I don't like searching throught PDF files, so I think I should buy a grammar.
Is Smyth still considered to be the best available?
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I would say yes. Certainly for English speakers.Eureka wrote:Is Smyth still considered to be the best available?
Edit: and if you have the chance to supplement this with Rijksbaron's The syntax and semantics of the verb in Ancient Greek, then do so.
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τίς πατέρ' αἰνήσει εἰ μὴ κακοδαίμονες υἱοί;
τίς πατέρ' αἰνήσει εἰ μὴ κακοδαίμονες υἱοί;
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Well, I'm in no position to do that. For French the name Chantraine seems to command a lot of respect, for his historical grammars and his dictionary. I don't know anything about the state of German Greek grammars.swiftnicholas wrote:What if you were to compare grammars for English, French, and German?
William S. Annis — http://www.aoidoi.org/ — http://www.scholiastae.org/
τίς πατέρ' αἰνήσει εἰ μὴ κακοδαίμονες υἱοί;
τίς πατέρ' αἰνήσει εἰ μὴ κακοδαίμονες υἱοί;