Classical Greek Prose: A Basic Vocabulary - Paperback

by Malcolm Campbell (Author)

This handbook contains a classified list, with English equivalents, of 1500 words in common use among classical Greek historians, orators and philosophers. One hundred of these words are dealt with at greater length in a Supplement, which also focuses on a number of crucial idioms.

The aim of the book is that learners, drilled in these words over the course of a semester or two, should find that they can read the texts of such authors as Thucydides, Plato and Demosthenes with a high degree of fluency, and without the distraction of consulting dictionaries at every turn. An alphabetical index is provided for reference.

Author Biography

Malcolm Campbell is reader in Greek at the University of St. Andrews, UK. His numerous publications on Greek literature include commentaries on Apollonius Rhodius, Moschus and Quintus Smyrnaeus, studies on Apollonius Rhodius and a lexicon to Triphiodorus, and a set of readers for post-beginners.