ΑΙΛΟΥΡΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΛΕΚΤΩΡ αἴλουρος, συλλαβὼν ἀλεκτρυόνα, μετ’ εὐλόγου τοῦτον αἰτίας ἠβουλήθη καταφαγεῖν. καὶ δὴ κατηγόρει αὐτοῦ ὡς ὀχληρὸς εἴη τοῖς ἀνθρώποις νύκτωρ κεκραγὼς καὶ μὴ συγχωρῶν ὕπνου τυγχάνειν. τοῦ δ’ ἀπολογουμένου ἐπὶ τῇ ἐκείνων ὠφελείᾳ τοῦτο ποιεῖν, ὡς ἐπὶ τὰ…
Guest post by Virginia Woolf For it is vain and foolish to talk of knowing Greek, since in our ignorance we should be at the bottom of any class of schoolboys, since we do not know how the words sounded,…
ΠΑΡΔΑΛΙΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΛΩΠΗΞ ἀλώπηξ καὶ πάρδαλις περὶ κάλλους ἤριζον. τῆς δὲ παρδάλεως παρ’ ἕκαστα τὴν τοῦ σώματος ποικιλίαν προβαλλομένης ἡ ἀλώπηξ ὑποτυχοῦσα ἔφη· “καὶ πόσον ἐγὼ σοῦ καλλίων ὑπάρχω, ἥτις οὐ τὸ σῶμα, τὴν δὲ ψυχὴν πεποίκιλμαι;” ὁ λόγος δηλοῖ,…
ΔΕΛΦΙΣ ΚΑΙ ΠΙΘΗΚΟΣ ἔθος ἐστὶ τοῖς πλέουσιν ἐπάγεσθαι κύνας Μελιταίους καὶ πιθήκους πρὸς παραμυθίαν τοῦ πλοῦ. καὶ δή τις πλεῖν μέλλων πίθηκον συνανήνεγκε. γενομένων δὲ αὐτῶν κατὰ τὸ Σούνιον (ἐστὶ δὲ τοῦτο Ἀθηναίων ἀκρωτήριον) συνέβη χειμῶνα σφοδρὸν γενέσθαι. περιτραπείσης δὲ…
Aesop for Learning Ancient Greek Aesop’s Fables have for centuries been one of the first original texts that learners of Ancient Greek would read: they are short, entertaining and have a fairly simple grammar. However, I found that most beginners…
By Jenny Teichmann Here is a list of easy Ancient Greek texts that are suitable for beginners. I have included some “classics” (like Xenophon) as well as some less known authors. Peruse the list and pick the ones you find…
This story was written by my (Jenny’s) student Christoph shortly before his untimely death due to cancer. I think it is a great story for an advanced beginner/early intermediate learner: The vocabulary stems largely from the first volume of Athenaze…
