The Teachers-' Notes to Reading Greek 2Ed

  An Independent Study Guide to Reading Greek (Cambridge University Press, 2nd edition 2008) contains notes on the text of RG, translates all of the Greek, answers the exercises in the GE volume, and contains other help and advice about how to get the best out of the course.

Speaking Greek (Cambridge University Press, 2008) is a pronunciation CD to accompany the course. It features an introduction on Pronouncing Ancient Greek, a talk by Professor David Langslow, and readings of many sections of Reading Greek: those are mentioned in the relevant parts of these Teachers ’ Notes.

The World of Athens (WoA) (Cambridge University Press, 2nd edition 2008) is a cultural and historical introduction to fifth-century Athens for the mature beginner which serves as the background book to RG. It requires no knowledge of Ancient Greek, and it will also be found useful in its own right as a thorough, lively and up-to-date appraisal of the culture and achievements of fifth-century Athens. Reference is made to this volume throughout the Teachers’ Notes and it is an essential tool in the teachers’ hands. If each student cannot have a copy, several should be available for use in the library.

A World of Heroes (WoH) (Cambridge University Press, 1979) and The Intellectual Revolution (IR) (Cambridge University Press, 1980) follow RG with selections from Homer, Herodotus and Sophocles (WoH), Thucydides, Euripides and Plato (IR). Both texts have vocabulary glossings on the facing page and are intended to help the intensive beginner to read widely in Ancient Greek.

Greek Vocabulary (GV) (Cambridge University Press, 1981) contains the total learning vocabulary of RG, WoH and IR. This is a useful learning aid in its own right but also makes WoH and IR accessible to anyone whatever introductory course he or she has completed: any words not glossed on the facing pages of these texts will be found in GV

Further JACT readers for post-beginners

The Triumph of Odysseus: Homer’s Odyssey Books 21 and 22 (Cambridge University Press, 1979) contains the complete texts of Odyssey xxi and xxii, with full facing-page vocabulary.

New Testament Greek: A Reader (Cambridge University Press, 2001) contains a representative selection with vocabulary and grammatical help.

A Greek Anthology (Cambridge University Press, 2002) contains selections from fourteen authors, both prose and verse, each with its own introduction and special vocabulary giving some linguistic help. There is a general vocabulary at the end.

Abbreviations

GE	Grammar and Exercises volume of Reading Greek
GV	Greek Vocabulary
IR	The Intellectual Revolution
RG	Reading Greek
Text	Text of Reading Greek
TV	Text and Vocabulary volume of Reading Greek
WoA	The World of Athens
WoH	A World of Heroes

The introduction to the basic methodology and lesson planning appropriate to RG (pp. 1-5) is followed by a description of the accompanying Speaking Greek CD and the two accents of Ancient Greek (pp. 6-7). Then come the bulk of the teachers’ notes to the Text of RG (pp. 8-136); and the notes on the illustrations of the Text (pp. 137-143), and on Attic vases (shapes and vase-painters). The Notes end with an appendix of verbs, nouns and adjectives for Sections 1-7 (by section), to help teachers who wish to construct their own exercises, pp. 144-151); two year-plans, by semester (pp. 152-154); and a number of different-style examination papers (pp. 155-173).