Combining the best features of traditional and modern methods, Athenaze provides a unique course of instruction that allows students to read connected Greek narrative from an early stage, and guides them to the point where they can read complete classical texts. There is a fictional narrative about an Attic farmer's family placed in precise historical context (432 BC). The narrative is interwoven with tales from mythology and the Persian Wars, and gradually gives way
to extracts from Herodotus, Plato, and Thucydides. Each chapter includes a full explanation of new vocabulary and grammar, and an essay on relevant aspects of ancient Greek culture and history. Exercises in translation from English to Greek are integrated throughout.
- ISBN10 0195063848
- ISBN13 9780195063844
- Publish Date 19 April 1990
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 15 December 2017
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Oxford University Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 123
- Language English