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Αncient Greek II: A 21st-Century Approach - cover image

Copyright

Philip S. Peek

Published On

2025-03-31

ISBN

Paperback978-1-80511-472-7
Hardback978-1-80511-473-4
PDF978-1-80511-474-1
HTML978-1-80511-476-5
EPUB978-1-80511-475-8

Language

  • English

Print Length

816 pages (xx+796)

Dimensions

Paperback203 x 57 x 254 mm(7.99" x 2.24" x 10")
Hardback203 x 61 x 254 mm(7.99" x 2.4" x 10")

Weight

Paperback2151g (75.87oz)
Hardback2413g (85.12oz)

OCLC Number

1513235427

THEMA

  • 2AHA
  • YPCS
  • 4TC

BISAC

  • LIT004190
  • FOR033000
  • EDU029080

Keywords

  • elementary textbook
  • ancient Greek language
  • Greek words
  • the essential word endings
  • the eight parts of speech
  • grammatical concepts

Αncient Greek II

A 21st-Century Approach

  • Philip S. Peek (author)
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.

The course is built on three pillars: memory, analysis, and logic. Readers memorize the top 550 most frequently occurring ancient Greek words, the essential word endings, the eight parts of speech, and the grammatical concepts they will most frequently encounter when reading authentic ancient texts. Analysis and logic exercises enable the identification of clitics and full words as well as the translation and parsing of genuine ancient Greek sentences, with compelling reading selections in English and in Greek offering starting points for contemplation, debate, and reflection. A series of thirty entries by James F. Patterson, using a simplified morphophonemic approach to understanding language improve readers’ understanding of word formation, their vocabulary, and their ability to read and understand Ancient Greek.

This combination of memory-based learning and concept- and skill-based learning gradually builds the confidence of the reader, teaching them how to learn by guiding them from a familiarity with the basics to proficiency in reading this beautiful language. Ancient Greek II: A 21st-Century Approach is written for high-school and university students, but is an instructive and rewarding text for anyone who wishes to learn ancient Greek.

Endorsements

A truly innovative approach to reading Classical Greek and appreciating it as a language. The grammar and syntax elements are not only clear but also scholarly with wide ranging examples from authors in prose and verse. I especially like the sections on word order and narratology which provide new perspectives. A breath of fresh air!

Hilary Goy

Additional Resources

[document]EPUB Accessibility Report

Contents

Preface

(pp. xi–xix)
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Module 31: The Perfect and Pluperfect of ω-verbs and ἵστημι · Mixed Declension Adjectives · Dative of Agent

(pp. 1–30)
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Module 32: The Imperative · Consonant Stems · Enclitics

(pp. 31–72)
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Module 33: The Present, Future, and Aorist Active Participle · The Attributive Participle · The Future Participle of Purpose · The Genitive Absolute

(pp. 73–104)
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Module 34: The Present, Future, Aorist Middle and Passive Participle · The Perfect Active, Middle, and Passive Participle · The Substantive Participle

(pp. 105–126)
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Module 35: The Participle Cont.: Τhe Supplementary Participle

(pp. 127–140)
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Module 36: The Participle Cont.: The Circumstantial Participle

(pp. 141–152)
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Module 37: The Subjunctive: The Present and Aorist Subjunctive

(pp. 153–180)
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Module 38: The Subjunctive Cont.: Hortatory · Prohibitive · Deliberative · Emphatic Denial · Tentative Assertion

(pp. 181–198)
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Module 39: Ancient Greek II: A 21st-Century Approach The Optative

(pp. 199–236)
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Module 40: The Subjunctive and the Optative in Purpose and Fear Clauses

(pp. 237–254)
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Module 41: The Optative and the Subjunctive in Habitual, Potential, and Prospective Conditions

(pp. 255–272)
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Module 42: Counterfactual and Neutral Conditions · Unrealizable Wishes

(pp. 273–292)
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Module 43: Subordinate Clauses of Cause and Time

(pp. 293–312)
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Module 44: Verbs of Judgment, Necessity, Obligation, and Seeming

(pp. 313–332)
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Module 45: Indirect Statement: That-Clauses and Interrogative Clauses

(pp. 333–348)
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Module 46: Subordinate Clauses in Indirect Question and Statement

(pp. 349–362)
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Module 47: Word Order: Clitics and Full Words

(pp. 363–378)
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Module 48: Word Order: Scheppers’ Colon Hypothesis

(pp. 379–394)
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Module 49: Word Order and Continuity

(pp. 395–416)
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Module 50: Word Order and Discontinuity

(pp. 417–430)
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Module 51: Chiastic Word Order and Ring Composition

(pp. 431–450)
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Module 52: Word Order and Tension

(pp. 451–468)
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Module 53: Narratology I: Authors, Narrators, Narratees, Materials, Texts, Stories

(pp. 469–482)
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Module 54: Narratology II: Focalization or Point of View and Text 1

(pp. 483–498)
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Module 55: Narratology III: Focalization or Point of View and Text 2

(pp. 499–514)
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Module 56: Narratology IV: Time 1

(pp. 515–534)
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Module 57: Narratology V: Time 2

(pp. 535–552)
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Module 58: Narratology VI: Time 3

(pp. 553–564)
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Module 59: Narratology VII: Space

(pp. 565–578)
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Module 60: Memory

(pp. 579–594)
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Contributors

Philip S. Peek

(author)
Distinguished Teaching Professor of Classics at Bowling Green State University

Philip S. Peek is Distinguished Teaching Professor of Classics at Bowling Green State University, where he teaches Ancient Greek, Latin, and Classical Civilization. He is interested in the stories we tell ourselves, those we tell each other, and how we interpret those told to us. He believes in many truths and many fictions and is amazed by how the false and true interact with each other. He is fascinated by creativity, translation, and the process of creating a dialogue between different cultures and time periods. He has published a two-volume elementary textbook on how to read and interpret Ancient Greek (Open Book Publishers, 2021, https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0264, and 2024) and a textual commentary on book five of Herodotos’ Histories (U of O Press, 2018). He also has published in METAMORPHOSES three translations, the Alexis poem by Meleagros of Gadara (2019 Fall), Anakreon’s Thracian Filly poem (Spring 2020), and Meleagros’ poem, To A Bee (Spring 2020). He enjoys researching, teaching, translating, and writing about all things ancient Greek. When not at work, he may be found outside hiking, meditating, and enjoying the sounds of the multi-verse.