Athenaze, Book I: An Introduction to Ancient Greek

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Pub. Date: 2015-12-07
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press, USA
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Table of Contents


Preface
List of Historical Essays
List of Maps
List of Color Plates
About the Authors
Introduction
Map of Greece and the Aegean Sea

1. O *DIKAIO*PO*LI*S (a)

Grammar
1. Verb Forms: Stems and Endings
2. Nouns: Genders, Stems, Endings, Cases, and Agreement
3. U se of the Definite Article

Reading
The Athenian Farmer
O *DIKAIO*PO*LI*S (*b)

Grammar
4. Accents

Readings
O K*LHPO*S
Classical Greek: Heraclitus
New Testament Greek: Title page of the Gospel of Luke
2. O *XAN*CIA*S (a)

Grammar
1. Verb Forms: Indicative Mood; 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Persons Singular
2. Proclitics
3. The Imperative

Readings
Slavery
Greek Wisdom: Cleobulus of Lindos
O *XAN*CIA*S (*b)

Grammar
4. Articles, Adjectives, and Nouns; Singular, All Cases
5. U ses of the Cases
6. Persistent Accent of Nouns and Adjectives
7. Recessive Accent of Verbs

Readings
O *DO*U*LO*S
Classical Greek: Callimachus
New Testament Greek: Luke 3.22
3. O APOTO*S (a)

Grammar
1. Verb Forms: 3rd Person Plural, Imperatives, and Infinitives

Reading
The Deme and the Polis
O APOTO*S (*b)

Grammar
2. Articles, Adjectives, and Nouns; Singular and Plural, All Cases
3. Accent Shifting

Readings
OI *bOE*S
Classical Greek: Menander
New Testament Greek: Luke 6.46
4. *PPO*S THI KPHNHI (a)

Grammar
1. Verb Forms: All Persons, Singular and Plural
2. Declensions of Nouns and Adjectives
3. Feminine Nouns and Adjectives of the 1st Declension

Readings
Women
Greek Wisdom: Pittacus (of Mitylene)
*PPO*S THI KPHNHI (*b)

Grammar
4. Masculine Nouns of the 1st Declension
5. Feminine Nouns of the 2nd Declension
6. 1st and 2nd Declension Adjectives
7. Two Irregular Adjectives
8. Formation of Adverbs
9. The Definite Article as Case Indicator

Readings
AI *G*UNAIKE*S TO*U*S AN*DPA*S *PEI*CO*U*SIN
Classical Greek: Callimachus
New Testament Greek: Luke 6.45
5. O *L*UKO*S (a)

Grammar
1. Contract Verbs in -a-
2. Recessive Accent of Finite Verbs
3. Article at the Beginning of a Clause
4. Elision

Readings
Gods and Men
Greek Wisdom: Chilon of Sparta
O *L*UKO*S (*b)

Grammar
5. Agreement of Subject and Verb
6. Personal Pronouns
7. Attributive and Predicate Position
8. Possessives
9. The Adjective a)u*t)o*S, -)n, -)o

Readings
O AP*GO*S TA *PPO*bATA *S*WIZEI
Greek Wisdom: The Seven Wise Men
Classical Greek: Anacreon
New Testament Greek: Luke 4.22 and 24
6. O M*U*CO*S (a)

Grammar
1. Verb Forms: *P*L)e*W
2. Verbs: Voice
3. Verb Forms: Middle Voice
4. Deponent Verbs

Reading
Myth
O M*U*CO*S (*b)

Grammar
5. Middle Voice: Meaning
6. Some Uses of the Dative Case
7. Prepositions

Readings
O *CH*SE*U*S THN APIA*DNHN KATA*LEI*PEI
Classical Greek: Marriage
New Testament Greek: Luke 13.10-16
7. O K*UK*L*W*V (a)

Grammar
1. Substantive Use of Adjectives
2. Nouns: Declensions
3. 3rd Declension Consonant Stem Nouns: Velar and Dental Stems
4. Reflexive Pronouns

Reading
Homer
O K*UK*L*W*V (*b)

Grammar
5. 3rd Declension Consonant Stem Nouns: Nasal Stems
6. 3rd Declension Consonant Stem Nouns: *b, *P, *Q (Labial) and *L, p
(Liquid) Stems
7. A 3rd Declension Adjective: *S)w*Qp*Wv, *S*W.*Qpov, of sound mind;
prudent; self-controlled
8. The Interrogative Pronoun and Adjective
9. The Indefinite Pronoun and Adjective

Readings
O TO*U *CH*SE*W*S *PATHP A*PO*CNHI*SKEI
Classical Greek: Sophocles
Greek Wisdom: Thales of Miletus
8. *PPO*S TO A*ST*U (a)

Grammar
1. Participles: "Present" or Progressive: Middle Voice

Readings
Athens: A Historical Outline
Classical Greek: Archilochus
New Testament Greek: Luke 5.20-21
*PPO*S TO A*ST*U (*b)

Grammar
2. 3rd Declension Consonant Stem Nouns: Stems in -p-
3. Two Important Irregular Nouns: )N *G*Uv)n, *tH.*S *G*Uva*iK)o*S, woman; wife,
and )N *Y*e)Ip, *tH.*S *Y*e*ip)o*S, hand
4. 1st/3rd Declension Adjective: *Pa.*S, *Pa.*Sa, *Pa.v, all; every; whole
Reading
Greek Wisdom: Periander of Corinth
Grammar
5. Numbers
6. Expressions of Time When, Duration of Time, and Time Within Which

Readings
O O*D*U*S*SE*U*S KAI O AIO*LO*S
Classical Greek: Sappho: The Deserted Lover: A Girl's Lament
9. H *PANH*G)yPI*S (a)

Grammar
1. Participles: Present or Progressive: Active Voice
Reading
The City of Athens
H *PANH*G*UPI*S (*b)

Grammar
2. 3rd Declension Nouns with Stems Ending in -v*t-
3. 3rd Declension Nouns with Stems Ending in a Vowel: )N *P)o*L*i*S and *t)O )a*S*t*U
4. 3rd Declension Nouns with Stems Ending in Diphthongs or Vowels:
(o *ba*S*i*L*e)y*S and the Irregular Nouns )N va*U.*S and (o *bo*U.*S
5. U ses of the Genitive Case
6. Some Uses of the Article

Readings
O O*D*U*S*SE*U*S KAI H KIPKH
Classical Greek: Simonides
New Testament Greek: Luke 6.31-33: The Sermon on the Mount
REVIEW OF VERB FORMS

PREVIEW OF NEW VERB FORMS

10. H *S*UM*QOPA (a)

Grammar
1. Verb Forms: Verbs with Sigmatic Futures
2. Verb Forms: The Asigmatic Contract Future of Verbs in -)I*z*W
3. Verb Forms: The Sigmatic Future of Contract Verbs
4. Verb Forms: Verbs with Deponent Futures

Readings
Festivals
Classical Greek: Theognis
New Testament Greek: Luke 6.35-36: The Sermon on the Mount
H *S*UM*QOPA (*b)

Grammar
5. Verb Forms: The Asigmatic Contract Future of Verbs with
Liquid and Nasal Stems
6. The Irregular Verb *e(I)Yµ*i
7. Future Participle to Express Purpose
8. Impersonal Verbs
9. Review of Questions

Readings
O O*D*U*S*SE*U*S TO*U*S ETAIPO*U*S A*PO*L*L*U*SIN
Classical Greek: Menander and Archilochus
New Testament Greek: Luke 5.30-32
11. O IATPO*S (a)

Grammar
1. Verb Forms: Past Tense: The Aorist
2. Verb Forms: The Thematic 2nd Aorist
3. Aspect
4. Thematic 2nd Aorist Active and Middle Participles
5. Verb Forms: Common Verbs with Thematic 2nd Aorists

Readings
Greek Science and Medicine
Classical Greek: Theognis
New Testament Greek: Luke 6.20-21: The Beatitudes
O IATPO*S (*b)

Grammar
6. Verbs with Thematic 2nd Aorists from Unrelated Stems
7. Accents on Thematic 2nd Aorist Active Imperatives
8. Augment

Readings
O *DHMOKH*DH*S TON *bA*SI*LEA IATPE*UEI
New Testament Greek: Luke 6.27-29: The Sermon on the Mount
12. *PPO*S TON *PEIPAIA (a)

Grammar
1. Verb Forms: Past Tense: The Sigmatic 1st Aorist
2. Sigmatic 1st Aorist Active and Middle Participles

Readings
Trade and Travel
Classical Greek: Scolion: The Four Best Things in Life
New Testament Greek: Luke 15.3-7: The Parable of the Lost Sheep
*PPO*S TON *PEIPAIA (*b)

Grammar
3. Verb Forms: The Asigmatic 1st Aorist of Verbs with Liquid and Nasal Stems
4. Irregular Sigmatic 1st Aorists
5. Verb Forms: Augment of Compound Verbs

Readings
O K*W*LAIO*S TON TAPTH*S*SON E*UPI*SKEI
Greek Wisdom: Bias of Priene
13. *PPO*S THN *SA*LAMINA (a)

Grammar
1. Verb Forms: The Imperfect or Past Progressive Tense
2. Aspect
Reading
The Rise of Persia
*PPO*S THN *SA*LAMINA (*b)

Grammar
3. Relative Clauses
4. 3rd Declension Nouns and Adjectives with Stems in -*e*S-
5. 1st/3rd Declension Adjective with 3rd Declension Stems in -*U- and -*e-

Readings
O *XEP*XH*S TON E*L*LH*S*PONTON *DIA*bAINEI
Greek Wisdom: Solon of Athens
Classical Greek: Archilochus
New Testament Greek: Luke 21.1-4: The Widow's Mite
14. H EN TAI*S *CEPMO*P*U*LAI*S MA*YH (a)

Grammar
1. Comparison of Adjectives
2. Irregular Comparison of Adjectives
3. Comparison of Adverbs
4. U ses of Comparatives and Superlatives

Readings
The Rise of Athens
Classical Greek: Archilochus
New Testament Greek: Luke 10.25-29: The Good Samaritan (concluded 14 (B))
H EN TAI*S *CEPMO*P*U*LAI*S MA*YH (*b)

Grammar
5. Demonstrative Adjectives
6. Interrogative and Indefinite Pronouns, Adjectives, and Adverbs

Readings
OI *PEP*SAI TA *U*PEP *CEPMO*P*U*L*WN *STENA AIPO*U*SIN
Classical Greek: Theognis
New Testament Greek: Luke 10.30-37: The Good Samaritan (concluded)
15. H EN THI *SA*LAMINI MA*YH (a)

Grammar
1. Athematic 2nd Aorists
2. More 3rd Declension Nouns with Stems in -*e*S-

Readings
Aeschylus's Persae
New Testament Greek: Luke 2.1-14: The Birth of Jesus
H EN THI *SA*LAMINI MA*YH (*b)

Grammar
3. Contract Verbs in -o-
4. Contract Nouns of the 2nd Declension
5. More Numbers
6. U ses of )W*S and Its Compounds

Reading
OI *PEP*SAI TA*S A*CHNA*S AIPO*U*SIN
16. META THN EN THI *SA*LAMINI MA*YHN (a)

Grammar
1. The Passive Voice

Reading
The Athenian Empire
META THN EN THI *SA*LAMINI MA*YHN (*b)

Grammar
2. Verbs with Athematic Presents and Imperfects: *D)yvaµa*i, K*e*i.µa*i,
and )E*P)I*S*taµa*i

Readings
O *XEP*XH*S *PPO*S THN A*SIAN ANA*Y*WPEI
Classical Greek: Sappho: Love's Power
Classical Greek: Simonides
New Testament Greek: Luke 2.15-20: The Birth of Jesus (concluded)

Verb Charts
Syllables and Accents
Enclitics and Proclitics
Forms
Forms of Definite Article, Nouns, Adjectives, and Pronouns Laid Out in
Case Order N, V, A, G, D
Index of Language and Grammar
Greek to English Vocabulary
English to Greek Vocabulary
General Index
Acknowledgments

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