suplimental greek learning materials, reader?

Well I’ve been self studying attic Greek (Mastronarde) in my spare time, sadly it has been very slow going. I do the exercises for each unit twice before moving on and every other unit/chapter i redo all the exercises of every unit up until the one I am currently on. I will say that after doing this my mistakes are most often word usage during translation, ex. speech, story, word etc. It’s extreme but works for me.

I would like to supplement the learning materials, such as a reader. I’ve noticed others bringing up Athenaze, doing a search online the top two seem to be Thrasymachus, or Athenaze. Any recomendations. (Athenaze in italian is ok, already speak it)

Also I need a dictionary. I bought Liddel and Scott’s but I think it will be more useful later on. I need something simple for Attic Greek if possible, Any suggestions?

Thank you in advance.

Check our Greek Books page for some suggestions.
Check also Greek Readers.
As for the dictionary, An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon: ISBN-13: 978-0199102068 comes first to mind.