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Title: Athenaze: An Introduction to Ancient Greek by Gilbert Lawall, James F. Johnson, Luigi Miraglia ISBN: 0-19-514954-8 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: October, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95

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Average Customer Rating: 3.36 (45 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent, thorough introduction to Attic Greek
Comment: I'm a huge fan of greek lyric poetry and the plays of Sophocles, Aeschylus, and Aristophanes. However, much of the beauty of the language is lost in the translation of these works into English.

Athenaze is a highly superior text book for beginning students in ancient Greek, especially those interested in reading the classics in the original language. The text uses characters and excerpts from Aristophanes' play "Acharnians" throughout, and gently introduces first-time readers of Greek into the language. References to other texts and resources are included, as well as a reference grammar and a brief greek-english-greek dictionary.

I should point out that I did not take a class in ancient greek... I picked up this book and the accompanying teacher's manual and studied it myself. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone who is not a highly motivated learner, but due to the low-cost of the book and the excellent job the author's did at introducing greek, this is a perfect book for self-study as well as classroom study.

I teach computer science, not Greek, yet I would highly recommend Athenaze to any Greek instructor or student.

Rating: 4
Summary: Good Introduction to Greek, Not a Complete Grammar
Comment: This book is, as others have pointed out, a bit haphazardly organized and there are a few things that don't make sense. The grammar is very poorly explained in some places. However, despite its short commings, this book provides a good introduction to Attic Greek. The readings provide an easy, comfortable introduction to the language and help to keep the study intersting during the beginning stages of the language acquisition process when it is easy to get frustrated. The book emphasizes learning by using the language (that is reading and translating the passages), a proven method of language acquisition. This book is not sufficient to learn Greek nor is it intended to be, it is a good, well thought out introductory text. If you want to be a Greek scholar you will need another book, if you want to start learning Greek, this is a good place to start.

Rating: 5
Summary: Thoroughly educational and enjoyable
Comment: This book made learning Ancient Greek attainable! It includes a smattering of various exercises to strengthen one's understanding of the language (including English to Greek sentences, stories in Greek, vocabulary exercises, sentences in Greek that illustrate new grammar concepts and more!). It also made the stories in Greek progressively more complicated, but not enough to confuse students. New grammar is introduced gradually and the vocab presented is used frequently in "everyday" conversation. Also included with this book are phrases from ancient authors and even Bible verses (for those students interested in Coinae Greek).
After one semester of using this book, I am able to sit down and understand some of the Bible and other ancient authors! This book is definitely the best way to gain a solid foundation in Ancient Greek!

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