Hi! Thank you Joel for accepting me into this forum. Although both my BS and MBA are not in the classics, I have always been fascinated by classical antiquity and have always wanted to read ancient Greek writers in their original language. Reading through the The Landmark series (Herodotus) has reignited my interest in learning ancient Greek again. My challenge now is making sure I do not get discourage by the enormity of learning an ancient language on my own. I just began reading and working through the initial chapters of An Introduction to Greek by Crosby and Schaeffer and noticed that the exercises do not have answer keys (teacher’s manual does not have Greek to English answers). So, that is a dilemma I am attempting to work through and knowing that fluency will take time. I have read that this book might not be the best format for self-teaching, but I enjoy the small layout and the chapters are easily digestible for me. If anyone has any suggestions, I’d welcome them. Thank you!
Welcome to Textkit! You may want to check the Teacher’s Manual.
I have found the JACT Reading Greek which has an answer key text for self learners to be a good book for working through Classical Greek. There are quite a few people on this forum using it from what I have read. Good luck!
Thank you both for those suggestions. Unfortunately, the teacher’s manual only has the Greek answers but not the English.
I have not looked into the JACT Reading Greek series, but I will look into it now that you mentioned it.
If you decide to use Crosby and Schaeffer, you can post your English answers and somebody will correct them. Then we can integrate the key.
That was my beginning text in college, and I still love it, but I teach from Athenaze, which you might also want to have a look at. There is a lot of online support and resources for that text.