[B-Greek] Recommendations about how to learn Attic Greek

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Thu Aug 23 13:11:33 EDT 2007


As Eric Weiss has already noted, I really prefer the Cambridge UP  
(Joint Association of Classical Teachers) "Reading Greek" series.  
Oxford UP's Athenaze is similar, but seems to me geared to a somewhat  
lower level user-group -- they're both good.

Mastronarde is the standard textbook for Attic used these days by  
U.S. teachers; it's essentially traditional in approach, introducing  
grammar with vocabulary and exercises in successive lessons; if  
you're going to do that sort of approach, I'd urge, for someone with  
all that Koine under his/her belt, to use Hansen and Quinn's  
intensive course. I do like "Reading Greek" and I think with all that  
background in Koine, you'd zip through it pretty quickly, slowing  
down perhaps when you get to the pseudo-Demosthenean (Apollodorus)  
readings.

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Ret)


On Aug 23, 2007, at 10:20 AM, David McCoy wrote:

> Mitch:
>
> Thanks for this.  What, then, is the "Mastronarde book" that John  
> indicates is so desirable?  Does it cover the same material?
>
> David
> ==============================================================
> On Thu, 23 Aug 2007, Mitch Larramore wrote:
>
>> Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 07:04:22 -0700 (PDT)
>> From: Mitch Larramore <mitchlarramore at yahoo.com>
>> To: David McCoy <davidmcy at io.com>
>> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Recommendations about how to learn Attic Greek
>> David:
>>
>> Get books 1 and 2 of Athenaze by Maurice Balme and
>> Gilbert Lawall and you are good to go.
>>
>> Mitch
>>
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