This thread represents an effort to create a thread with resources for all the different aspects of learning Ancient Greek and any relative issue.
In this thread people can a) post their suggestions for such resources b) comment on these suggestions
People cannot though ask questions about these resources.
Please make sure that your suggestion is not already posted here or (later on) the Resources thread.
I would also ask you to make clear which suggestion you are referring to when commenting on one already suggested.
Each suggestion must use the following format:
Name of the resouce: Either a link to a site or the name of a book
Whether it’s free or not
Period(s) of ancient Greek and aspect of learning ancient Greek it covers
Short description/reasons it’s suggested (about 5 lines tops)
An example would be: http://www.textkit.com
Free
All periods of ancient Greek, all aspects of learning
An all-encompassing site for learners of ancient Greek (and Latin). Includes big list of free grammars, dictionaries etc.
Note that for paid resources such as books, links to specific on-line or off line shops are not allowed. Our purpose here is to suggest resources and not to advertise.
This is an effort that can only succeed through your participation and your comments/criticism. You can either PM me with the later or post in thisthread
I think it will take a while for this thread to grow. Right now the kiddies are busy with exams and the old fogies are out enjoying the spring. I’m sure it will pick up.
What I like most about it is that for every word introduced it lists the number of instances the word appears in the Bible, which is helpful to determine which vocab to concentrate on.
It is incomplete, but it is well organized. Because it is online you can use Ctrl-F to find specific words and you can copy and paste text directly into your notes. Plus it is free, which is always a bonus.
The only criticism I have is that some verb forms are not presented in all their conjugations, for example διδωμι is introduced without explaining how to conjugate the other persons (2nd, 3rd, plural, etc.). I think that it does eventually describe how to conjugate -μι verbs, but certainly not in the same lesson that διδωμι is introduced. And ερχομαι is also introduced way before you learn how to conjugate it properly.
Greek Grammar on the Web https://perswww.kuleuven.be/~u0013314/greekg.htm
Portal site for online resources for learning ancient Greek. Divided by topic (alphabet, dictionaries, grammar, advanced resources, etc)
Ancient Greek Tutorials http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~ancgreek/
Online exercises and tutorials made to accompany Donald Mastronarde’s Introduction to Attic Greek
Unicode Classical Greek Inputter http://users.ox.ac.uk/~tayl0010/polytonic-greek-inputter.html
Useful little online page which allows users to type short texts in polytonic Greek without having to install a special program. Type in betacode using the Latin alphabet and the characters will be automatically converted to Greek.
The University of Augsburg’s Bibliotheka Augustana http://www.hs-augsburg.de/~harsch/graeca/Auctores/g_alpha.html
Online texts (in html form) of many, many Greek authors from Homer to the Byzantine era. The texts do not include annotations or commentaries of any kind, but the full text (instead of pdf) format is nice for those of us who want to create our own layout for reading.
And I think a couple of pages from Textkit people deserve a mention here:
Oh, and another thought: are we limiting the list to sites that are in English? I know Textkit is English-based, but a number of users here do know other languages, and there are some good sites for ancient Greek which aren’t in English (eg Egon Gottwein’s Greek course for German speakers).
Hey thanks guys! Since I’d only received a PM with a lovely suggestion I was thinking of binning the whole project.
No, they don’t have to be in English only. We’ll just put the other languages under separate headings. Just make sure you mention what language they’re in
Irene, I’m wondering whether you are open to just getting links or if you also want formatted descriptions? Sometimes I come across something good, but I am too deep in what I am doing to stop and write and post a description and it is more likely than not that I will neither remember nor have the energy to do it when I am done. If you would accept undescribed or loosely described links I would be able to commit to at least one a week if not three.
Here are my Top Ten Textbooks, in the order that I encountered them.
J. Gresham Machen, New Testament Greek for Beginners (the best of it’s type, simple, systematic, 100% inductive)
Paula Safire, Ancient Greek Alive (wonderfully entertaining stories)
Athenaze (excellent free audio available, interesting and easy extended readings introduced early on)
Frank Beetham, Reading Greek with Plato (he’s the only guy who admits how hard Greek is. He spoon feeds you, but Plato, like cheesecake, tastes good when eaten with a spoon. He has an answer key.)
Schoder/Horrigan, A Reading Course in Homeric Greek (more complete and systematic than Pharr or Betham. First half has good made up exercises, then you read real, heavily annotated Homer)
Christophe Rico, Polis (best Greek audio ever. He teaches you to speak Greek.)
JACT (excellent adapted readings. The audio c.d. is great and not too expensive for what you get.)
Gerda Seligson, Greek for Reading (the only book that uses linguistic/grammatical analysis not to pin down the precise meaning of the Greek but to alert you to what makes reading Greek so hard. Lots of good and easy sentences to read.)
Assimil, Ancien Grec sans peine (living language but also covers the entire Greek grammar. The audio is pleasant.)
C.A.E. Luschnig, An Introduction to Ancient Greek, A Literary Approach (many more exercises than are found in most texts. She also teaches you some conversational stuff. I think she is a she.)
This is a simple page written by Stephen M. Trzaskoma, Professor of Classics at University of New Hampshire. This page talks about where to start as a beginner. He says, “in my experience less than 5% of those who launch into learning ancient Greek outside of a classroom setting…manage to succed at it,” and then goes on to to tell you how to do it if you are still interested. Despite the caution, he has some great advice on where to start.
Yes, it would. Unfortunately we’ve run into a technical difficulty (there’s no way I can input more than 10 links into one message; breaking up the resouces into many messages each containing only 10 links will make the thread cumbersome to navigate). When that problem’s solved we will proceed.
First of, I have to give you all credit. I remember learning greek in high school in Europe and I could not get passed the alphabet. I am now older and want to learn it the right way. Any resource you would recommend?
Learn Greek Online is a course provided by Kypros-Net in collaboration with the CyBC to teach the modern Greek language online.
Learn Greek Online is currently composed of 105 real audio files (around 15 minutes each), online student notes, a collection of collaborative learning tools and an online greek dictionary and a greek spell checker.
The text version of these lessons has been contributed by students of this course.
I found a very interesting and useful site for the Greek language. It has everything about the language. I don’t see this material before which has placed on this site. I have seen exercises, literacy text and helping links and a dictionary on this site. I think this is a nice site for those people those are interested in Greek language.
