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Athenaze, Book I

By Maurice Balme

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Athenaze, Book I

By Maurice Balme

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Since its publication in 1990, Athenaze: An Introduction to Ancient Greek has helped tens of thousands of students learn classical Greek. Building on the bestselling tradition of previous editions, the long-awaited third edition combines the best features of traditional and modern teaching methods. It provides a unique course of instruction that allows students to read connected Greek narrative right from the beginning and guides them to the point where they can begin reading complete classical texts. James Morwood, editor of the Oxford Grammar of Classical Greek and the Pocket Oxford Classical Greek Dictionary, brings his expertise and years of teaching experience to this revision.

Carefully designed to hold students' interest, the course begins in Book I with a fictional narrative about an Attic farmer's family placed in a precise historical context (432-431 B.C.). This narrative, interwoven with tales from mythology and the Persian Wars, gradually gives way in Book II to adapted passages from Thucydides, Plato, and Herodotus and ultimately to excerpts of the original Greek of Bacchylides, Thucydides, and Aristophanes' Acharnians. Essays on relevant aspects of ancient Greek culture and history are also woven throughout.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
3
Number of Pages:
464
Release Date:
2016-01-04
Publication Date:
2016-01-14
Publisher:
Oxford University Press Inc
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0190607661
ISBN13:
9780190607661
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
736 g
Height:
192 cm
Width:
233 cm
Thickness:
22 cm
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