Homeric Greek: A Book for Beginners

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University of Oklahoma Press, 1985 - Foreign Language Study - 361 pages

John 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
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About the author (1985)

Clyde Pharr (1885-1972) was head of the Classics Department at Vanderbilt University. John Wright is Professor Emeritus of Classics at Northwestern University.

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