num_pages: 290
description: Combining the best features of traditional and modern methods, "Athenaze" provides a unique course of instruction that allows students to read connected Greek narrative from an early stage, and guides them to the point where they can read complete classical texts. There is a fictional narrative about an Attic farmer's family placed in precise historical context (432 BC). The narrative is interwoven with tales from mythology and the Persian Wars, and gradually gives way to extracts from "Herodotus", "Plato", and "Thucydides". Each chapter includes a full explanation of new vocabulary and grammar, and an essay on relevant aspects of ancient Greek culture and history. Exercises in translation from English to Greek are integrated throughout.
language: English
title: Athenaze: An Introduction to Ancient Greek, Book 1
titlecomplete: Athenaze: An Introduction to Ancient Greek, Book 1
genres: Classics, Language, History, Textbooks, Classical Studies, Reference, Linguistics, Italian Literature, Nonfiction, Greece
ratings_count: 370
publisher: Oxford University Press