The Oxford Grammar of Classical Greek

Synopsis

This is the first dedicated grammar of Classical Greek for students for almost a century. It provides exceptional clarity, helpfulness, and ease of use for GCSE and A level students, as well as anyone with an interest in Ancient Greek. Generous help with grammatical terms, pronunciation, and difficult idioms is provided. Practice exercises, example sentences, and helpful tips throughout make this the perfect study companion.

Summary

Chapter 1: Introduction

* Overview of Classical Greek grammar and its historical development
* Phonology, morphology, and syntax
* Example: The Greek alphabet; the declension of the noun "nomos" (law)

Chapter 2: The Noun

* Morphology: case, number, gender, declensions
* Syntax: subject, object, complement
* Example: The declension of the noun "hippos" (horse); its use as a subject in the sentence "hippos trechei" (the horse runs)

Chapter 3: The Adjective

* Morphology: agreement with nouns in case, number, and gender
* Syntax: attributive, predicative, appositional
* Example: The adjective "kalos" (beautiful); its use as an attributive adjective in the sentence "kalos hippos" (a beautiful horse)

Chapter 4: The Pronoun

* Personal, demonstrative, relative, interrogative pronouns
* Syntax: reference, agreement, anaphora
* Example: The personal pronoun "ego" (I); its use as a subject in the sentence "ego legō" (I say)

Chapter 5: The Verb

* Morphology: tense, mood, voice, aspect
* Syntax: indicative, subjunctive, imperative moods; active, passive, middle voices
* Example: The verb "trechō" (to run); its use in the present indicative active voice in the sentence "trechō" (I run)

Chapter 6: The Adverb

* Morphology: derivation, types (e.g., manner, place, time)
* Syntax: modification of verbs, adjectives, adverbs
* Example: The adverb "tachu" (quickly); its use as a modifier of the verb "trechō" in the sentence "tachu trechō" (I run quickly)

Chapter 7: The Preposition

* Types (e.g., spatial, temporal, causal)
* Syntax: government of cases
* Example: The preposition "eis" (into); its use with the accusative case in the sentence "eis ten polin" (into the city)

Chapter 8: The Conjunction

* Types (e.g., coordinating, subordinating)
* Syntax: connection of clauses, sentences
* Example: The conjunction "kai" (and); its use to connect two clauses in the sentence "hippos trechei kai anthōpos" (the horse runs and the man)

Chapter 9: The Particle

* Small, often uninflected words
* Syntactic and semantic functions
* Example: The particle "mēn" (indeed); its use to emphasize a statement in the sentence "mēn kalos hippos" (indeed a beautiful horse)