From Alpha to Omega: A Beginning Course in Classical Greek

by Anne H. Groton

From Alpha to Omega is a Classical Greek grammar textbook of fifty lessons with readings beginning with Aesop. Answer Key contains answers to all exercises. The exercise text provides additional exercises, additional explanatory material and answer keys for all exercises in the ancillary text. Online audio files of vocabulary and exercises are available for the first half of the text, developed by David Noe, Calvin College.

Genres: Language, Classics, Textbooks, Nonfiction, Reference, Classical Studies, School

520 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

Reviews

[Liz · Rating 5 out of 5]

It’s all Greek to me

[David Fenske · Rating 5 out of 5]

ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ δοῦλος Ἄννης Γροτώνης

[Vrixton Phillips · Rating 4 out of 5]

10 weeks is not long enough to get a thorough introduction to Ancient Greek, but by the gods I did it.

I would like to thank my patroness, Athena, for helping me get through High School and College with a B average and hope she will continue to shower me with her blessings <3

[Hannah Victoria Katherine · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the only Greek textbook I've used so I can't compare it to others but I worked with it for 2 semesters and got A in both classes.

[Caleb Kirk · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent primer! I’ve gone through two semesters with it and loved the experience. My one criticism is that the vocabulary and the reading entries don’t correlate so well as other primers (for example Wheelock’s Latin, which uses the vocabulary already introduced extensively). The fourth edition does have a couple typos, but the corrections can be found in the appendix.

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty good but sometimes the lessons don't receive as much attention as they should. Many important details are also written in tiny print. However, there are plenty of interesting passages to translate and I did learn a lot from this book.

[Maya · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the Aesops fables at the end of the chapters. Children's literature is the best way to learn a language.

[Jessy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I started on Greek with this.

[Mike · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was the third Greek textbook that I've used. It was by far the best. Highly recommended.