A Greek Anthology / Edition 1

by Joint Association of Classical Teachers

Overview

This book offers an ideal first reader for students of ancient Greek ready to advance beyond the stage of absolute beginners. It presents twenty extracts from a comprehensive range of Greek authors—Homer to Plutarch—and includes vocabulary and grammatical assistance. The passages have been chosen for their interest and variety and brief introductions set them in context.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521000260
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	08/01/2002
Series:	Reading Greek
Edition description:	Bilingual
Pages:	202
Product dimensions:	5.79(w) x 8.19(h) x 0.39(d)

Table of Contents

Time chart; Map of the Greek world; 1. Homer Iliad: Zeus, fate and the death of Sarpedon; 2. Homer Odyssey: Calypso is ordered by the gods to release Odysseus; 3. Herodotus The Histories: the battle of Salamis; 4. Aeschylus Persians: the battle of Salamis; 5. Sophocles Antigone: Antigone confronts Creon; 6. Euripides Alcestis: Alcestis' farewell to Admetus; 7. Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War: the revolt of Mytilene; 8. Sophocles Philoctetes: Neoptolemus tries to persuade Philoctetes; 9. Euripides Bacchae: Pentheus and Dionysus; 10. Aristophanes Frogs: Dionysus in the underworld; 11. Plato Apology of Socrates: Socrates and the nature of death; 12. Aristophanes Ecclesiazusae (Assemblywomen): power to women?; 13. Xenophon Oeconomicus (The estate manager): the duties of husband and wife; 14. Demosthenes On the Crown: news of disaster at Elatea; 15. Demosthenes Against Conon: harassment on military service; 16. Aristotle Poetics: tragic action and the tragic hero; 17. Menander Perikeiromene (The girl with the cut hair): how to get your mistress to forgive you; 18. Plutarch Life of Antony: the death of Cleopatra; 19. Plutarch On the Decline of Oracles: Great Pan is dead; 20. New Testament Acts of the Apostles: St Paul in Athens; Metrical appendix; General vocabulary.

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"The Joint Association of Classical Teachers deserves commendation for producing this handsome little anthology..." The Classical Outlook

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