Greek an Intensive Course like Latin an Intensive Course?

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Mofmog
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Greek an Intensive Course like Latin an Intensive Course?

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I really liked the format of Latin: An Intensive Course. It serves my learning style well, and now that I wanna get a hand in Greek, I was wondering if its anything like Latin: An Intensive Course?

Does it have LONG readings every unit like M&F?

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I've used both books -- Hansen & Quinn for most of my initial exposure to Greek, and Moreland & Fleischer when I wanted to relearn Latin recently. The approach of both is pretty similar, so if one worked for you, you'll probably like the other one also. A few observations: Greek: An Intensive Course is quite a bit heftier than the Latin text (there's simply more grammar to cover), and the units tend to be a lot of information to swallow at one time, so it helps to break it down and not try to do a whole unit at once. Like M & F, it has extensive drills and exercises (its biggest advantage for self-study). The reading sections are not as large, but unadapted texts are introduced almost from the beginning, starting with a few lines and working up to passages of several paragraphs by the end.
IPHIGENIE: Kann uns zum Vaterland die Fremde werden?
ARKAS: Und dir ist fremd das Vaterland geworden.
IPHIGENIE: Das ist's, warum mein blutend Herz nicht heilt.
(Goethe, Iphigenie auf Tauris)

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I know both were written for the Berkeley and CSNY intensive classics programs, just wanted to make sure there were more similarities beyond that. Thanks!

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