Some Resources for Students of Ancient Greek

General

How to study: general instructions for students in first-year Greek

How to prepare a reading assignment: advice for intermediate-level students on reading Greek in its own word order.

Topics covered in first-year Greek, as presently organized

Vocabulary

1000 Core Greek Words -- the most frequent words in the Perseus Greek corpus. Because this list is automatically generated, there will be some false matches.

100 Essential Words -- the first 100 of the core 1000 list, with full principal parts and short glosses

Athematic Verbs -- the most common mi-verbs and their compounds

Syntax

The Genitive Absolute and how it works.

Morphology

Verb stems and principal parts

The eta words -- the pesky little words that are just a decorated letter eta

Literature, History, and Culture

Citing ancient sources

Introduction to the fifth century BC

The Theban stories

The Trojan War

Satyrs at play

Timeline for Greek and Roman comedy

Performance practice and theater spaces for Greek comedy

Pictorial evidence for women's lives in classical Greece


These materials are all copyright © 2003 Anne Mahoney. They are free for non-commercial use by students and teachers of Ancient Greek.

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