Greek to GCSE

✍ Scribed by John Taylor

• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Revised edition for OCR GCSE
Classical Greek (9–1)

✦ Table of Contents

CONTENTS
Preface ix
List of Illustrations xii
List of Abbreviations xiii
Vocabulary and Glossing xiv
Maps xv
Chapter One 1
The Greek Alphabet 1
Writing the Letters 2
Vowels 2
Breathings 2
Diphthongs 2
Iota Subscript 3
Background: History of the Greek Alphabet 3
Transliteration 4
Capital letters 6
The verb: present tense 8
Nouns (first and second declension): nominative and accusative 11
The definite article 13
Word order 13
Negative 13
Prepositions 14
Summary of Chapter One grammar 16
Chapter One vocabulary 17
Chapter Two 18
Nouns (first and second declension): nominative and accusative plural 18
The verb to be (present tense) 22
Connecting words 23
First declension feminine nouns: variant pattern 24
Translation of the definite article 26
Expressing time (1) 27
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Second declension neuter nouns 27
Summary of Chapter Two grammar 30
Chapter Two vocabulary 31
Chapter Three 33
Nouns (first and second declension): all cases 33
Prepositions 34
Sandwich construction 36
Imperative 38
Adverbs (1) 39
Cases taken by verbs 40
Infinitive 40
Adjectives 41
Adverbs (2) 44
Particles 44
How the Locrians make laws (1) 45
Background: The Rule of Law 47
How the Locrians make laws (2) 47
Future tense 48
Imperfect tense 51
Imperfect of the verb to be 52
Punctuation 55
Questions 55
Athenian Wit 56
Summary of Chapter Three grammar 57
Chapter Three vocabulary 59
Chapter Four 60
Aorist tense (1) 60
Background: Aesop’s Fables 64
The Sun and the Frogs 65
The Frogs and their Ruler (1) 66
The Frogs and their Ruler (2) 68
Aorist tense (2) 69
Zeus and the Tortoise 75
Gender and declension (1) 75
Gender and declension (2) 76
Gender and declension (3) 79
Revision overview of first and second declension nouns 80
Compound verbs 81
The Stag and the Lion 84CONTENTS vii
Summary of Chapter Four grammar 86
Chapter Four vocabulary 87
Chapter Five 89
Accents 89
Third declension nouns 90
Background: Homer and the Odyssey 94
The Cyclops (1) 95
Elision 95
The Cyclops (2) 96
The uses of τίς/τις 98
The Cyclops (3) 103
Cases taken by prepositions 105
Personal pronouns and adjectives (first and second person singular) 107
The Cyclops (4) 109
Present participle (1) 110
The Bag of Winds 115
Summary of ChapterFive grammar 118
Chapter Five vocabulary 120
Chapter Six 121
Present participle (2) 121
Background: Alexander the Great 122
Alexander and Bucephalas 123
Alexander Seeks Revenge 126
More uses of the definite article (1) 126
More uses of the definite article (2) 128
Alexander and Hope 130
Alexander at Troy 132
The uses of αὐτός (1) 133
The uses of αὐτός (2) 134
Alexander’sLeadership 135
Aorist participle (1) 136
The adjective πᾶς 138
Alexander and the Gordian Knot (1) 140
Aorist participle (2) 141
Alexander and the GordianKnot (2) 143
Numerals 144
Expressing time (2) 146
The use of οὐδείς 148
Alexander’s Trust 150viii CONTENTS
Personal pronouns and adjectives (first and second person plural) 151
Possessive dative 153
Alexander’s Kindness 154
Future participle 155
Focusing the sense of participles 157
More uses of the definite article (3) 158
Alexander’s Ambition 160
Round-up of verbs and their aorist formation 162
Alexander and Dionysus 166
Alexander, Homer and Fame 168
Summary of Chapter Six grammar 171
Chapter Six vocabulary 173
English–Greek practice sentences 174
Reference Grammar 179
The definite article 179
Nouns 179
First declension 179
Second declension 180
Third declension (pattern of endings) 180
Third declension (examples) 181
Adjectives 182
Pronouns 183
Numeral declensions 185
Prepositions 185
Verbs 186
Overview of tenses 186
The verb to be 186
Participles 187
Appendix: Words easily confused 188
Glossary of grammar terms 189
English to Greek Vocabulary 192
Greek to English Vocabulary 199
Index 206