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E-book: Greek Beyond GCSE

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(University of Manchester, previously Tonbridge School, UK)
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  • Pub. Date: 07-Sep-2017
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
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  • Format: 416 pages
  • Pub. Date: 07-Sep-2017
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
  • Language: eng
  • ISBN-13: 9781474299763

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Greek Beyond GCSE covers all the linguistic requirements for the OCR AS and A Level in Classical Greek. It aims to bring students to a point where they can tackle original Greek texts with confidence. Although designed as a continuation of Greek to GCSE, it is self-contained and can be used independently.

This second edition is brought in line with the current OCR specifications. The first part of the book introduces new constructions accompanied by exercises including the translation of sentences from English to Greek and reading passages(which in the opening chapters are lightly adapted). The next sections provide translation and comprehension passages at both AS and A Level standard, including verse unseens, scansion, and a list of 300 common poetic words (new to this edition). Next come longer unadapted extracts from a range of authors. Finally there is a reference section including a summary of all constructions, a comprehensive grammar, various appendices and a vocabulary of about 1,200 Greek words.

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A new edition of this popular textbook aimed at intermediate students, especially those taking Classical Greek AS or A Level.
List of Illustrations ix
Preface x
Map xii
List of Abbreviations xiv
Chapter One 1(30)
Direct and indirect questions
1(3)
Correlatives
4(2)
Table of correlatives
6(7)
Libyans and Pygmies
10(1)
Crocodiles
11(2)
Use of the subjunctive
13(1)
Jussive subjunctive and prohibition
13(1)
Deliberative question
14(2)
Use of the optative
16(1)
Wishes
16(6)
Peisistratus
17(3)
Peisistratus
20(2)
Conditional sentences
22(1)
Open/unknown conditions
22(4)
The Infancy of Cyrus
24(2)
Conditional sentences
26(1)
Future remote conditions
27(1)
Present and past closed conditions
27(2)
Summary table of conditionals
29(1)
Potential optative or indicative with chi
30(1)
Chapter Two 31(30)
Perfect tense
31(4)
Irregular perfect tenses
35(2)
The Infancy of Cyrus
36(1)
Pluperfect tense
37(2)
Deponent verbs conjugated like perfect middle
39(4)
The Boyhood of Cyrus
41(2)
Numerals
43(2)
Prepositions
45(1)
Table of prepositions
46(2)
Compound verbs
48(2)
Verbs with omicron contraction
50(5)
The Boyhood of Cyrus
52(3)
Subordination and the complex sentence
55(2)
Flexibility in translation
57(2)
Four important idioms
59(2)
Chapter Three 61(33)
Verbs ending in -muiota
61(3)
The use of iotasigmatauetamuiota
64(3)
The Fallen of Chaeronea
66(1)
Time clauses
67(5)
Timolaus and the Spartans
71(1)
More middles
72(3)
Verbs with dependent participle
75(5)
The Flight of Themistocles
78(2)
Verbs of fearing
80(2)
Verbs of precaution and prevention
82(3)
Themistocles in Persia
84(1)
Nouns and adjectives with epsilon contraction
85(2)
Privative alpha and compound adjectives
87(2)
Themistocles in Persia
88(1)
Particles
89(5)
Themistocles in Persia
92(2)
Chapter Four 94(29)
Impersonal verbs
94(2)
Accusative absolute
96(3)
Astyochus and the Chians
98(1)
More complex relative clauses
99(2)
Articular infinitive (gerund)
101(5)
Xenophon on Agesilaus
104(2)
Indefinite construction
106(3)
Xenophon on Agesilaus
108(1)
Verbal adjective (gerundive)
109(5)
Listening to the Cicadas
112(2)
Dual forms
114(1)
Crasis and elision
115(4)
Timon of Athens
117(2)
Third person imperatives
119(4)
Subordinate (especially conditional) clauses in indirect speech
121(2)
Chapter Five AS-Level Practice Passages and Sentences 123(32)
Translation passages
125(11)
Comprehension passages
136(14)
Translating from English to Greek
150(1)
English to Greek sentences
151(4)
Chapter Six A-Level Practice Passages 155(48)
Unseen prose translation passages: Xenophon
156(10)
Unseen prose translation passages: Thucydides
166(11)
Comprehension passages: Oratory
177(20)
Translating into continuous Greek prose
197(1)
Prose composition passages
198(5)
Chapter Seven A-Level Practice Passages 203(36)
Translating verse
204(1)
Scansion
205(5)
300 common words for verse unseens
210(7)
Unseen verse translation passages: Euripides
217(11)
Unseen verse translation passages: Sophocles
228(11)
Chapter Eight Readings 239(27)
The Choice of Xenophon
239(3)
The Sea, the Sea
242(4)
Gobryas the Assyrian
246(4)
An Adulterer Apprehended
250(7)
The Curse of Cylon
257(3)
Conon and his Gang
260(6)
Chapter Nine Summaries of Syntax 266(17)
Use of cases
266(1)
Use of the definite article
267(3)
Overview of constructions covered in Greek to GCSE
270(3)
Use of participles
270(1)
Relative clauses
270(1)
Direct command
270(1)
Indirect command
270(1)
Indirect statement
270(1)
Indirect question
271(1)
Purpose clauses
271(1)
Result clauses
271(1)
Conditionals
272(1)
Tense and aspect in the aorist
273(2)
Sequence of tenses and moods
275(1)
Uses of the subjunctive
276(1)
Uses of the optative
277(2)
Uses of alphanu
279(1)
Uses of omicronupsilon and mueta
280(3)
Reference Grammar 283(44)
The definite article
283(1)
Nouns: First declension
284(1)
Nouns: Second declension
285(1)
Nouns: Third declension
286(3)
Adjectives
289(3)
Comparison of adjectives
292(2)
Participles
294(4)
Pronouns
298(5)
Numerals
303(2)
Correlatives
305(1)
Prepositions
306(1)
Verbs (1): ending in -omega
307(7)
Verbs (2): contracted (ending in -alphaomega, -epsilonomega, -omicronomega
314(3)
Verbs (3): irregular
317(2)
Verbs (4): ending in -muiota
319(4)
Verbs (5): 30 important irregular aorists
323(1)
Principal parts of 100 common irregular verbs
324(3)
Appendices 327(15)
1 Words easily confused
327(3)
2 Greek and Latin constructions compared
330(3)
3 Pronunciation
333(3)
4 Outline of Greek history
336(3)
5 Major Greek authors
339(3)
Glossary of grammar terms 342(5)
Vocabulary 347(50)
English to Greek
347(24)
Greek to English
371(26)
Index 397
John Taylor was for many years Head of Classics at Tonbridge School, UK, and is now Lecturer in Classics at Manchester University, UK. He is an experienced examiner of Ancient Greek and the author of the widely used textbooks Greek to GCSE (revised edition, Bloomsbury, 2016);and (with Stephen Anderson) Greek Unseen Translation (Bloomsbury, 2005) and Writing Greek (Bloomsbury, 2010).