amazingly encouraging. It demands additional activity on the student's part, providing supplementary practice and reading that might ordinarily be given by a formal teacher.

All of the stories in the workbook complement those in the actual textbook, though all of them feel miscellaneous, like lost episodes of a sitcom.

Overall, the workbook, like the textbook, is very well-designed.

Another helpful aspect of Athenaze study is the helpfulness of online resources. A simple search of 'Athenaze' produces several sites with supplementary practice activities, some free and others at a fee. I have only tried the free ones, and these alone are very helpful.

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M. Findley

Great textbook

Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2010

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I used both book I & II (along with a resource called The Perseus Project [...] which is a FREE collection of original texts & translations) in college and of all the languages I've studied I found Ancient Greek to be one of the easiest to learn, despite its difficulty, because of this wonderful textbook. The layout is straightforward, and simple. It gives many exorcises for passive and active translation. It explains the grammatical concepts well and provides a great dictionary in the back pages along with pages of tables for quick reference (the ones in this text I think are presented better than those in the Oxford Grammar Reference, especially for verbs). It is an ideal book for either a student learning in a classroom setting or someone learning on their own.

If all you want is to gain a basic understanding of Ancient Greek and the ability to do passive translation, the is almost all you'll need (except for a general dictionary once you get more into it.)

If you want to study the language extensively this is a good starting point. I have been studying Greek for around 4 years now, having progressed enough to do independent translations of actual texts, and I still use these books to review with.

In addition to this I would recommend getting/using:

The Perseus Project (This is a collection of FREE texts, maintained by Tufts University, with English translations, as well as books on grammar, etc. Each Greek word is hyperlinked and clicking on one it takes you to the dictionary entry that lists what exact case/declension/other grammatical identifiers. There is also a feature that allows you to view the original text and the English translation side by side. And it also has Latin texts) [...]

Oxford Grammar of Classical Greek
Pocket Oxford Classical Greek Dictionary
Greek Key Words: The Basic 2, 000 Word Vocabulary Arranged by Frequency in a Hundred Units, with Comprehensive Greek and English Indexes
Lexical Aids for Students of New Testament Greek (this has some very good charts in the Appendices, especially one of prepositions)
An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon: Founded upon the Seventh Edition of Liddell and Scott's Greek-English Lexicon
Athenaze: An Introduction to Ancient Greek (Workbook II)

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Séamus Ó Flaithbheartaigh

Invest instead in the Athenaze Workbook

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 16, 2017

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It's good to have, but if I'd suggest you invest instead in the Athenaze Workbook. The latest edition is much easier to read as regard, in particular the breathings, especially under a circumflex, though the book itself is slightly wider. If you work on the Student Book and Workbook, you won't really need the Teacher's Book, which Oxford makes hard to get, especially Teacher's Book II, and thus expensive, though you may be lucky and be able to get it shipped from America.

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Persian

Good to learn from

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 17, 2014

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I started learning Greek from this book, for classical purposes (as opposed to learning for religious reasons), and the book is alright. I really like and enjoy the passages with Mr Dikaiopolis, and the exercises are not that bad at all, but the grammar is not explained all that well, and I remember being massively troubled by words being mixed with little particles like ἀναβαδίζω (ἀνα+βαδίζω). Luckily I had a teacher, so this wasn't the end of the world for me.

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Chung-Yin Cheng

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 22, 2017

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Good accompany to the Student's Book for self-study

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Ellie Tucker

Not bad

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 3, 2013

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Was a pretty good price, and was the more recent version of the book, which I needed for my course.

Kindle Customer

She love it!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 9, 2015

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My sister asked me for this book as she is into classical studies. She love it!

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