Actually over time the language simplified as many languages do the the later koine is simpler than earlier attic.
How long to learn attic greek.
Many parts of this site will be helpful however to anyone beginning or reviewing.
So many students go straight to biblical greek bypassing attic the greek dialect prevalent in and around athens during the time of aristotle plato and the like.
If attic greek is the horse and koine greek is the donkey well septuagint greek is something of a mule.
The greek alphabet and pronunciation.
Leonard muellner professor emeritus of classical studies at brandeis university and belisi gillespie phd candidate at uc berkeley have posted 64 videos on youtube which when taken together present all the content covered in two semesters of a college level introduction to ancient greek course.
The textbook used is hansen hardy and gerald quinn.
This is a no holds barred approach to ancient greek written by a professor who got tired of seeing students coming to graduate school with huge gaps in their basic knowledge.
After answering the above questions to your own satisfaction then you ll be in a better position to figure out how long it will take you to learn greek.
It is essential then to learn the basic inflections of these parts of speech.
A1 level elementary knowledge 100 120 hours of lessons a2 level basic knowledge 120 180 hours of lessons.
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Attic greek is the greek dialect of the ancient city state of athens of the ancient dialects it is the most similar to later greek and is the standard form of the language that is studied in ancient greek language courses attic greek is sometimes included in the ionic dialect together attic and ionic are the primary influences on modern greek.
Attic greek in school it is very easy to study koine or read the new testament.
So now take a closer look at the tables below.
Having studied classical i e.
Mastronarde s introduction to attic greek.
You can guess what happened.