Reading Course in Homeric Greek - KEY

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[bernardo]

Now avaiable in Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/Reading-Course-Ho ... d%5Fi=home

or search by ISBN

1585102458

It will be released on April 2nd.

[edonnelly]

It will be released on April 2nd.

2008 ! (at least that's what it says on Amazon)

Are you guys using this reading course? Is it any good and how does it compare to Pharr?

[ÓBuadhaigh]

This link to the publisher is advertising the book for sale atm.

http://www.focusbookstore.com./index.as ... ProdID=560

I am not using this course myself until I get my copy of the key. I shall begin then, having been convinced by various threads on this forum of the value of beginning with Homer.

Seán

[bernardo]

I talked to Focus' sales department, and the reprint of the key will be available on April 1st, 2007. The date on Amazon is just a mistake.

For more info, go to the Focus store

http://www.focusbookstore.com./index.as ... ProdID=560

and Amazon is already accepting pre-orders

http://www.amazon.com/Reading-Course-Ho ... d%5Fi=home


I've given my opinion of this book, and Pharr's, on this thread

http://www.textkit.com/greek-latin-foru ... php?t=6795

and ten lessons later I still feel the same way.

[megas_yiannakis]

im thinking about getting this book as a general help in my greek studies... anything that i quiet dont fully understand in pharr i could read about in this one... is that a bad idea?

also i was under the impression there was a 'book 2' aswell... or is it just the one text book and the key (book 3)?...

[quendidil]

Will Focus publish Volume 2?
Yes. It is in the works with a tentative publication date of 2008. The second volume is designed to be appropriate for a second year college text in reading Homer for those who have had a first year background in Attic Greek..

I don't think you'll need volume 2 once you complete 1, you should be able to read Homer with the aid of a dictionary or Homeric Vocabularies

[bernardo]

For some weird reason Amazon took some time to correct the release date to the key, despite e-mails I and the publisher sent them. It's now available.

http://www.amazon.com/Reading-Course-Ho ... 980&sr=1-1

im thinking about getting this book as a general help in my greek studies... anything that i quiet dont fully understand in pharr i could read about in this one... is that a bad idea?

I would do exactly the opposite, use Schoder and consult Pharr.

also i was under the impression there was a 'book 2' aswell... or is it just the one text book and the key (book 3)?...

There's book 2 as well (2nd ed only), besides book 1 and the Teacher's Manual/Key. You'll find it used with some ease. The first book (2nd edition, not 3rd) is hard to find.