Books Details
Author : John Taylor Pages : 224 pages Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic
Language : ISBN-10 : 1474255167 ISBN-13 : 9781474255165
Books Descriptions
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 and is self-contained, with its own reference section. It covers the main
declensions, a range of active tenses and a vocabulary of 250 Greek words to be
learned. Pupil confidence is built up by constant consolidation of the material
covered. After the preliminaries, each chapter concentrates on stories with one
source or subject: Aesop, Homer's Odyssey and Alexander the Great, providing
an excellent introduction to Greek culture alongside the language study.
Written by a long-time school teacher and examiner, this
