Ancient Greek 1: A 21st Century Approach

Title

Ancient Greek 1: A 21st Century Approach

Authors

Phillip S. Peek

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Publication Date

2021

Description

In this elementary textbook, Philip S. Peek draws on his twenty-five years of teaching experience to present the ancient Greek language in an imaginative and accessible way that promotes creativity, deep learning, and diversity.

The course is built on three pillars: memory, analysis, and logic. Readers memorize the top 250 most frequently occurring ancient Greek words, the essential word endings, the eight parts of speech, and the grammatical concepts they will most frequently encounter when reading authentic ancient texts. Analysis and logic exercises enable the translation and parsing of genuine ancient Greek sentences, with compelling reading selections in English and in Greek offering starting points for contemplation, debate, and reflection. A series of embedded Learning Tips help teachers and students to think in practical and imaginative ways about how they learn.

This combination of memory-based learning and concept- and skill-based learning gradually builds the confidence of the reader, teaching them how to learn by guiding them from a familiarity with the basics to proficiency in reading this beautiful language. Ancient Greek I: A 21st-Century Approach is written for high-school and university students, but is an instructive and rewarding text for anyone who wishes to learn ancient Greek.

Course Name

Elementary Greek

Course Number

GRK 150/151, GRK 201/202, GRK 250

Subject 1

Classical texts

Subject 2

Ancient (Classical) Greek

Language

English

Edition

First

ISBN

9781800642560

Publisher

Open Book Publishers

City

Cambridge

Keywords

ancient Greek language, grammatical concepts, Greek words, the eight parts of speech, the essential word endings

Disciplines

Arts and Humanities | Classics | Language Interpretation and Translation | Other Classics

License

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0)

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Philip S. Peek, Ancient Greek I: A 21st Century Approach. Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, 2021. https://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0264

Copyright © 2021 Philip S. Peek

Ancient Greek 1: A 21st Century Approach

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