Jones, Peter - Reading Greek: Texts and Vocabulary

The Joint Association of Classical Teachers' Greek Course. - Cambridge University Press, 2nd Edition, 2007 (5th Printing, 2009) - 317 pp. - оригинал-макет.First published in 1978, Reading Greek has become a best-selling one-year introductory course in ancient Greek for students and adults. It combines the best of modern and traditional language-learning techniques and is used widely in schools, summer schools and universities across the world. It has also been translated into several foreign languages. This volume contains a narrative adapted entirely from ancient authors, including Herodotus, Euripides, Aristophanes and Demosthenes, in order to encourage students rapidly to develop their reading skills. Generous support is provided with vocabulary. At the same time, through the texts and numerous illustrations, students will receive a good introduction to Greek culture, and especially that of Classical Athens. The accompanying Grammar and Exercises volume provides full grammatical support together with numerous exercises at different levels, Greek–English and English–Greek vocabularies, a substantial reference grammar and language surveys.The main features of the revised course Reading Greek was originally written on the assumption that its users would know Latin. Tempora mutantur – it has now been revised on the assumption that they do not, and in the light of the experiences of those using the course over nearly thirty years.Part One - Athens at Sea
Section One: The Insurance Scam
Section Two: The Glorious Past
Section Three: Athens and SpartaPart Two - Moral Decay?
Section Four: Lawlessness in Athenian Life
Section Five and Six: 'Socrates Corrupts the Young'
Section Seven: Socrates and Intellectual InquiryPart Three - Athens through the Comic Poet's Eyes
Section Eight: Aristophanes' Birds and Visions of Utopia
Section Nine: Aristophanes' Wasps
Section Ten: Aristophanes' Lysistrata
Section Eleven: Aristophanes' AkharniansPart Four - Women in Athenian Society
Sections Twelve to Fourteen: The Prosecution of Neaira
Section Twelve: Neaira as Slave
Section Thirteen: Neaira as Married Woman
Section Fourteen: Guarding a Woman's Purity
Section Fifteen: Alkestis in Euripides' PlayPart Five - Athenian Views of Justice
Sections Sixteen to Seventeen: Official and Private Justice
Section Sixteen: Official Justice: Ships, State and Individuals
Section Seventeen: Private Justice: Trouble Down at the Farm
Section Eighteen: How Zeus Gave Justice to MenPart Six - Gods, Fate and Man
Section Nineteen: The Story of AdrastosPart Seven - Homeric Hero and Heroine
Section Twenty: Odysseus and NausikaaA Total Greek-English Vocabulary of All Words to be Learnt