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Hardy Hansen, Gerald M. Quinn

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The first edition of this extremely popular Greek text has been
successfully adopted in many high schools and colleges; the organization
and approach used by the authors, make it an equally effective tool for
those who would enjoy learning the language on their own.
The text is designed for a two semester course at the introductory level. This second revised edition incorporates the authors' improvements and corrections gathered from users' commentary. Those who are currently using the first edition will find this update valuable, those who are seeking a Greek language text will find Greek: An Intensive Course one of the most complete and accessible books on the market.

Zusammenfassung
One of the most complete and accessible books on the market

Inhalt
CONTENTS Greek: An Intensive Course is divided into a Text, with twenty Units, and an Appendix. Each Unit is divided into Sections which are numbered continuously (1-153). At the end of each Unit there are Vocabulary, Vocabulary Notes, Drills, Exercises, and, beginning with Unit 4, Readings of original Greek texts. The Appendix contains additional grammar (Sections 154-168); a summary, for reference, of morphology and syntax; Greek-English and English-Greek vocabularies; and an Index of the Text and Appendix. The Appendix has a separate table of contents. INTRODUCTION 1. The Greek Language; 2. The Greek Alphabet; 3. Rough and Smooth Breathing; 4. Long and Short Vowels; 5. Diphthongs; 6. Iota Subscript and Adscript; 7. Gamma Combined with Certain Consonants; 8. Classification of Consonants; 9. Punctuation and Capitalization; 10. Accent; 11. Recessive Accent; 12. Persistent Accent UNIT 1 13. Nouns: Overview; 14. First-Declension Nouns (Nominative in -17 or -a); 15. Second-Declension Nouns; 16. The Article; 17. Word Order UNIT 2 18. Verbs: Overview; 19. Principal Parts; 20. Present Indicative Active; 21. Imperfect Indicative Active; 22. Future Indicative Active; 23. Aorist Indicative Active; 24. Agreement of Subject and Verb; 25. Questions; 26. Infinitives and Their Use; 27. Synopsis UNIT 3 28. Perfect Indicative Active; 29. Pluperfect Indicative Active; 30. Perfect Infinitive Active; 31. Subjunctive and Optative Moods - Present Subjunctive Active; 32. Aorist Subjunctive Active; 33. Present Optative Active; 34. Aorist Optative Active; 35. Sequence of Moods; 36. Purpose Clauses REVIEW: UNITS 1 TO 3 SELF-COH.RECTING EXAMINATION 1A SELF-COHRECTING EXAMINATION 1B UNIT 4 37. First-Declension Nouns: Concluded; 38. Adjectives of the First and Second Declensions; 39. Agreement of Adjective and Noun; 40. Position of the Adjective; 41. Conditional Sentences; 42. Elision UNIT 5 43. Passive Voice; 44. Genitive of Personal Agent - Dative of Personal Agent with the Perfect and Pluperfect Passive Dative of Means; 45. Substantive Use of the Adjective; 46. Substantive Use of the Article; 47. The Articular Infinitive UNIT 6 48. Third-Declension Nouns: Consonant Stems; 49. The Relative Pronoun; 50. The Independent Subjunctive; 51. Partitive Genitive (Genitive of the Divided Whole); 52. Genitive of Time Within Which; 53. Dative of Time at Which; 54. Accusative of Extent of Time; 55. Expressions of Time Compared; 56. Accusative of Extent of Space UNIT 7 57. Middle Voice; 58. Middle Voice of Verbs Seen Thus Far; 59. Second Aorist Active and Middle; 60. Principal Parts and Tense Stems: Summary; 61. The Independent Optative; 62. The Demonstrative Adjective/Pronoun "that"; 63. Conditional Sentences with Relative Protases; 64. Adverbs REVIEW: UNITS 4 TO 7 191 SELF-CORRECTING EXAMINATION 2A 193 SELF-CORRECTING EXAMINATION 2B 198 UNIT 8 65. Participles; 66. Formation and Declension of the Active Participles; 67. Formation and Declension of the Middle and Passive Participles; 68. Summary of the Forms of the Participle; 69. Attributive Use of the Participle; 70. Circumstantial Use of the Participle; 71. The Adjective "all, every; whole" UNIT 9 72. Contracted Verbs: Introduction; 73. Contracted Verbs with Present Tense Stems; 74. Contracted Verbs with Present Tense Stems; 75. The Demonstrative Adjective/Pronoun, "this"; 76. The Demonstrative Adjective/Pronoun "this, that"; 77. Demonstratives Compared; 78. Subjective Genitive; 79. Objective Genitive; 80. Dative of Manner; 81. Dative of Respect UNIT 10 82. More Third-Declension Nouns; 83. Third-Declension Adjectives; 84. Contracted Verbs with Present Tense Stems; 85. Verbs with Contracted Futures; 86. Accusative Subject of the Infinitive; 87. Result Clauses; 88. Compound Verbs REVIEW : UNITS 8 TO 10 SELF-COH.RECTING EXAMINATION 3A SELF-CORRECTING EXAMINATION 3B UNIT 11 89. The Imperative Mood; 90. Commands and Prohibitions; 91. Forms of the Greek Verb; 92. The Greek Verb: A Summary; 93. Deponent Verbs : Middle Deponents; 94. Passive Deponents; 95. Partial Deponents; 96. The Adjective/Pronoun; 97. Tempo