It was published in 1993.
Best attic greek textbook.
On then to the ten best books for studying new testament greek in no particular order.
And it says in the preface that it s aimed at if not university students then students or potential learners of ancient greek who feel very confident in their ability and want to get up to speed quickly.
Very intensive grammar education it can be difficult to get a handle of how he explains things but once you get its very clear.
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This book is not only very well didactically arranged but also interesting what is very rare in grammar books.
So this post is just a roundup of the major textbooks for ancient greek that i m aware of 1 there are also a large number of 18th 19th and even earlier 20th century greek.
I adore mastronarde s intro to attic greek.
Moreover this handbook has information that could not be found in other grammars.
What s the best textbook for learning ancient greek.
I can t find my copy to verify but iirc andrew sihler s new comparative grammar of greek and latin has a good amount of information about pronunciation.
There are enough modern ancient greek textbooks that even keeping them all straight is a little confusing.
Using our cutting edge interactive digital textbook and live online classes students will experience greek as a beautiful ancient language with a long and vibrant history not a dusty relic.
Product description is of the web page doesn t say anything about old attic classic greek.
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Out of all the introductory grammars and workbooks on either koine or attic greek that i ve ever read or perused mastronarde s book seems to be the most practical one for those who desire to be either tutored or self taught attic greek.
Of textbooks using the more recent method athenaze and the jact reading greek course are very good for classical attic and colwell and tune is rather good for koine biblical greek.
You can have fun learning attic greek commonly known as classical greek and make rapid progress.
5 0 out of 5 stars the best greek textbook currently on the market.
A question i often see and wonder myself is.
It s published significantly later than the first version of reading greek.
William mounce basics of biblical greek.
But not with the usual methods.
It s called introduction to attic greek and it s published by berkeley.
Mounce s beginning grammar remains perhaps the most widely used introductory textbook of new testament greek.
It s the textbook i learned off of first year i m a second year greek student.
Sidney allen is a complete and scholarly reconstruction of attic pronunciation.
Most greek courses consider only the attic dialect because it s classical.
So this book is another textbook and it s by donald mastronarde.