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Hellênikê: introduction to ancient Greek
About this textbook
Preliminaries
The Greek alphabet
Accent
Module 1: the Greek verb
The Greek verb
Verbal expressions
Finite verb forms
Recessive accent
Principal parts of verbs
The aorist indicative
The imperfect indicative
Clauses and coordination
Adverbs
Contract verbs
The second aorist
Ancient Greek in action: the imperfect tense
Module 1 reading selection
Module 2: nouns and adjectives
Nouns and adjectives
Nouns
The nominative case
The article
The genitive case
Forming nouns with case endings
Nominative and genitive case endings
Persistent accent
Adjectives
Demonstrative pronouns
Direct and indirect objects
Forms of the dative and accusative cases
The article: complete declension
Prepositions
Types of clauses
Adjectives: full declensions
Demonstrative pronouns: full declensions
Ancient Greek in action: gender identity and language
Module 2: reading
Module 3: participles
Participles
Participles: introduction
First aorist participles
Present participles of -ω (thematic) verbs
Second aorist participles
Participles: attributive participles
Participles: circumstantial participles
Supplementary participles
Participles: εἰμί
Present participles: -μι (athematic) verbs
Present participles: contract verbs
Ancient Greek in action: reading the Second Amendment
Module 3: reading
Expanding on modules 1-3
The perfect participle
The first and second persons
The present indicative
More third-declension patterns
Adjective declensions
Module 4: indirect speech
Indirect speech
Indirect speech: introduction
Indirect statement with the infinitive
Formation of the infinitive
Further uses of the infinitive
Indirect statement with participles
Indirect statement introduced by a subordinate conjunction
The optative mood
Formation of the optative
Common Irregular Athematic Verbs
Module 5: subordinate clauses
Subordinate clauses
Simple indicative clauses
Relative clauses
The relative pronoun
The subjunctive mood
Primary and secondary sequence
Purpose clauses
Conditions
The future tense
Indirect question using the optative
Interrogative and indefinite pronouns
Enclitics
The pronoun αὐτός
Module 6: reading Greek
Reading Greek
Ancient Greek in action: ...
Language summary and review
Preliminaries: language summary and review
Module 1: language summary and review
Module 1: vocabulary
Module 1: language reference
Module 2: language summary and review
Module 2: vocabulary
Module 2: language reference
Module 3: language summary and review
Module 3: vocabulary
Module 3: language reference
Module 4: reference and review
Module 5: language summary and review
Module 5: vocabulary
Module 6: language summary and review
Module 6: vocabulary
Practice
Mastering preliminaries
Mastering module 1
Vocalizing Greek
Accents
Principal parts
Recessive accent
The aorist indicative
The imperfect indicative
Identifying clauses
Contract verbs
The second aorist
Module 1 portfolio
Module 1, verbs: mastery
Module 1, verbs: reading
Module 1, verbs: composition
Mastering module 2
Reading dictionary entries for nouns
Noun phrases with the nominative and genitive
Noun-adjective agreement
Adjective position
Adjectives
Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns
Direct and indirect objects
Analyzing clauses
Persistent accent
Adjectives: full declensions
Demonstrative pronouns and adjectives: full declensions
Prepositions
Module 2 portfolio
Module 2, substantives: mastery
Module 2 reading
Module 2, substantives: composition
Mastering module 3
The attributive participle
The circumstantial participle
Module 3 portfolio
Module 3, participles: mastery
Module 3, participles: reading
Module 3, participles: composition
Mastering module 4
Module 4 portfolio
Module 4, indirect speech: reading
Module 4, indirect speech: composition
Mastering module 5
Module 5 portfolio
Module 5, subordinate clauses: reading
Module 5, subordinate clauses: composition
Mastering module 6
Module 6 portfolio
Reference to Lysias 1
Most frequent vocabulary in Lysias 1
Complete vocabulary list for Lysias 1
Complete paradigms of important verbs
Complete paradigm: κελεύω
Complete paradigm: δείκνυμι
Complete paradigm: ποιέω
Complete paradigm: ἡγέομαι
Complete declension: participles of κελεύω
Complete declension: aorist participles of λαμβάνω
Complete paradigms of important nouns
Complete paradigms of important adjectives
Translation of Lysias 1 by Caroline Falkner
Translation of Lysias 1 by W.R.M. Lamb
Beyond Lysias 1
Omicron contract verbs
Result clauses
Independent uses of the subjunctive
Independent uses of the optative
Conditions
Simple conditions: present and past time
Generalizing conditions: present and past time
Contrafactual conditions
Future conditions
Practice with conditions
PDF
Youtube playlist
Hellênikê: home
Module 3: participles
Participles
Present participles: -μι (athematic) verbs
Present participles: -μι (athematic) verbs