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PDFHEN | Although this text was written for use in the intensive summer Greek Institute
of the City University of New York, the experience of the last decade has
shown that it can be used successfully in a wide variety of regularly paced
courses. We present the grammar in such a way as to enable students to grasp whole
morphological and syntactical systems as soon as possible: all principal parts
of all verbs are learned as soon as the verb is encountered, and by Unit 8 the
student has acquired show more the complete conjugation of the thematic verb, except for
the imperative mood. It is especially important that the subjunctive and
optative are introduced early, in Unit 3. During the summer, each unit requires about
four hours for the presentation
of the material and the doing of the exercises. In adapting the book to a regularly
paced class, Teachers may want to assign some of the drills as homework
while the student masters the vocabulary and the first half of the grammar of
the unit. Some Lcachcrs may also want to spend more than four hours on
certain units, e.g., Unit 5 or Unit 8.
The pronunciation suggested in the text is that used most frequently in the
United States. Others may want to use the pronunciation reconstructed by
modern philology; they need only explain their system to their students when
they present the alphabet and the accents.
When the grammar is presented at the Greek Institute, students are given
one or two-page handouts for each Unit which serve as summaries of the
material to be learned. Greek: An Intensive Course is divided into a Text, with twenty Units,
and an Appendix. Each Unit is divided into Sections which are numbered continuously
(1-153). At the end of each unit there are Vocabulary, Vocabulary Notes,
Drills, Exercises, and, beginning with Unit 4, Reading of original Greek texts.
The Appendix contains additional grammar (Sections 154-168); a summary,
for reference, of morphology and syntax; Greek-English and English-Greek
vocabularies; and an Index of the Text and Appendix. The Appendix has a
separate table of contents.

Contents

INTRODUCTION
1. The Greek Language
2. The Greek Alphabet
3. Rough and Smooth Breathing
4. Long and Short Vowels
5, Diphthongs
6. Iota Subscript and Adscript
7. Gamma Combined with Certain Consonants
8. Classification of Consonants
9. Punctuation and Capitalization
10. Accent
11. Recessive Accent
12. Persistent Accent

UNIT 1
13. Nouns: Overview
14. First-Declension Nouns (N~minative in -ri or ~a)
15. Second-Declension Nouns
16. The Article
17. Word Order

UNIT 2
18. Verbs: Overview
t 9. Principal Parts
20. Present Indicative Active
21. Imperfect Indicative Active
22. Future Indicative Active
23. Aorist 1ndicative Active
24. Agreement of Subject and Verb
25. Questions
26. Infinitives and Their Use
27. Synopsis

UNIT 3
28. Perfect Indicative Active
29. Pluperfect Indicative Active
30. Perfect Infinitive Active
31. Subjunctive and Optative Moods
Present Subjunctive Active
32. Aorist Subjunctive Active
33. Present Optative Active
34. Aorist Optative Active
35. Sequence of Moods
36. Purpose Clauses

REVIEW: UNITS 1 TO 3
SELF-CORRECTING EXAMINATION tA
SELF-CORRECTING EXAMINATION 1B
UNIT 4
37. First-Declension Nouns: Concluded
38. Adjectives of the First and Second Declensions
39. Agreement of Adjective and Noun
40. Position of the Adjective
41. Conditional Sentences
42. Elision

CONTENTS

UNIT 5
43. Passive Voice
14. Genitive of Personal Agent
Dative of Personal Agent with the Perfect and Pluperfect Passive
Dative of Means
45. Substantive Use of the Adjective
46. Substantive Use of the Article
47. The Articular Infinitive
UNIT 6
48. Third-Declension Nouns: Consonant Stems
49. The Relative Pronoun
50. The Independent Subjunctive
51. Partitive Genitive (Genitive of the Divided Whole)
52. Genitive of Time Within Which
53. Dative of Time at Which
54. Accusative of Extent of Time
55. Expressions of Time Compared
56. Accusative of Extent of Space

UNIT 7

57. Middle Voice 163
58. Middle Voice of Verbs Seen Thus Far 168
59. Second Aorist Active and Middle 169
60. Principal Parts and Tense Stems: Summary 172
61. The Independent Optative 17 4
62. The Demonstrative Adjective/Pronoun brn'iPo~, suefrri, beeivo,
"that" 175
63. Conditional Sentences with Relative Protases 176
64. Adverbs 178

REVIEW: UNITS 4 TO 7 191
SELF-CORRECTING EXAMINATION 2A
SELF-CORRECTING EXAMINATION 2B

UNIT 8
65. Participles 203
66. Formation and Declension of the Active Participles 204
67. Formation and Declension of the Middle and Passive Participles 208
68. Summary of the Forms of the Participle 212
69. Attributive Use of the Participle 213
70. Circumstantial Use of the Participle 214
71. The Adjective nriJ;, naaa, nav, "all, every; whole" 217

UNIT 9
72. Contracted Verbs: Introduction 231
73. Contracted Verbs with Present Tense Stems in -a- 231
74. Contracted Verbs with Present Tense Stems in -e- 236
75. The Demonstrative Adjective/Pronoun ol>e, ijoe, -root:, "this" 239
76. The DemonsLraLive AdjecLive/Pronoun oihoi;, a{h:11, wvw, "this,
lli~' ~
77. Demonstratives Compared 241
78. Subjective Genitive 242
79. Objective Genitive 213
80. Dative of Manner 243
81. Dative of Respect 244
UNIT 10
82. More Third-Declension Nouns
83. Third-Declension Adjectives
81. Contracted Verbs with Present Tense Stems in -o-
85. Verbs with Contracted Futures
86. Accusative Subject of the Infinitive
87. Result Clauses
88. Compound Verbs

REVIEW: UNITS 8 TO 10
SELF-CORRECTING EXAMINATION 3A
SELF-CORRECTING EXAMINATION 3B

UNIT 11
89. The Imperative Mood
90. Commands and Prohibitions
91. Forms of the Greek Verb
92. The Greek Verb: A Summary
93. Deponent Verbs: Middle Deponents
94. Passive Deponents
95. Parlial Deponents
96. The Adjective/Pronoun av,6~, ath·~, cuho
97. Temporal Clauses
98. Genitive Absolute
UNIT 12
99. -μi Verbs
100. Present System of wμt Verbs
101. Fear Clauses

UNIT 13
102. -μt (Athematic) Verbs: Continued 369
103. Object Clauses of Effort 378
104. Object Clauses of Effort and Purpose Clauses Compared 379
105. Accusative of Respect 380
106. Accusative of Respect and Dative of Respect Compared 380

UNIT 14
107. Present Participle Active and Second Aorist Participle Active
of the Athematic Verbs bltJwμi, ,lOriμt, and 'irn:'l]μt 395
108. Present Participle Middle/Passive and Second Aorist Participle
Middle of Athematic Verbs 397
109. Perfect Participle Active of toTl')μt 397
110. The Verb oBixvvμi, "show" 398
111. Supplementary Use of the Participle 401

REVIEW: UNITS 11 TO 14 419
SELF-CORRECTING EXAMINATION 4A 422
SELF-CORRECTING EXAMINATION 4B 429

UNIT 15
112. The Interrogative Pronoun/Adjective -r:lr;, ·d
113. The Indefinite Pronoun/Adjective -r1,, n
114. Enclitics Summarized
115. The Verb slμl, "be"
116. Dative of the Possessor
117. Adverbial Accusative
118. Personal Pronouns
119. Reflexive Pronouns
120. Possession with Personal and Reflexive Pronouns

UNIT 16
121. The Verb r:priμt, "say, affirm, assert"
122. yiy11roa"w, "perceive, recognize, know"
123. Future Optative
124. Future Infinitive
125. Indirect Statement
126. Retained Subjunctive
127. The Adjective ;,i:o,lvr;, .noH~, nolv, "much, many"
128. The Noun vavr;, 11swr;, ?j, "ship"

UNIT 17
129. The Adjective μlyar;, μey&),ri, μeya, "big, great"
130. Adjectives of the Type tjovr;, 17otia, 1-}ov, "pleasant"
131. Comparison of Adjectives
132. The Verb elμt, "go, come"
133. Numerals
134. Negative Pronouns/Adjectives
135. Unattainable Wish

REVIEW: UNITS 15 TO 17
CONTENTS

UNIT 18
136. The Verb fr,μt, "release, hurl, send" 519
137. Indefinite Relative Pronoun 524
Indirect Interrogative Pronoun/Adjective 524
138. Indefinite Relatives and Direct and Indirect Interrogatives 525
139. Indefinite, Relative and Interrogative Adverbs 525
140. Indirect Question 526

UNIT 19
141. Comparison of Adverbs 543
142. Irregular Comparison of Adjectives 544
143. The Verb oloa, "know" 546
14'1. Temporal Clauses Introduced by μlxet and ewr; 547
145. Temporal Clauses Introduced by nelv, "before, until" 548
146. Attraction of the Relative Pronoun to the Case of its Antecedent
Omission of the Antecedent of the Relative Pronoun 549

UNIT 20
147. Verbal Adjectives in -,tfor;, -da, -dov 563
148. The Impersonal Verbs 6ei "there is need, must" and xefJ, "ought,
must'' 565
149. The Impersonal Use of ooxet in the sense "seem best" 567
150. Accusative Absolute 567
151. The Verb iu:iμm, "lie, be placed, be set" 568
152. Second-Declension Nouns of the Type vov,, vov, o, "mind" 569
153. The Third-Declension Noun atn:v, aauwr;, TO, "town" 569

GENERAL REVIEW 581
SAMPLE GRAMMAR EXAMINATION 583
APPENDIX (following page 588; see separate contents there)

PASSAGES FROM GREEK AUTHORS

UNIT 4
A, Menander, I'vwμat μov6arixoi 293, 303, 316, 5G, 217
B. The Gospel According to John, Chapter 1

UNIT 5
A. Menander, I'vwp.ai μov6aTtxot 371, 102, 15, 523, 722, 723
B, Sophokles, Fragments 14 P, 850 P

UNIT 6
A. Menander, Monostichoi 14, 42, 140, 156, 165, 297, 326, 337, 433, 543 160
B. Sophokles, Fragment 811 P 161

UNIT 7
A, Menander, Fragments 456, 348, 782
1:1. Aischylos, Seven Against Thebes 1
c. Sophokles, Philoklcles 792-796

UNIT 8
A. Euripides, A lees tis 1159-1163
n. Simonides 37 (D. L. Page, Epi,qrammala Graeca 216-217)
c. Greek Antholog// 7.33
o. Solon, Fragment 18 West
E. Euripides, Fragment 632 Nauck
F. Sophokles, Ajax 646-647
u. Aischylos, Eumenides 754-756

UNIT 9
A. Solon, Fragment 4 West
JI. Theognis 637-638
c. Simonides 29 (D. L. Page, Epigrammaia Graeca 191-192)
o. Agathon, Fragment 7 (TrG F 39F7)
E. Agathon, Fragment 11 (TrGF 39F11)
F, Menander, Monostichoi 583
G. Moschion, Fragment 2 (1'rGF 97F2)
H. Aischylos, Persians 584-597

UNIT 10
A. Sophokles, Fragment 346 P
B, Sophokles, Fragment 554 P
c. Menander, Monostichoi 299
o. Aristotle, Poetics 1452b30-1453a12
E, Euripides, Trojan Women 15-27

UNIT 11
A. Agathon, Fragment 6 (TrGF 39F6)
Chairemon, Fragment 19 (TrGF 71F19)
n. Plato, Gorgias 469b12-c3
c. Aristotle, Poetics 1452a29-34, 1452a36-b1
o. Euripides, Fragment 32 Nauck
E. A drinking song (D. L. Page, Lyrica Graeca Selecla 447)

UNIT 12
A. Sophokles, Fragment 256 P
n. Euripides, Bacchae 848, 847
c. Euripides, Elektra 1018-1034
o. Lysias, Against Diogeiton 19

UNIT 13
A. Apollodorus, The Library 1.1.1-2
11. Apollodorus, The Library 1. 7.1
c. Theognis 497-498

UNIT 14
A. Apollodorus, The Library 1.1.4
n. Apollodorus, The Library 1.3.5
c. Demosthenes, On the Crown 71
n. Demetrius, On Style 5.279
H. Longinus, On the Sublime 9.7
F. Longinus, On the Sublime 9.13

UNIT 15
A. Aristotle, Politics 1.2 (1253a7-18)
B. Sophokles, Oedipus the King 380-389
c. Euripides, Medea 46-60

UNIT 16
A. Plato, Gorgias 455a8-456c2
B. Isokrates, To Demonilcos 1-3

UNIT 17
A. Plato, Gorgias 456c2-456d5
B. Isokrates, To Demonikos 13-16

UNIT 18
A. Aristophanes, Knights 150-181
B. Plato, Gorgias 456d5-457a4

UNIT 19
A. Plato, Gorgias 457a5-457c3
B. Aristophanes, Acharnians 241-283

UNIT 20
A. Plato, Gorgias 457c4--458b3
n. Isokrates, To Demonikos 5-8 |

Ancient Greek belongs to a large family of languages which includes English,
Russian, Latin and the Romance languages, Persian, and Sanskrit, whose
common characteristics show that they are descended from a single ancestral
language, called Indo-European.
The history of Greek extends back from modern times to the second millennium
s.c., and the language, as written in different locales and in different ages,
varies. At any one time there are various dialects, differing somewhat in pronunciation,
vocabulary, and grammar, but mutually comprehensible. Over
the centuries also, the language has steadily changed.
This book presents Attic Greek, the dialect of Athens, as it appears in prose
authors of the fifth and fourth centuries B.c.-the Greek of Plato, Lysias,
Xenophon, Demosthenes, Thucydides. Attic prose lays the foundation for
reading the poetry of Attic tragedy and comedy, the closely related Ionic
dialect of the historian Herodotus, and the archaic Ionic poetry of Homer.
Also, there developed out of Attic Greek the later Koine or "common dialect"
in which the New Testament is written. |

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