Product Information
Thoroughly-revised edition of best-selling one-year introductory course in ancient Greek for students and adults.Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521698510
ISBN-139780521698511
eBay Product ID (ePID)60741928
Product Key Features
Number of Pages318 Pages
Publication NameReading Greek : Text and Vocabulary
LanguageEnglish
SubjectAncient Languages (See Also Latin)
Publication Year2007
FeaturesRevised Edition, Revised
TypeLanguage Course
AuthorJoint Association of Classical Teachers
Subject AreaForeign Language Study
SeriesReading Greek Ser.
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight22.8 Oz
Item Length9.7 in
Item Width6.9 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number2
Reviews'… a comprehensive guide to learning ancient Greek … Moreover, the book is accessible to independent learners and those on distance-learning courses.' The Journal of Classics Teaching, '... a comprehensive guide to learning ancient Greek ... Moreover, the book is accessible to independent learners and those on distance-learning courses.' The Journal of Classics Teaching
Dewey Edition22
Target AudienceCollege Audience
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal488.2421
Lc Classification NumberPa258
Table of ContentPart I. Athens at Sea: Section 1. A-J. The insurance scam; Section 2. A-D. The glorious past; Section 3. A-E. Athens and Sparta; Part II. Moral Decay?: Section 4. A-D. Lawlessness in Athenian life; Section 5. A-D; Section 6. A-D. 'Socrates corrupts the young'; Section 7. A-H. Socrates and intellectual inquiry; Part III. Athens through the Comic Poet's Eyes: Section 8. A-C. Aristophanes' Birds and visions of Utopia; Section 9. A-J. Aristophanes' Wasps; Section 10. A-E. Aristophanes' Lysistrata; Section 11. A-C. Aristophanes' Akharnians; Part IV. Women in Athenian Society: Sections 12-14. The Prosecution of Neaira: Section 12. A-I. Neaira as slave; Section 13. A-I. Neaira as married woman; Section 14. A-F. Guarding a woman's purity; Section 15. A-C. Alkestis in Euripides' play; Part V. Athenian Views of Justice: Sections 16-17. Official and Private Justice: Section 16. A-H. Official justice, ships, state and individuals; Section 17. A-E. Private justice: trouble down at the farm; Section 18. A-E. How Zeus gave justice to men; Part VI. Gods, Fate and Man: Section 19. A-F. The story of Adrastos; Part VII. Homeric Hero and Heroine: Section 20. A-G. Odysseus and Nausikaa; A total Greek-English vocabulary of all words to be learnt.