By W. D. Lowe, C. E. Freeman

Description

Reprinted by arrangement with Oxford University Press, this reader is a perfect vehicle for students transitioning from a grammar text to reading adapted Greek. The selections are chosen for their accessibility and facility to encourage a quick reading. Excerpts from Aesop to Plato strengthen reading and translations skills while introducing the intermediate student to key works from the classical Greek canon.

Special Features

• Adapted readings in Greek from Aesop, Herodotus, Lucian, Plato, Theophrastus, Thucydides, and Xenophon
• Succinct background for each author and synopses for each Greek reading
• End notes explain difficult grammar and syntax and identify less familiar verb forms
• Index of Proper Names
• Complete Greek-to-English Vocabulary

Author Bios

W. D. Lowe, LittD, MA provided the foundation for this work. Military commitments necessitated by World War I intervened and he asked C. E. Freeman, MA, to complete the reader for publication. Lowe also authored Selections in Attic Greek from Herodotus: The War of Greece and Persia, Bolchazy-Carducci (1984) and Rome and Her Kings: Extracts from Livy, Bolchazy-Carducci (1988). C. E. Freeman also co-authored Rome and Her Kings: Extracts from Livy, Bolchazy-Carducci (1988).