Dickey Eleanor. An Introduction to the Composition and Analysis of Greek Prose

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016 – XV, 298 p. – ISBN: 978-0-521-76142-0 Hardback ISBN: 978-0-521-18425-0 Paperback.Contents: Preface. Useful reference texts. Accentuation. Articles. Modifiers. Tenses, voices, and agreement. Cases. Participles. The structure of a Greek sentence: word order and connection. Review exercises 1. Conditional, concessive, and potential clauses. Relative clauses. Pronouns. Indirect statement. Questions. Review exercises 2. Purpose, fear, and eifort. Cause, result, and “on condition that”. Comparison and negatives. Commands, wishes, and prevention. Temporal clauses. Review exercises 3. Impersonal constructions and verbal adjectives. Oratio obliqua. Summary. Consolidation. Appendix A: Errors in Smyth’s Grammar. Appendix B: English tenses and their Greek equivalents (indicative only). Appendix C: Hints for analyzing Greek sentences. Appendix D: English conditional clauses. Appendix E: A selection of terminologies for describing Greek conditional sentences. Appendix F: Short, easily confused words. Appendix G: Partial answer key. Appendix H: The next step: prose composition as an art form. Principal parts. Vocabulary. Index to vocabulary.