--- product_id: 120097469 title: "Thrasymachus (Greek Language)" price: "€ 70.58" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.pt/products/120097469-thrasymachus-greek-language store_origin: PT region: Portugal --- # Thrasymachus (Greek Language) **Price:** € 70.58 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Thrasymachus (Greek Language) - **How much does it cost?** € 70.58 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pt](https://www.desertcart.pt/products/120097469-thrasymachus-greek-language) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description This is one of the classic course books for those beginning ancient Greek. Designed to give students a working knowledge of the Greek languages in order to examine the ancient texts with confidence and enjoyment, the text includes some of the more familiar of the myths, some of the exciting parts of the Odyssey , and a number of extracts from other Greek authors from the earliest down to the New Testament. Review: Great supplement for learning ancient Greek. Not for absolute beginners. - Thrasymachus: Greek Through Reading is the best beginning Greek reader I have found. The readings are graded, meaning they start easy and then require more sophisticated grammar as you proceed through the book. Thrasymachus does have some drawbacks, which I explain below. However, for what it is - a Greek reader - the book is excellent. The readings are interesting and apparently introduce a lot of Greek culture and mythology. I like the learn-by-reading approach, and this book gives you a lot of reading practice. This book includes no translations of the readings. This is a good thing - you are forced to work through them "without a safety net," so to speak. This book was first published in 1965; the text in this book is a 1970 revision of that. The book's introduction says: "This book is intended primarily for pupils who have done enough Latin to have a working knowledge of the simpler uses of the cases of nouns and adjectives, and of the persons and tenses of the verb in the indicative." I am a self-learner who knows no Latin, but I have studied the basics of Greek using other books. I was able to make it through the first 15 pages of Thrasymachus. After getting this far, you run into the middle voice, which has finally slowed me down enough that I'm going to back to my main grammar book ( Greek to GCSE: Part 1 ) for a while. (Middle voice is not covered in the GCSE series until book 2.) The first 15 pages tell the story of a Greek youth who is given a guided tour through Hades and meets lots of interesting Greek characters. I don't know what the rest of the book is about, but I assume it's also interesting and just as good. I call this a supplementary text for the following reasons: The grammar explanations are minimal. For self-learners, this book is not sufficient to learn the grammar necessary to do the readings. Even for classroom use, I think this book would require a lot of additional preparation by the teacher. There are no grammar exercises in the book. There is no table of contents or index. The typeface on some pages is unfortunately a bit blurred. The font in the readings is different from the font in the dictionary and vocab lists, which adds a bit of confusion. If I don't pay attention, I also sometimes have trouble distinguishing the kappa and chi characters in the vocabulary and dictionary fonts, because they look similar. (The kappa looks like a shortened chi to me.) I said the book is mostly readings; actually, the entire second half is 1) English to Greek translation exercises, 2) "appendix" type material on grammar, and 3) dictionaries, both Greek to English and English to Greek. Each reading has its own handy vocabulary list. These are at the back of the book, so you will keep your thumb there as you read. There is also a comprehensive dictionary at the end of the book. I say comprehensive dictionary, but unfortunately, the book apparently does not give definitions anywhere for some vocabulary. For example, kago and kagathos. Only after internet searching did I find that kago is a contraction of kai and ego, meaning "I also." And that kagathos is a contraction of kai and agathos, used in the common Greek phrase kalos kagathos, "beautiful and brave." How would a novice know this? Some of the vocabulary is also given only in the short grammar explanation for a section, but not anywhere else. I searched a long time, including the internet, for the word chrusous ("golden") before I realized this. For self learners like me, I would suggest you start with the book Greek to GCSE: Part 1 . This is the easiest and best beginning grammar I have found for ancient Greek. (There is a newer edition coming out fall 2016, Greek to GCSE: Part 1, Revised Edition .) After completing this GCSE book, pick up Thrasymachus for some enjoyable reading practice. If you like learning by reading, I can also recommend the following: Ancient Greek Alive . Lots of easy, entertaining readings in ancient Greek. The Reading Greek series, which consists of two books, Reading Greek: Text and Reading Greek: Grammar, Vocabulary and Exercises. There are other supplementary books in this series, including one for independent learners. (Note: There is a newer edition; I have given here the older edition that I own.) Another reading approach is Athenaze, Book 1 . However, I personally find the readings in this book to be boring, at least the first several chapters of the 1990 edition that I own. Some very old readers, which I have seen recommended on the internet but have not read myself, include: - Rouse's Greek Boy: A Reader, by William Henry Denham Rouse - A first Greek reader, by Charles M. Moss - Greek reader, by William Watson Goodwin - The first Greek book, by John White Note: You can't absorb grammar just from reading alone. If you try to just charge through the readings, eventually you will hit a wall, and have to return to more grammar study before you can proceed. Review: Kept my attention - I bought it for a class (it would be too difficult for me to learn from on my own). I appreciate that it is Greek all the way through, like Familia Romana is Latin all the way through. It's easier to not have to switch back and forth from one's native language (or, compared to the Italian edition of Athenaze, to be confronted with two languages one isn't fluent in at the same time; however the font is not as large and easy as Athenaze.) How many beginner books in a language start with a tour of Hell? None other. It holds the attention. Learn to count via the body parts of Cerberus... ## Features - Used Book in Good Condition ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #396,211 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #331 in Ancient & Classical Literary Criticism (Books) #460 in Literature #1,085 in Foreign Language Instruction (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 47 Reviews | ## Images ![Thrasymachus (Greek Language) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/816spQnTWBL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great supplement for learning ancient Greek. Not for absolute beginners. *by L***R on March 13, 2016* Thrasymachus: Greek Through Reading is the best beginning Greek reader I have found. The readings are graded, meaning they start easy and then require more sophisticated grammar as you proceed through the book. Thrasymachus does have some drawbacks, which I explain below. However, for what it is - a Greek reader - the book is excellent. The readings are interesting and apparently introduce a lot of Greek culture and mythology. I like the learn-by-reading approach, and this book gives you a lot of reading practice. This book includes no translations of the readings. This is a good thing - you are forced to work through them "without a safety net," so to speak. This book was first published in 1965; the text in this book is a 1970 revision of that. The book's introduction says: "This book is intended primarily for pupils who have done enough Latin to have a working knowledge of the simpler uses of the cases of nouns and adjectives, and of the persons and tenses of the verb in the indicative." I am a self-learner who knows no Latin, but I have studied the basics of Greek using other books. I was able to make it through the first 15 pages of Thrasymachus. After getting this far, you run into the middle voice, which has finally slowed me down enough that I'm going to back to my main grammar book ( Greek to GCSE: Part 1 ) for a while. (Middle voice is not covered in the GCSE series until book 2.) The first 15 pages tell the story of a Greek youth who is given a guided tour through Hades and meets lots of interesting Greek characters. I don't know what the rest of the book is about, but I assume it's also interesting and just as good. I call this a supplementary text for the following reasons: The grammar explanations are minimal. For self-learners, this book is not sufficient to learn the grammar necessary to do the readings. Even for classroom use, I think this book would require a lot of additional preparation by the teacher. There are no grammar exercises in the book. There is no table of contents or index. The typeface on some pages is unfortunately a bit blurred. The font in the readings is different from the font in the dictionary and vocab lists, which adds a bit of confusion. If I don't pay attention, I also sometimes have trouble distinguishing the kappa and chi characters in the vocabulary and dictionary fonts, because they look similar. (The kappa looks like a shortened chi to me.) I said the book is mostly readings; actually, the entire second half is 1) English to Greek translation exercises, 2) "appendix" type material on grammar, and 3) dictionaries, both Greek to English and English to Greek. Each reading has its own handy vocabulary list. These are at the back of the book, so you will keep your thumb there as you read. There is also a comprehensive dictionary at the end of the book. I say comprehensive dictionary, but unfortunately, the book apparently does not give definitions anywhere for some vocabulary. For example, kago and kagathos. Only after internet searching did I find that kago is a contraction of kai and ego, meaning "I also." And that kagathos is a contraction of kai and agathos, used in the common Greek phrase kalos kagathos, "beautiful and brave." How would a novice know this? Some of the vocabulary is also given only in the short grammar explanation for a section, but not anywhere else. I searched a long time, including the internet, for the word chrusous ("golden") before I realized this. For self learners like me, I would suggest you start with the book Greek to GCSE: Part 1 . This is the easiest and best beginning grammar I have found for ancient Greek. (There is a newer edition coming out fall 2016, Greek to GCSE: Part 1, Revised Edition .) After completing this GCSE book, pick up Thrasymachus for some enjoyable reading practice. If you like learning by reading, I can also recommend the following: Ancient Greek Alive . Lots of easy, entertaining readings in ancient Greek. The Reading Greek series, which consists of two books, Reading Greek: Text and Reading Greek: Grammar, Vocabulary and Exercises. There are other supplementary books in this series, including one for independent learners. (Note: There is a newer edition; I have given here the older edition that I own.) Another reading approach is Athenaze, Book 1 . However, I personally find the readings in this book to be boring, at least the first several chapters of the 1990 edition that I own. Some very old readers, which I have seen recommended on the internet but have not read myself, include: - Rouse's Greek Boy: A Reader, by William Henry Denham Rouse - A first Greek reader, by Charles M. Moss - Greek reader, by William Watson Goodwin - The first Greek book, by John White Note: You can't absorb grammar just from reading alone. If you try to just charge through the readings, eventually you will hit a wall, and have to return to more grammar study before you can proceed. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Kept my attention *by B***L on March 13, 2026* I bought it for a class (it would be too difficult for me to learn from on my own). I appreciate that it is Greek all the way through, like Familia Romana is Latin all the way through. It's easier to not have to switch back and forth from one's native language (or, compared to the Italian edition of Athenaze, to be confronted with two languages one isn't fluent in at the same time; however the font is not as large and easy as Athenaze.) How many beginner books in a language start with a tour of Hell? None other. It holds the attention. Learn to count via the body parts of Cerberus... ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazing resource. Could be better. *by P***O on May 12, 2024* Amazing resource for mastering Ancient Greek. Not recommended for absolute beginner but for the student who has at least completed Athenaze or something similar... This book can be read for free online, but I prefer actual books! This is the third time ordering this book online. In the past, it arrived in less than perfect shape (the books must be kept in less than ideal circumstances until they are purchased, I cannot say) but this one looked much better! Only one corner was tweaked. Some of the ink is faded and words are hard to read. But that must be due to the printing process, rather than storage. Very appreciative for Amazons return process. I will keep this book and try to bend back the tweaked corner. 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