Product Description

The JACT Reading Greek Course has been written for beginners in the upper school, at university and in adult education. Its aim is to enable students to read fifth- and fourth-century Attic Greek, Homer and Herodotus, with some fluency and intelligence in one to two years. The main medium of learning is a continuous, graded Greek text, adapted from original sources.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #390764 in Books
• Published on: 1978-11-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 366 pages

Customer Reviews

Buy this book and get going with your Greek
For years I have felt let down by my schooling that didn't provide me with the Classics. I purchased the JACT Latin Course three years ago and after less than two years study I took a Grade A distinction at A level Latin. It was only a few weeks after and I purchased the three JACT volumes to start Greek. It is fabulous! The lessons are arranged by yourself at your pace. The material is interesting and well laid out. I am nearly ready to take my Greek A level and I feel as confident as I did with my Latin. To be sure, I also supplemented this with Wheelock (in Latin) and Athenaze for Greek. It is tough going at times but the rewards are tremendous and the opening up of the minds of Athens Golden Age as well as the Latin great works of philosophy and literature are the carrot that keeps me going. Full marks JACT! I wish that I had started this 20 years before but well, better late than never.

Part one of the three part series -- Greek text
This book contains the Greek text for the three part series. A break-through method for teaching classical Greek, the emphasis is on reading graduated levels of modified Greek texts from various authors. Rather than the traditional method of reading a few sentences, and a heavy dose of grammer, this series provides an excellent balance of text with grammer. The grammer and vocabulary is found in the second book of the series, and the third book is the "Self Study Guide". I would recommend that you purchase all three books for a complete two year course in classical Greek. If you have a background in Latin, or have a Greek teacher available, this course is excellent for self-study.

The second book in the series.
This book is designed to be used with "Reading Greek -- Text". It provides the grammer and vocabulary portion of the course. A separate "Self Study Guide" is also available. This book includes a reference grammer, dictionary, and grammatical index. The grammer is fairly basic, but has an interesting section on Homeric grammer. The vocabulary has some rather colorful entries == "go to hell", "phooey", etc are included. The emphasis is on reading and understanding the text rather than on providing an extensive grammatical reference. It strongest feature is that it includes a running vocabulary. Each section has a group of words to memorize, and you are not expected to learn all the new words for each section. Thus, the "non-essential" vocabulary is repeated for each section.