Thoroughly-revised edition of best-selling one-year introductory course in ancient Greek for students and adults.
Leggere il greco Serie
Questa serie linguistica è pensata per principianti che desiderano leggere il greco classico. È ideale per studenti delle scuole secondarie, universitari e corsi di formazione per adulti. L'obiettivo è fornire ai lettori la capacità di affrontare con fluidità e intelligenza testi come i poemi omerici e le opere di Erodoto entro uno o due anni.
First published in 1978, Reading Greek has become a best-selling one-year introductory course in ancient Greek for students and adults. It combines the best of modern and traditional language-learning techniques and is used widely in schools, summer schools and universities across the world. It has also been translated into several foreign languages. This volume contains a narrative adapted entirely from ancient authors, including Herodotus, Euripides, Aristophanes and Demosthenes, in order to encourage students rapidly to develop their reading skills. Generous support is provided with vocabulary. At the same time, through the texts and numerous illustrations, students will receive a good introduction to Greek culture, and especially that of Classical Athens. The accompanying Grammar and Exercises volume provides full grammatical support together with numerous exercises at different levels, Greek-English and English-Greek vocabularies, a substantial reference grammar and language surveys.