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UNIVERSITY OF CRETE
at Rethymno

ELEMENTARY GREEK (ANCIENT GREEK)
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The basic aim of the course is to enable students to read Greek with precision, understanding and pleasure.

CONTENTS:
Introduction (alphabet, accents, pronunciation, etc.)
Essentials of grammar; Declension of nouns and adjectives; Pronouns; Verbs (conjugation, modes, etc.); Infinitives and participles; Elements of syntax; Sentence structure; Uses of the genitive, dative, etc.; Vocabulary and English derivatives; Exercises; Reading and translating passages from classical Greek authors.

TEXTBOOK:
Reading Greek by the Joint Association of Classical Teachers, Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 0521219760

INSTRUCTOR:
Dr. Odysseus Tsagarakis
Professor of Classics, Ph.D. Munich