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An Introduction to Ancient Greek

2 Volumes, 4th Edition

Robert Williamson and Alfred Mollin

This textbook was conceived and written under the authors’ conviction that the feature of Greek grammar that lends itself most readily to understanding and discussion is syntax, especially the syntax of the verb and that such understanding has been unnecessarily complicated by the traditional use of a terminology derived more from the study of the Latin verb than the Greek. The principal feature of the Greek verb is no longer presented as that of “tense,” a term that conflates and confuses questions of the time of an action relative to the act of speaking with ways of representing an action in itself. Rather, emphasis is placed on the latter feature, the aspect of a verb, both as a means of organizing the many forms that the verb can take and as a means of making comparatively simple sense of the multiplicity of syntactical rules that govern its use.

Volume One features twenty Lessons presenting basic Greek Grammar in a manner facilitating the early introduction of substantial and philosophically rich passages from Heraclitus Aeschylus, Xenophon, Aristotle, Euclid and especially Plato, each containing vocabulary, discussion and exercises to aid in retention and reinforcement. Volume Two contains extended readings, with grammatical and vocabulary notes, from Plato and Aristotle, including the complete dialogue Meno, as well as Appendices and comprehensive Vocabulary lists.

The two most distinctive Lessons in the text occur close to the beginning. Lesson Four presents the six features that determine any Greek verb—aspect (progressive, aorist or simple, perfect), “tense” (past, present, future), mood, voice, person, number)—through a discussion that is carried out mostly in English. At the end of the lesson, students are in possession of all the conceptual elements upon which the syntax of the Greek verb is based.

Lesson Five presents the Progressive System of the regular verb in all of its moods and voices. The burden of paradigms on the memory is lightened by means of an emphasis on analysis into a verb’s formative elements and through the use of linguistic rules that show how seemingly diverse forms arise from common origins. This early presentation of the non-indicative moods allows the student to appreciate the verb as a conveyer, not only of facts, but of the speaker’s doubts, wishes, speculations and feelings as well.
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Hamilton Books
Pages: 538 • Trim: 8¾ x 11
978-0-7618-6954-2 • Paperback • 2 vol set • July 2017 • $97.00 • (£75.00)
978-0-7618-6955-9 • eBook • July 2017 • $92.00 • (£71.00)
Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / Translating & Interpreting, Foreign Language Study / Ancient Languages, History / Ancient / Greece, Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Historical & Comparative, Language Arts & Disciplines / Spelling & Vocabulary
Alfred Mollin co-authored An Introduction to Ancient Greek while serving on the Annapolis faculty of St. John’s College. He later served as Senior Counsel in the Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice. He died in 2004.

Robert Williamson is a Tutor Emeritus and former Andrew W. Mellon Tutor of St. John’s College in Annapolis.
Part One: Grammar
Lesson One
Lesson Two
Lesson Three
Lesson Four
Lesson Five
Lesson Six
Lesson Seven
Lesson Eight
Lesson Nine
Lesson Ten
Lesson Eleven
Lesson Twelve
Lesson Thirteen
Lesson Fourteen
Lesson Fifteen
Lesson Sixteen
Lesson Seventeen
Lesson Eighteen
Lesson Nineteen
Lesson Twenty
Part Two: Readings
Vocabulary
I Plato, Meno
II. Aristotle, Physics
III. Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics
Appendices
Vocabulary
Indices
This Introduction to Ancient Greek is a remarkable work. It will certainly accomplish what ordinary Greek primers do—and then go far beyond. As a Greek primer, it combines the necessary rote learning with rational rules for the formation of words and the composition of sentences, in such a way that students may often infer facts that they would be likely to forget. Together with enticing, well-annotated Greek selections, an interesting vocabulary, and helpful appendices, students are empowered to read real Greek very soon.

Meanwhile the Introduction goes beyond this preliminary task of Greek competence to encourage reflection on language. It accomplishes this thinking by means of a thoughtful reworking of the traditional grammatical categories; thus it encourages such questions as; How do Greek linguistic structures differ from English ones, and with what effect on the conveyance of meaning? How, more generally, are the formalisms of language related to the expression of meaning, and how, in turn, is expressible meaning related to internal thinking?

The Introduction will work both for a student’s self-study and for the classroom. The single learner, who wants to acquire Greek for its intelligent beauty and for access to its incomparable texts, will find copious help, while the classroom teacher will possess a tool for turning a weary slog into a vivid experience.
— Eva Brann, St. John's College, Annapolis


An Introduction to Ancient Greek

2 Volumes, 4th Edition

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  • This textbook was conceived and written under the authors’ conviction that the feature of Greek grammar that lends itself most readily to understanding and discussion is syntax, especially the syntax of the verb and that such understanding has been unnecessarily complicated by the traditional use of a terminology derived more from the study of the Latin verb than the Greek. The principal feature of the Greek verb is no longer presented as that of “tense,” a term that conflates and confuses questions of the time of an action relative to the act of speaking with ways of representing an action in itself. Rather, emphasis is placed on the latter feature, the aspect of a verb, both as a means of organizing the many forms that the verb can take and as a means of making comparatively simple sense of the multiplicity of syntactical rules that govern its use.

    Volume One features twenty Lessons presenting basic Greek Grammar in a manner facilitating the early introduction of substantial and philosophically rich passages from Heraclitus Aeschylus, Xenophon, Aristotle, Euclid and especially Plato, each containing vocabulary, discussion and exercises to aid in retention and reinforcement. Volume Two contains extended readings, with grammatical and vocabulary notes, from Plato and Aristotle, including the complete dialogue Meno, as well as Appendices and comprehensive Vocabulary lists.

    The two most distinctive Lessons in the text occur close to the beginning. Lesson Four presents the six features that determine any Greek verb—aspect (progressive, aorist or simple, perfect), “tense” (past, present, future), mood, voice, person, number)—through a discussion that is carried out mostly in English. At the end of the lesson, students are in possession of all the conceptual elements upon which the syntax of the Greek verb is based.

    Lesson Five presents the Progressive System of the regular verb in all of its moods and voices. The burden of paradigms on the memory is lightened by means of an emphasis on analysis into a verb’s formative elements and through the use of linguistic rules that show how seemingly diverse forms arise from common origins. This early presentation of the non-indicative moods allows the student to appreciate the verb as a conveyer, not only of facts, but of the speaker’s doubts, wishes, speculations and feelings as well.
Details
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  • Hamilton Books
    Pages: 538 • Trim: 8¾ x 11
    978-0-7618-6954-2 • Paperback • 2 vol set • July 2017 • $97.00 • (£75.00)
    978-0-7618-6955-9 • eBook • July 2017 • $92.00 • (£71.00)
    Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / Translating & Interpreting, Foreign Language Study / Ancient Languages, History / Ancient / Greece, Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Historical & Comparative, Language Arts & Disciplines / Spelling & Vocabulary
Author
Author
  • Alfred Mollin co-authored An Introduction to Ancient Greek while serving on the Annapolis faculty of St. John’s College. He later served as Senior Counsel in the Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice. He died in 2004.

    Robert Williamson is a Tutor Emeritus and former Andrew W. Mellon Tutor of St. John’s College in Annapolis.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Part One: Grammar
    Lesson One
    Lesson Two
    Lesson Three
    Lesson Four
    Lesson Five
    Lesson Six
    Lesson Seven
    Lesson Eight
    Lesson Nine
    Lesson Ten
    Lesson Eleven
    Lesson Twelve
    Lesson Thirteen
    Lesson Fourteen
    Lesson Fifteen
    Lesson Sixteen
    Lesson Seventeen
    Lesson Eighteen
    Lesson Nineteen
    Lesson Twenty
    Part Two: Readings
    Vocabulary
    I Plato, Meno
    II. Aristotle, Physics
    III. Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics
    Appendices
    Vocabulary
    Indices
Reviews
Reviews
  • This Introduction to Ancient Greek is a remarkable work. It will certainly accomplish what ordinary Greek primers do—and then go far beyond. As a Greek primer, it combines the necessary rote learning with rational rules for the formation of words and the composition of sentences, in such a way that students may often infer facts that they would be likely to forget. Together with enticing, well-annotated Greek selections, an interesting vocabulary, and helpful appendices, students are empowered to read real Greek very soon.

    Meanwhile the Introduction goes beyond this preliminary task of Greek competence to encourage reflection on language. It accomplishes this thinking by means of a thoughtful reworking of the traditional grammatical categories; thus it encourages such questions as; How do Greek linguistic structures differ from English ones, and with what effect on the conveyance of meaning? How, more generally, are the formalisms of language related to the expression of meaning, and how, in turn, is expressible meaning related to internal thinking?

    The Introduction will work both for a student’s self-study and for the classroom. The single learner, who wants to acquire Greek for its intelligent beauty and for access to its incomparable texts, will find copious help, while the classroom teacher will possess a tool for turning a weary slog into a vivid experience.
    — Eva Brann, St. John's College, Annapolis


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