Greek Composition for Colleges (Classic Reprint): With Extracts for Sight-Translation - Couverture souple

Augustus Taber Murray

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330704134 ISBN 13 : 9781330704134

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Master Greek composition with real excerpts and guided translation. This edition of Greek Composition for Colleges with Extracts for Sight-Translation helps students connect grammar and vocabulary to authentic Ancient Greek texts, reinforcing reading and writing together.

This practical guide collects excerpts from major authors, arranged to give a broad view of fifth‑century Greece. It includes notes that explain difficult words and suggests translations, while leaving room for teachers to adapt the material to their needs. Supplementary exercises broaden the approach with passages from Plato and other authors, plus sight‑translation practice.

• Structured English exercises tied to Greek passages to build comprehension and writing skills


• Notes that clarify vocabulary and grammar, with tips for sight translation


• Selected readings from Xenophon, Herodotus, Thucydides, Lysias, Isocrates, Demosthenes, Plato, Lucian, and more


• Additional exercises based on Plato’s Apology and Crito for deeper study

Ideal for readers beginning college Greek who want a broad, practice‑driven introduction to classical texts.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book has grown out of a need in my own freshman classes of a book that would supply material for work in Greek Composition adapted to college use. To supply the material is its main purpose; as to its use complete freedom is left to the individual teacher. That the reading and the writing of Greek should go hand in hand is a view now, I think, universally held; and this end is best attained if the English exercises are based upon the text of some Greek author. I have, from firm conviction of the wisdom of the course, used a number of Greek authors, and have therefore printed the Greek. There is no one author universally read during the freshman year, so that it could be assumed that the Greek text would already be in the hands of the students, and, if there were, I should none the less have chosen the present course. For it seems to me better that the exercises should not all be based upon the text of a single author, however interesting and important that author might be. Monotony is thus avoided, the students interest is increased a matter of prime importance and at the same time he is introduced to a broader field. The bulk of the book consists, naturally, of extracts from the historians, and the arrangement is roughly chronological, although, for obvious reasons, Xenophon precedes Thucydides and Herodotus has been put last.
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About the Publisher

Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.

Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330704134
• ISBN 13: 9781330704134
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 199
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