Hello everybody, this post is for asking your advice.
I have started to study Greek six months ago, I have started with Homer because Pharr's introduction persuaded that this would be for the best. So I have been studied from the books of Pharr and S&H, and currently I am about to start with Book II of the last. However, I have to say that I am a little frustrated at the time, because my progresses with Homer until now have been quite poor, and I can't read him without much effort and an abussive use of the dictionary.
I thought that, as the book of S&H consists only in lecture exercises, may be it will be of help if I include some composition exercises in my studies. I was looking therefore for Greek composition books, but it seems that are all focused on attic/koine dialects. It will be a problem? Should I read first a grammar of attic or koine before? What would you recommend? Pharr promises me that the passage to other dialects would be easy. But this is just an idea, my goals are to achieve enough fluency to enjoy reading classical authors, if you would recommend another next step instead of a get a composition book, I listen for ideas.