Ancient Greek I : : A 21st Century Approach.

• Author: Peek, Philip S.
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, UK : : Open Book Publishers,, 2021.; ©2021.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (640 pages)

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.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- My Teaching Philosophy -- For Instructors -- For Students -- Dialects -- Moral Philosophy -- Pronunciation -- Some Tips on Using This Book -- Vocabulary -- Vowel Length -- A Word on the Title -- To Instructors and Students -- The Greek Alphabet -- The Alphabet -- Alphabet Chart -- Pronunciation -- Memorize the Names of the Alphabet -- Long and Short Vowel Sounds -- Memorize the Long and Short Vowel Sounds -- Diphthongs -- Pronunciation of Diphthongs -- Memorize the Sounds of the Diphthongs -- Rough and Smooth Breathings -- Memorize the Letters of the Alphabet -- Orthography -- Etymology Corner I by Dr. E. Del Chrol -- More Sounds and Punctuation -- Iota Subscript and Adscript -- Gamma Clusters -- Punctuation -- Capitalization -- Who Were the Greeks? -- Greek Dialects -- Etymology Corner II by Dr. E. Del Chrol -- Accents and Accenting Verbs I -- Why Learn Accents? -- Accent -- Orthography -- Syllabification -- Vowel Length -- Recessive and Persistent Accent -- Possibilities of Accent -- Accenting Verbs of Three Syllables or More -- Ancient Greek Pitch Accent -- Etymology Corner III by Dr. E. Del Chrol -- Adverbs -- Adverbs -- Greek Adverbs -- Why Study the Greeks? -- Etymology Corner IV by Dr. E. Del Chrol -- Conjunctions and Accenting Verbs II -- Conjunctions -- Greek Conjunctions -- Accenting Verbs II -- Vowel Length -- Recessive and Persistent Accent -- Review Possibilities of Accent I -- Additional Possibilities of Accent -- Review Accenting Verbs of Three Syllables or More -- Accenting Verbs of Two Syllables -- Greek Lyric Poetry -- Etymology Corner V by Dr. E. Del Chrol -- Endings Create Meaning -- Greek Cases -- In English, Word Order Creates Meaning -- In Greek, Endings Create Meaning -- Practice Making Up Your Own Sentences -- Epic Poetry -- Etymology Corner VI by Dr. E. Del Chrol.

Stefan Hagel Teaches Us How to Sing -- Singing Ancient Greek by Stefan Hagel -- Practice Learning How To Sing -- Nouns, Pronouns, and their Case Functions -- Nouns -- Pronouns -- Greek Noun Sets 1-10 -- The Five Cases -- The Nominative Case -- The Genitive Case -- The Dative Case -- The Accusative Case -- The Vocative Case -- Case and Function Chart -- Apposition of Nouns and Pronouns -- Parsing -- Etymology Corner VII by Dr. E. Del Chrol -- Prepositions and Prefixes -- Prepositions -- Greek Prepositions -- Word Order -- Anastrophe of the Disyllabic Preposition -- Prepositions and Motion -- Prefixes -- Object of Prefix -- Elision -- Etymology Corner VIII by Dr. E. Del Chrol -- The Verb and μι-Verbs ετ̔̈»Ε30;oί, δτ̔̈»Ε77;e}ol, ττ̔̈»Ε77;kjol -- The Verb -- The μι-Verb ετ̔̈»Ε30;oί -- The μι-Verbs δτ̔̈»Ε77;e}ol and ττ̔̈»Ε77;kjol -- Present Tense Stems -- Present Tense Endings -- Etymology Corner IX by Dr. E. Del Chrol -- The Verbs ἔχω, ποιτ̔̈»Ε73;}, ἔρχομαι, φημτ̔̈»Ε77; -- The Verb -- Present Tense Stems -- Present Tense Endings -- The ω-Verb ἔχω -- The Contract ω-Verb ποιτ̔̈»Ε73;} -- The Deponent Verb ἔρχομαι -- Present Tense Stems -- Present Tense Endings -- Historical Present -- The μι-Verb φημτ̔̈»Ε77; -- Present Tense Stems -- Present Tense Endings -- Present Indicative Active of φημτ̔̈»Ε77; -- Etymology Corner X by Dr. E. Del Chrol -- The Greek Olympics -- The Definite Article and Persistent Accent -- The Definite Article and Adjectives -- The Definite Article -- Persistent Accent -- Vowel Length -- Review Possibilities of Accent -- Additional Possibilities of Accent -- Chart for Possibilities of Accent -- Herodotos -- Etymology Corner XI by Dr. E. Del Chrol -- Substantive Adjectives and the Article -- Substantive Adjectives -- Classics and Our Modern World: the Aquila Theatre and Theater of War Productions -- Etymology Corner XII by Dr. E. Del Chrol -- Third Declension Nouns -- Nouns -- Greek Nouns -- Noun Sets 1-10.

Noun Gender -- Third Declension Nouns -- Identifying Noun Sets -- Declining Third Declension Nouns -- Four Subtypes of Third Declension Nouns -- Helen -- Etymology Corner XIII by Dr. E. Del Chrol -- Self-Assessment Modules 1-13 -- MEMORY -- APPLICATION AND CONCEPTS -- Tom Holland on the Art of Translating Herodotos -- First Declension Nouns in -η and -ᾱ and ττ̔̈»Ε77;w, ττ̔̈»Ε77; -- τις, τι -- ὅστις, ἥτις, ὅτι -- Nouns -- First Declension Nouns in -η and -ᾱ -- Dialect Note -- Declining First Declension Nouns in -η and -ᾱ -- Pronouns and Adjectives -- The Interrogative Pronoun and Adjective, ττ̔̈»Ε77;w, ττ̔̈»Ε77; -- The Indefinite Pronoun and Adjective τις, τι -- The Indefinite ὅστις, ἥτι, ὅτι -- Classics and Our Modern World: The Warrior Chorus -- Etymology Corner XIV by Dr. E. Del Chrol -- Attributive and Predicate Position -- Word Order -- Attributive Position -- Other Possibilities -- Predicate Position -- Ancient Greek Thought and Living Well -- Etymology Corner XV by Dr. E. Del Chrol -- Second Declension Nouns -- Nouns -- Second Declension Nouns -- Declining Second Declension Nouns in -ος or -ον -- ἥλιος, ἡλτ̔̈»Ε77;ry, ἀδελφτ̔̈»Ε79;w, ἀδελφοτ̔̈»ΕΔ6;, ἔργον, ἔργου -- Classics and Our Modern World: Tom Palaima -- Etymology Corner XVI by Dr. E. Del Chrol -- The Future Indicative and Infinitive Active of ἔχω, ἐλατ̔̈”<U+0043>Γ·νω, ἔρχομαι and the Dynamic Infinitive -- The Verb -- The Future Indicative Active -- Future Tense Stems -- Future Tense Endings -- The Conjugation of ἔχω -- Future Indicative Active of ἔχω -- Future Infinitive Active of ἔχω -- The Conjugation ἐλατ̔̈»Ε7B;p}, ἐλτ̔̈»Ε71;} -- Future Indicative Active of ἐλατ̔̈»Ε7B;p}, ἐλτ̔̈»Ε71;} -- Future Infinitive Active of ἐλατ̔̈»Ε7B;p}, ἐλτ̔̈»Ε71;} -- The Conjugation of ἔρχομαι -- Future Indicative of ἔρχομαι -- Future Infinitive of ἔρχομαι -- The Infinitive -- The Dynamic Infinitive -- Papyrology -- Etymology Corner XVII by Dr. E. Del Chrol -- The Personal Pronouns -- ετ̔̈»Ε37;w, οτ̔̈»Ε50;efίw, and μηδετ̔̈»Ε77;w.

the Dative and Accusative of Respect -- Time Expressions -- Pronouns -- The English Personal Pronoun -- The Greek Personal Pronoun -- Adjectives and Pronouns -- The Dative and Accusative of Respect -- Time Expressions -- Black Humor and Euripides' Alkestis -- Etymology Corner XVIII by Dr. E. Del Chrol -- οτ̔̈»Ε36;ea and the Present and Future Indicative and Infinitive Middle and Passive of ἐλατ̔̈»Ε7B;p}, καλτ̔̈»Ε73;}, φτ̔̈»Ε73;u}, δτ̔̈»Ε77;e}ol, ττ̔̈»Ε77;kjol -- The Verb -- The Conjugation of οτ̔̈»Ε36;ea -- Active, Middle, and Passive Voice -- Active and Passive Voice -- Middle Voice -- Primary Middle and Passive Endings -- The Present and Future Indicative and Infinitive Middle and Passive of ω-verbs -- How to Get the Correct Stem -- Primary Middle and Passive Endings -- Endings in Summary -- The Conjugation of ἐλαυνω -- The Conjugation of καλτ̔̈»Ε73;} -- The Conjugation of φτ̔̈»Ε73;u} -- The Conjugation of δτ̔̈»Ε77;e}ol -- The Conjugation of ττ̔̈»Ε77;kjol -- Etymology Corner XIX by Dr. E. Del Chrol -- Joe Goodkin, Singer and Songwriter -- First and Second Declension Adjectives and Common Adjectives and Pronouns: ατ̔̈»Ε50;xόw, οτ̔̈»Ε57;xrw, ὅδε, ἐκετ̔̈»ΕΓ6;prw, and -ων, -ουσα, -ον -- Adjectives -- Adjectives in Greek -- First and Second Declension Adjectives -- Mixed-Declension Adjectives -- Substantive Adjectives -- Common Adjectives and Pronouns -- Medea -- Etymology Corner XX by Dr. E. Del Chrol -- First Declension Short Alpha Nouns -- Nouns -- First Declension Short Alpha Nouns in -α, -ης and -α, -ᾱς -- Declining First Declension Short Alpha Nouns -α, -ης and -α, -ᾱς -- First Declension Nouns in -ης, -ου and -ᾱς, -ου -- Declining First Declension Masculine Nouns in -ης, -ου and -ᾱς, -ου -- Noun Identification -- History -- Etymology Corner XXI by Dr. E. Del Chrol -- The Relative Pronoun -- The Relative Pronoun -- The Relative Pronoun and Word Order -- The Relative Pronoun in English -- The Forms of the Relative Pronoun ὅς, ἥ, ὅ.

The Relative Pronoun in Summary -- Etymology Corner XXII by Dr. E. Del Chrol -- Self-Assessment Modules 14-22 -- MEMORY -- APPLICATION AND CONCEPTS -- READING AND TRANSLATING -- The Imperfect and Aorist Indicative of λτ̔̈»Ε73;d}, ἔχω, ἐργτ̔̈»Ε71;iroal, δτ̔̈»Ε77;e}ol, ττ̔̈»Ε77;kjol -- The Verb -- μι-Verbs Contrasted with ω-Verbs -- The Past Indicative Augment -- Tense-Aspect -- The Gnomic Aorist -- The Aorist Contrasted with the Imperfect Tense -- The First Aorist and the Second Aorist -- The Aorist of μι-Verbs -- The Infinitive -- The Aorist Infinitive Contrasted with the Present Infinitive -- Stems for the Imperfect and Aorist Tenses of ω-Verbs -- Endings for the Imperfect and Aorist Tenses of ω-Verbs -- Secondary Middle and Passive Endings -- Endings in Summary -- Conjugation of λτ̔̈»Ε73;d}, ἔχω, and ἐργτ̔̈»Ε71;iroal -- Imperfect Indicative Active of λτ̔̈»Ε73;d} -- Imperfect Indicative Middle of λτ̔̈»Ε73;d} -- Imperfect Indicative Passive of λτ̔̈»Ε73;d} -- First Aorist Indicative Active of λτ̔̈»Ε73;d} -- First Aorist Infinitive Active of λτ̔̈»Ε73;d} -- First Aorist Indicative Middle of λτ̔̈»Ε73;d} -- First Aorist Infinitive Middle of λτ̔̈»Ε73;d} -- Aorist Indicative Passive of λτ̔̈»Ε73;d} -- Aorist Infinitive Passive of λτ̔̈»Ε73;d} -- Imperfect Indicative Active of ἔχω -- Imperfect Indicative Middle of ἔχω -- Imperfect Indicative Passive of ἔχω -- Second Aorist Indicative Active of ἔχω -- Second Aorist Infinitive Active of ἔχω -- Second Aorist Indicative Middle of ἔχω -- Second Aorist Infinitive Middle of ἔχω -- Imperfect Indicative of ἐργτ̔̈»Ε71;iroal -- Aorist Indicative of ἐργτ̔̈»Ε71;iroal -- Aorist Infinitive of ἐργτ̔̈»Ε71;iroal -- Stems for the Imperfect and Aorist Tenses of δτ̔̈»Ε77;e}ol -- Endings for the Imperfect and Aorist Tenses of δτ̔̈»Ε77;e}ol -- Conjugation of δτ̔̈»Ε77;e}ol -- Imperfect Indicative Active of δτ̔̈»Ε77;e}ol -- Imperfect Indicative Middle of δτ̔̈»Ε77;e}ol -- Imperfect Indicative Passive of δτ̔̈»Ε77;e}ol -- Aorist Indicative Active of δτ̔̈»Ε77;e}ol -- Aorist Infinitive Active of δτ̔̈»Ε77;e}ol.

Aorist Indicative Middle of δτ̔̈»Ε77;e}ol.