Greek to GCSE

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