An Introduction to the Composition and Analysis of Greek Prose
Cambridge University Press, 5/12/2016
EAN 9780521761420, ISBN10: 0521761425
Hardcover, 316 pages, 24.4 x 17 x 1.9 cm
Language: English
Why learn to write in a dead language? Because a really good understanding of a language can only be attained by using it actively. Unlike earlier textbooks aimed at schoolboys, this work addresses modern adults who want to understand concepts fully as they learn. Drawing on recent scholarship where appropriate and assuming no prior background except some reading knowledge of Greek, the course combines a structured review of paradigms and vocabulary with clear and comprehensive explanations of the rules of Greek syntax. Large numbers of exercises are provided, both with and without key: a complete set of cumulative exercises and another set of non-cumulative exercises for those who prefer to dip into specific sections. The exercises include, as well as English sentences and paragraphs for translation, Greek sentences and passages for translation, analysis, and manipulation. A full English-Greek vocabulary and list of principal parts are included.
Preface
Bibliography
Accentuation
1. Articles
2. Modifiers
3. Tenses, voices, and agreement
4. Cases
5. Participles
6. The structure of a Greek sentence
word order and connection
Review exercises
7. Conditional, concessive, and potential clauses
8. Relative clauses
9. Pronouns
10. Indirect statement
11. Questions
Review exercises
12. Purpose, fear, and effort
13. Cause, result, and 'on condition that'
14. Comparison and negatives
15. Commands, wishes, and prevention
16. Temporal clauses
Review exercises
17. Impersonal constructions and verbal adjectives
18. Oratio obliqua
19. Summary
20. Consolidation
Appendices
A. Errors in Smyth's Grammar
B. English tenses and their Greek equivalents (indicative only)
C. Hints for analysing Greek sentences
D. English conditional clauses
E. A selection of terminologies for describing Greek conditional sentences
F. Short, easily confused words
G. Partial answer key
H. The next step
prose composition as an art form
Principal parts
Vocabulary
Index to vocabulary.