Learn Ancient Greek: 26_Unit 5 Agent Constructions
Channel: The Center for Hellenic Studies
Date: 2016-04-19

Leonard Muellner (Professor Emeritus of Classical Studies at Brandeis University) and Belisi Gillespie present all the content covered in two semesters of a college-level Introduction to Ancient Greek course.Leonard Muellner (Professor Emeritus of Classical Studies at Brandeis University) and Belisi Gillespi present all the content covered in two semesters of a college-level Introduction to Ancient Greek course.

When a verb in the passive voice requires the mention of the actor or agent of the action, a special grammatical construction is used. For example, if the following phrase, "the bananas were eaten by Louise," were to be translated into Greek, it would require a passive verb form, "bananas" as the subject, and "by Louise" as the agent. This video explains how to formulate this type of phrase. A complementary discussion can be found on page 125 in the Hansen & Quinn textbook.