Greek: An Intensive Course

This book was one of the most helpful in learning ancient Greek. I would highly recommend it to anyone willing to put in the time and effort it takes. But like the title says, it IS intense. It requires lots of time, but it's definitely worth it.

I am impressed by the quality of this book. For me, it is very intuitive and explains things very well. There are a few instances where it would make sense to explain things before others, but other than that it's great. I'm going into my second year of greek and this book has been extremely helpful. I would say, however, if you are using this book outside of a classroom environment, learning with only this book would be more challenging than it already is. For outside a classroom environment, I would suggest this podcast done by Concordia Seminary for introductory greek: http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/csl-public.1401386812.01401386819

I still am shocked that this book is designed for people to learn greek in one summer...

This textbook was excellent for the purpose of teaching myself Greek, though I imagine it would be better suited for use as part of a class. The coverage is thorough and aggressive. All verb tenses, for example, are presented in the first few units. Every few units (the book comprises twenty units in all), there is a review and self-correcting exam, which I found quite helpful. Many textbooks include exercises, but often they don't provide answers. I was glad to be able to check my progress every so often and see what I was doing wrong, where I needed more work, and so on. The appendix at the end is very useful, though there are some notable lacunae. Some common third-declension nouns cannot be declined according to any of the rules presented in the text or in the appendix. But without question, the book provides a terrific, self-contained introduction to the language. My biggest complaint is that the reading selections tend to be a bit difficult. They are accompanied by extensive vocabulary notes, but often I would have liked to have some notes on grammar and usage as well. If one used this text with the assistance of a teacher, it would be easy to fill in the gaps.

I'm getting started learning Greek on my own before starting in grad school and this is very good about helping me get some of the basic concepts. Very good explanations. I like the setup of the units.

The author of this book is the head of the classics department at my college. He is a great guy who wrote a great book. The book is very intense, as suggested by the title. Everything is well explained, however I found the exercises to be too difficult. Also, there is no answer key so you can't check your work. However, it's still a good book if you wanna learn ancient greek.