Homeric Greek: A Book for BeginnersJohn Wright’s thorough, up-to-date revision of Clyde Pharr’s Homeric Greek is presented by the University of Oklahoma Press for use in first-year Greek courses in colleges and preparatory schools. This revised edition adds concise sections on grammar that will be of immense aid to the student who has not previously learned Latin grammar. With a judicious hand Wright has removed some extraneous commentary on the Iliad, but the essence of Pharr’s text–which has stood the test of time–has been left untouched. Pharr explains in his eloquent introduction why the ideal approach to the language is with Homer rather than with the writers of Attic Greek. The Homeric method has, indeed, met with remarkable success; Wright’s newly revised text will undoubtedly spark fresh enthusiasm in both students and professors of Greek. While this book contains more than the first-year student could easily master, it does not attempt to catalog “every stray Homeric form…. Its first object is to teach beginners to read Greek intelligently and with pleasure.” |
Contents
SUGGESTIONS TO INEXPERIENCED TEACHERS | x |
THE SUBJUNCTIVE | xlix |
LESSON | l |
NOUNS OF THE FIRST DECLENSION | 10 |
THE IMPERFECT OF VERBS IN | 17 |
NOUNS OF THE THIRD DECLENSION ILIAD | 25 |
THIRD DECLENSION CONTINUED ILIAD 110 | 32 |
THE IMPERFECT MIDDLE AND PASSIVE AND | 39 |
REVIEW OF REGULAR VERBS ILIAD 109117 213219 | 83 |
COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES | 90 |
PRESENT future and FIRST AORIST SYSTEM | 97 |
FIRST AND SECOND PASSIVE SYSTEMS OF VERBS | 104 |
FIRST AND SECOND PERFECT SYSTEMS OF | 111 |
ILIAD 315333 | 114 |
336342 | 120 |
ILIAD 348358 | 135 |
PARTICIPLES ACTIVE ILIAD 2832 | 46 |
REVIEW OF PRONOUNS ILIAD 245249 | 51 |
THE PERFECT PLUPERFECT AND FUTURE PERFECT | 52 |
ILIAD 5358 | 53 |
THE OPTATIVE MODE ILIAD 5963 | 62 |
ADJECTIVES OF THE THIRD DECLENSION ILIAD | 68 |
RELATIVE INTERROGATIVE | 74 |
ILIAD 401412 | 141 |
ILIAD 471479 | 151 |
ILIAD 517527 | 157 |
ILIAD 573589 | 163 |
5011192 | 177 |