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:
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 | 21. Unit 4: Conditional Sentences
Reading:
Unit 4 Vocabulary and Vocabulary Notes (pages 99–104)
Related video:
Learn Ancient Greek | 22. Unit 4: Vocabulary
Week 3: Start Unit 5
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 | 23. Unit 5: Passive Voice
Learn Ancient Greek | 24. Unit 5: Passive Subjunctive and Optative
Learn Ancient Greek | 25. Unit 5: Aorist and Future Passive
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 | 26. 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 | 28. Unit 5: Agent Constructions
Reading:
Sections 45–47: Substantive Use of the Article, The Articular Infinitive (pages 125–128)
Related video:
Learn Ancient Greek | 29. Unit 5: Three Things you can do with Articles
Reading:
Unit 5 Vocabulary and Vocabulary Notes (pages 99–104)
Related video:
Learn Ancient Greek | 30. Unit 5: Vocabulary
Week 5: Start Unit 6
Reading:
Section 48: Third Declension Nouns, Consonant Stems (pages 139–142)
Related video:
Learn Ancient Greek | 31. Unit 6: Third Declension Nouns
Reading:
Section 49: The Relative Pronoun (pages 142–144)
Related videos
Learn Ancient Greek | 32. Unit 6: Relative pronouns in English and Greek
Learn Ancient Greek | 33. 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 | 34. 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 | 35. Unit 6: Time Expressions
Learn Vocabulary
Reading:
Vocabulary and Vocabulary Notes (pages 150–155)
Related video:
Learn Ancient Greek | 36. Unit 6: Vocabulary
Week 7: Start Unit 7
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 | 37. Unit 7: Meaning of Middle Voice
Learn Ancient Greek | 38. 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 | 39. Unit 7: Second Aorist
Week 8: Unit 7 Continued
Reading:
Section 61: The Independent Optative (pages 174–175)
Related video:
Learn Ancient Greek | 40. Unit 7: Independent Uses of the Optative
Reading:
Section 62: Demonstrative Adjective/Pronoun ἐκεῖνος (pages 175–176)
Related video:
Learn Ancient Greek | 41 Unit 7: Demonstrative Pronouns | ἐκεῖνος
Reading:
Section 63: Conditional Sentences with Relative Protases (pages 176–178)
Related video:
Learn Ancient Greek | 42. Unit 7: Conditional sentences with relative clauses
Reading:
Section 64: Adverbs (page 178)
Vocabulary and Vocabulary Notes (pages 179–182)
Related video:
Learn Ancient Greek | 43. Unit 7: Adverbs and Vocabulary
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)