Greek to GCSE: Part 1
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Greek to GCSE: Part 1

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

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  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Greek to GCSE: Part 1

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

About this book

First written in response to a JACT survey of over 100 schools, and now endorsed by OCR, this textbook has become a standard resource for students in the UK and for readers across the world who are looking for a clear and thorough introduction to the language of the ancient Greeks. Revised throughout and enhanced by coloured artwork and text features, this edition will support the new OCR specification for Classical Greek (first teaching 2016). Part 1 covers the basics and is self-contained, with its own reference section. It covers the main declensions, a range of active tenses and a vocabulary of 250 Greek words to be learned. Pupil confidence is built up by constant consolidation of the material covered. After the preliminaries, each chapter concentrates on stories with one source or subject: Aesop, Homer's Odyssey and Alexander the Great, providing an excellent introduction to Greek culture alongside the language study. Written by a long-time school teacher and examiner, this two-part course is based on experience of what pupils find difficult, concentrating on the essentials and on the understanding of principles in both accidence and syntax: minor irregularities are postponed and subordinated so that the need for rote learning is reduced. It aims to be user-friendly, but also to give pupils a firm foundation for further study.

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TRANSLITERATION
5
This 
can 
also 
be 
done 
the 
other 
way 
round, 
putting 
English 
words 
that 
are 
originally 
Greek 
back 
into 
Greek. 
Remember 
the 
breathing 
on 
words 
starting 
with 
a 
vowel, 
and 
the 
variant 
sigma 
for 
the 
end 
of 
a 
word. 
And 
beware 
of 
the 
places 
where 
two 
English 
letters 
are 
represented 
by 
one 
Greek 
one 
(e.g. 
th
). 
Exercise 
1.2 
Transliterate:
1 
drama 
2 
basis 
3 
asthma 
4 
dogma 
( 
short
o) 
5 
crisis 
6 
plasma 
7 
asbestos 
( 
short
e 
and 
short
o) 
8 
climax 
9 
nectar 
( 
short
e) 
10 
parenthesis 
( 
short
e 
both 
times
) 
Exercise 
1.3 
(Revision) 
Transliterate:
1 
διπλωμα
2 
ὁριζων
3 
ἰσοσκελης
4 
ἐμϕασις
5 
κωλον
6 
ἀμβροσια
7 
καταστροϕη
8 
ἀντιθεσις
9 
βακτηρια
10 
μητροπολις

Table of contents

  1. Cover page
  2. Halftitle page
  3. Series page
  4. Title page
  5. Copyright page
  6. CONTENTS
  7. PREFACE
  8. ILLUSTRATIONS
  9. ABBREVIATIONS
  10. VOCABULARY AND GLOSSING
  11. Maps
  12. Chapter One
  13. Chapter Two
  14. Chapter Three
  15. Chapter Four
  16. Chapter Five
  17. Chapter Six
  18. ENGLISH–GREEK PRACTICE SENTENCES
  19. REFERENCE GRAMMAR
  20. APPENDIX: WORDS EASILY CONFUSED
  21. GLOSSARY OF GRAMMAR TERMS
  22. ENGLISH TO GREEK VOCABULARY
  23. GREEK TO ENGLISH VOCABULARY
  24. INDEX