This innovative textbook offers students a dynamic introduction to classical Greek. It inspires a constructive sense of enthusiasm in the classroom while helping students master grammatical principles and reading skills. Among the imaginative features of the book is a two-week introduction to spoken Greek, which immerses students in the sound and basic vocabulary of the language so that they are comfortable as they learn to read and write. (Conversational scripts are provided.) For its reading passages, Ancient Greek Alive uses engaging and even humorous stories drawn from folklore around the world and rendered freshly into classical Greek. The book's grammatical explanations are unusually clear. Helpful, one-step-at-a-time exercises are incorporated into the lessons. Entire chapters are devoted to vocabulary review to underline its importance and provide rest stops. There are special sections on aspects of Greek culture. Students test their reading skills along the way on intriguing passages in original Greek texts, which range from Heraclitus and the New Testament to Diogenes and Greek gravestones.

Ancient Greek Alive

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Paula Saffire

Catherine Freis

Foreign Language Study & Reference

The University of North Carolina Press

A comprehensive volume devoted to the early 17th-century poet George Herbert's poems written on the death of his mother. The volume includes an introduction, the Latin and Greek texts with full textual notes, a new English translation, and a full commentary.

Memoriae Matris Sacrum: To the Memory of My Mother

GREG MILLER

George., Herbert

Richard Freis

George Herbert Journal

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