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A Little Greek Reader by Stephen Anderson and James Morwood (2014, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100199311722
ISBN-139780199311729
eBay Product ID (ePID)204253630
Product Key Features
Number of Pages314 Pages
Publication NameLittle Greek Reader
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2014
SubjectAncient Languages (See Also Latin), History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Ancient & Classical
TypeLanguage Course
Subject AreaForeign Language Study, Philosophy, Literary Collections
AuthorJames Morwood, Stephen Anderson
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight10.6 Oz
Item Length8.1 in
Item Width5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2014-010926
Reviews"A Little Greek Reader has excellent passage selections and is the kind of textbook that can promote lively classroom discussions."--Blaise Nagy, College of the Holy Cross "This is a wonderful book! Morwood and Anderson have chosen a great range of canonical authors in both prose and poetry, and the passages are challenging without being impossible or infuriating."--Richard Rader, University of California, Santa Barbara, "A Little Greek Reader has excellent passage selections and is the kind of textbook that can promote lively classroom discussions."--Blaise Nagy, College of the Holy Cross "This is a wonderful book! Morwood and Anderson have chosen a great range of canonical authors in both prose and poetry, and the passages are challenging without being impossible or infuriating."--Richard Radar, University of California, Santa Barbara, "A Little Greek Reader has excellent passage selections and is the kind of textbook that can promote lively classroom discussions."--Blaise Nagy, College of the Holy Cross"This is a wonderful book! Morwood and Anderson have chosen a great range of canonical authors in both prose and poetry, and the passages are challenging without being impossible or infuriating."--Richard Rader, University of California, Santa Barbara"This is a very useful book that will be of great help in the difficult transition between the end of basic language instruction and confrontation with original texts."--The Classical Review, "A Little Greek Reader has excellent passage selections and is the kind of textbook that can promote lively classroom discussions."--Blaise Nagy, College of the Holy Cross "This is a wonderful book! Morwood and Anderson have chosen a great range of canonical authors in both prose and poetry, and the passages are challenging without being impossible or infuriating."--Richard Rader, University of California, Santa Barbara "This is a very useful book that will be of great help in the difficult transition between the end of basic language instruction and confrontation with original texts."--The Classical Review
Dewey Edition23
TitleLeadingA
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal488.6/421
SynopsisThis concise volume provides brief original reading matter to illustrate key features of Greek grammar and syntax. Each chapter begins with an account of the grammatical issue in question; this is then followed by a selection of passages from Greek literature, some shorter, some longer, covering a wide range of authors, and of considerable intrinsic interest., Covering an extensive variety of grammatical constructions, A Little Greek Reader is an ideal supplement for undergraduate courses in beginning and intermediate Greek. It presents more than 200 vivid, unadapted passages drawn from the poetry and prose of a wide range of Greek authors including Aeschylus, Aristophanes, Demosthenes, Euripides, Herodotus, Homer, Pindar, Plato, Sophocles, Thucydides, and Xenophon. The sections vary in length and difficulty and are arranged according to the specific points of grammar and syntax that they demonstrate. FEATURES * Brief introductions for each grammatical principle and reading provide students with context * Selections are annotated and arranged for maximum classroom flexibility * Extensive notes below each selection elucidate its meaning or explain interesting or difficult features of Greek grammar, style, and culture * Appendices offer short biographies of the authors included in the text; coverage of Homeric grammar, Herodotean forms, and New Testament Greek; a guide to two key Greek meters; a list of important literary terms; and a map of Greece and the Aegean * A complete vocabulary list of unglossed words is included at the end of the book, Covering an extensive variety of grammatical constructions, A Little Greek Reader is an ideal supplement for undergraduate courses in beginning and intermediate Greek. It presents more than 200 vivid, unadapted passages drawn from the poetry and prose of a wide range of Greek authors including Aeschylus, Aristophanes, Demosthenes, Euripides, Herodotus, Homer, Pindar, Plato, Socrates, Thucydides, and Xenophon. The sections vary in length and difficulty and are arranged according to the specific points of grammar and syntax that they demonstrate.
LC Classification NumberPA3416.A5Z3 2015
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