Introduction to Attic Greek: Volume 2

We are pleased to share the second volume of this Learning Module at Kosmos Society: Introduction to Attic Greek.

This comprises a series of video presentations made by Leonard Muellner (Professor Emeritus of Classical Studies at Brandeis University) and Belisi Gillespie. They cover the content covered in two semesters of a college-level Introduction to Ancient Greek course. These videos are designed to be used in conjunction with the book Greek: An Intensive Course by Hardy Hansen and Gerald M. Quinn. Volume 2 covers material from units 4–7.

You can find the complete video playlist here.

If you are a member of Kosmos Society and are interested in joining a study group, or wish to sign up for Office Hour sessions with tutors please post in the forum.

This is a suggested syllabus for Units 4–7, with references to numbered sections from Greek: An Intensive Course by Hansen and Quinn.

Week 1: Start Unit 4
Week 2: Unit 4 Continued
Week 3: Start Unit 5
Week 4: Unit 5 Continued
Week 5: Start Unit 6
Week 6: Unit 6 Continued
Week 7: Start Unit 7
Week 8: Unit 7 Continued
Week 9: Review Units 4 to 7

Week 1: Start Unit 4

Reading:
Unit 4 Vocabulary and Vocabulary Notes (pages 99–104)

Related video:
Learn Ancient Greek: 21_Unit 4 Vocabulary

Reading:
Section 37: First-declension nouns, concluded; Masculine nouns in – ης or -ᾱς (pages 87–89)

Related video:
Learn Ancient Greek: 18_Unit 4 Two new types of first declension nouns

Reading:
Section 38: Adjectives of the first and second declension (pages 89–91)
Section 39: Agreement of adjective and noun (page 92)

Related video:
Learn Ancient Greek: 19_Unit 4 Adjectives and their Endings

Reading:
Section 40: Position of the adjective (pages 92–93)

Related video:
Learn Ancient Greek: 20_Unit 4 Attributive and predicative position and function

Week 2: Unit 4 Continued

Reading:
Section 41: Conditional Sentences (pages 93–98)
Read Section 42: Elision (page 98)

Related video:
Learn Ancient Greek: 22a_Unit 4 Conditional Sentences

Week 3: Start Unit 5

Reading:
Unit 5 Vocabulary and Vocabulary Notes (pages 99–104)

Related video:
Learn Ancient Greek: 29 Unit 5 Vocabulary

Reading:
Section 43 Passive Voice, parts 1–6 (pages 111–116)

  • Present Indicative Passive
  • Imperfect Indicative Passive
  • Present Subjunctive Passive
  • Present Optative Passive
  • Present Infinitive Passive

Related videos
Learn Ancient Greek: 22 Unit 5 Passive Voice

Learn Ancient Greek: 23 Unit 5 Passive Subjunctive and Optative

Learn Ancient Greek: 24 Unit 5 Aorist and Future Passive 1

Week 4: Unit 5 Continued

Read Section 43 Passive Voice, parts 7–13 (pages 116–121):

  • Aorist Subjunctive Passive
  • Aorist Optative Passive
  • Aorist Infinitive Passive
  • Future Indicative Passive
  • Perfect Indicative Passive
  • Pluperfect Indicative Passive
  • Perfect Infinitive Passive

Related videos:
Learn Ancient Greek: 25 Unit 5 Perfect and Pluperfect Passive

Learn Ancient Greek: 27 Unit 5 Passive Infinitives

Reading:
Section 43, part 14: Consonant Stems (pages 122–124)

Reading:
Section 44: Genitive of Personal Agent (page 44)

Related video:
Learn Ancient Greek: 26 Unit 5 Agent Constructions

Reading:
Sections 45–47: Substantive Use of the Article, The Articular Infinitive (pages 125–128)

Related video:
Learn Ancient Greek: 28 Unit 5 Three Things you can do with Articles

Week 5: Start Unit 6

Learn Vocabulary
Reading:
Vocabulary and Vocabulary Notes (pages 150–155)

Related video:
Learn Ancient Greek: 35 Unit 6 Vocabulary

Reading:
Section 48: Third Declension Nouns, Consonant Stems (pages 139–142)

Related video:
Learn Ancient Greek: 30 Unit 6 Third Declension Nouns

Reading:
Section 49: The Relative Pronoun (pages 142–144)

Related videos
Learn Ancient Greek: 31 Unit 6 Relative pronouns in English and Greek

Learn Ancient Greek: 32 Unit 6 Form of Greek Relative Pronouns

Week 6: Unit 6 Continued

Reading:
Section 50: The Independent Subjunctive (pages 145–147)

Related Video
Learn Ancient Greek: 33 Unit 6 Independent Uses of the Subjunctive

Reading:
Section 51: Partitive Genitive (pages 146–147)
Section 52: Genitive of Time Within Which (page 147)
Section 53: Dative of Time at Which (page 147)
Section 54: Accusative of Extent of Time (page 148)
Section 55: Expressions of Time Compared (page 148)
Section 56: Accusative of Extent of Space (pages 148–149)

Related video:
Learn Ancient Greek: 34 Unit 6 Time Expressions

Week 7: Start Unit 7

Reading:
Vocabulary and Vocabulary Notes (pages 179–182)
Section 64: Adverbs (page 178)

Related video:
Learn Ancient Greek: 42 unit 7 Adverbs and Vocabulary

Reading:
Section 57: Middle Voice (pages 163–168)

  • Future Indicative Middle
  • Aorist Indicative Middle
  • Aorist Subjunctive Middle
  • Aorist Optative Middle
  • Aorist Infinitive Middle

Related videos:
Learn Ancient Greek: 36 Unit 7 Meaning of Middle Voice

Learn Ancient Greek: 37 Unit 7 Forms of Future and Aorist Middle

Reading:
Section 58: Middle Voice of Verbs Seen Thus Far (pages 168–169)
Section 59: Second Aorist Active and Middle (pages 169–171)

  • Second Aorist Indicative Active and Middle
  • Second Aorist Subjunctive Active and Middle
  • Second Aorist Optative Active and Middle
  • Second Aorist Infinitive Active and Middle

Section 60: Principal Parts and Tense Stems: Summary (pages 172–173)

Related video
Learn Ancient Greek: 38 Unit 7 Second Aorist

Week 8: Unit 7 Continued

Reading:
Section 61: The Independent Optative (pages 174–175)

Related video:
Learn Ancient Greek: 39 Unit 7 Independent Uses of the Optative

Reading:
Section 62: Demonstrative Adjective/Pronoun ἐκεῖνος (pages 175–176)

Related video:
Learn Ancient Greek: 40 Unit 7 Demonstrative Pronouns | ἐκεῖνος

Reading:
Section 63: Conditional Sentences with Relative Protases (pages 176–178)

Related video:
Learn Ancient Greek 41 Unit 7 Conditional sentences with relative clauses

Week 9: Review Units 4 to 7

REVIEW: UNITS FOUR TO SEVEN (pages 191–192)
SELF-CORRECTING EXAMINATION 2A (pages 193–194)
SELF-CORRECTING EXAMINATION 2B (pages 198–199)