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Zusatztext Represent[s] a lean, pellucid, and expeditious path to a solid mastery and thorough enjoyment of Greek. Volumes 1 and 2 together will provide a fresh year-long introduction for both college and high school levels and expand the menu of choices available. Informationen zum Autor John Taylor was for many years Head of Classics at Tonbridge School, UK, and now teaches Classics at Manchester University, UK. He is author of Greek to GCSE (new edition, Bloomsbury Academic, 2016) and Greek Beyond GCSE (new edition, Bloomsbury Academic, 2017), co-author of Writing Greek (Bloomsbury Academic, 2011) and Greek Stories (new edition, Bloomsbury Academic, 2017), and also author or co-author of a number of Latin textbooks. Klappentext First written in response to a JACT survey of over 100 schools, and now endorsed by OCR, this textbook has become a standard resource for students in the UK and for readers across the world who are looking for a clear and thorough introduction to the language of the ancient Greeks. Revised throughout and enhanced by coloured artwork and text features, this edition will support the new OCR specification for Classical Greek (first teaching 2016). Part 1 covers the basics, whilst Part 2 introduces a wider range of grammatical forms and constructions, with a vocabulary of 435 words and reading material from Socrates and the Sophists to the world of myth, and finally to extended passages of lightly adapted Herodotus. Practice passages, exam papers and revision sentences for GCSE complete Part 2, which has a reference section covering the whole course. Written by a long-time school teacher and examiner, this two-part course is based on experience of what pupils find difficult, concentrating on the essentials and on the understanding of principles in both accidence and syntax: minor irregularities are postponed and subordinated so that the need for rote learning is reduced. It aims to be user-friendly, but also to give pupils a firm foundation for further study.A new edition of this widely used and much-loved textbook that meets the requirements of the new OCR GCSE specification in Classical Greek. Zusammenfassung First written in response to a JACT survey of over 100 schools! and now endorsed by OCR! this textbook has become a standard resource for students in the UK and for readers across the world who are looking for a clear and thorough introduction to the language of the ancient Greeks. Revised throughout and enhanced by coloured artwork and text features! this edition will support the new OCR specification for Classical Greek (first teaching 2016).Part 1 covers the basics! whilst Part 2 introduces a wider range of grammatical forms and constructions! with a vocabulary of 435 words and reading material from Socrates and the Sophists to the world of myth! and finally to extended passages of lightly adapted Herodotus. Practice passages! exam papers and revision sentences for GCSE complete Part 2! which has a reference section covering the whole course. Written by a long-time school teacher and examiner! this two-part course is based on experience of what pupils find difficult! concentrating on the essentials and on the understanding of principles in both accidence and syntax: minor irregularities are postponed and subordinated so that the need for rote learning is reduced. It aims to be user-friendly! but also to give pupils a firm foundation for further study. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Vocabulary and Glossing Map Chapter 7 (the passive voice; the present passive participle; the passive infinitive; this and that ; the imperfect passive; comparison of adjectives and adverbs; relative clauses; irregular 3rd-declension nouns; root aorists; result clauses) Chapter 8 (middle-voice and deponent verbs; the aorist middle and passive; the future middle a...
