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Labeling Functions of Words in Sentences 6 The Athenian Farmer 6 4. Use of the Definite Article 6 ? ??????????? (?) 8 5. Accents 9 ? ?????? 10 Classical Greek: Heraclitus 11 New Testament Greek: Title of the Gospel of Luke 11 2 ? ??????? (?) 12 1. Verb Forms: Indicative Mood; 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Persons Singular 13 2. Proclitics 14 3. The Imperative 15 Slavery 15 Greek Wisdom: Cleobulus of Lindos 16 ? ??????? (?) 18 4. Articles, Adjectives, and Nouns; Singular, All Cases 20 5. Uses of the Cases 20 6. Persistent Accent of Nouns and Adjectives 20 7. Recessive Accent of Verbs 21 ? ?????? 22 Classical Greek: Callimachus 23 New Testament Greek: Luke 3.22 23 3 ? ?????? (?) 24 1.Verb Forms: 3rd Person Plural, Imperatives, and Infinitives 26 file:\/\/\/Q|\/Higher-Ed\/firm\/9780199363247.FIRM.Balme.Athenaze-Book-I.3rd-ed.html[10\/28\/2014 9:49:06 AM] The Deme and the Polis 28 ? ?????? (?) 30 2. Articles, Adjectives, and Nouns; Singular and Plural, All Cases 31 3. Accent Shifting 32 ?? ???? 34 Classical Greek: Menander 35 New Testament Greek: Luke 6.46 35 4 ???? ??? ?????? (?) 36 1. Verb Forms: All Persons, Singular and Plural 38 2. Declensions of Nouns and Adjectives 40 3. Feminine Nouns and Adjectives of the 1st Declension 40 Women 43 Greek Wisdom: Pittacus of Mitylene 45 ???? ??? ?????? (?) 46 4. Masculine Nouns of the 1st Declension 47 5. Feminine Nouns of the 2nd Declension 48 6. 1st and 2nd Declension Adjectives 48 7. Formation of Adverbs 50 8. The Definite Article as Case Indicator 50 ?? ???????? ???? ?????? ????????? 51 Classical Greek: Callimachus 53 New Testament Greek: Luke 6.45 53 5 ? ????? (?) 54 1. Contract Verbs in -?- 56 2. Recessive Accent of Finite Verbs 56 3. Article at the Beginning of a Clause 58 4. Elision 58 Gods and Men 59 Greek Wisdom: Chilon of Sparta 61 ? ????? (?) 62 5. Agreement of Subject and Verb 64 6. Personal Pronouns 64 7. Attributive and Predicate Position 66 8. Possessives 66 9. The Adjective ?????, -?, -? 68 ? ????? ?? ??????? ?????? 69 Greek Wisdom: The Seven Wise Men 70 Classical Greek: Anacreon 71 New Testament Greek: Luke 4.22 and 24 71 6 ? ????? (?) 72 1. Verb Forms: ???? 74 2. Verbs: Voice 75 3. Verb Forms: Middle Voice 76 4. Deponent Verbs 78 Myth 81 ? ????? (?) 84 5. Middle Voice: Meaning 86 6. Some Uses of the Dative Case 88 7. Prepositions 89 ? ?????? ??? ???????? ?????????? 91 Classical Greek: Marriage 93 New Testament Greek: Luke 13.10-16 93 7 ? ?????? (?) 94 1. Substantive Use of Adjectives 96 2. Nouns: Declensions 97 3. 3rd Declension Consonant Stem Nouns: Velar and Dental Stems 97 4. Reflexive Pronouns 100 Homer 102 ? ?????? (?) 104 5. 3rd Declension Consonant Stem Nouns: Nasal Stems 106 6. 3rd Declension Consonant Stem Nouns: Labial and Liquid Stems 107 7. A 3rd Declension Adjective: ??????, ??????, of sound mind; prudent; self-controlled 107 8. The Interrogative Pronoun and Adjective 108 9. The Indefinite Pronoun and Adjective 109 ? ??? ?????? ????? ??????????? 110 Classical Greek: Sophocles 111 Greek Wisdom: Thales of Miletus 111 8 ???? ?? ???? (?) 112 1. Participles: \"Present\" or Progressive: Middle Voice 114 Athens: A Historical Outline 117 file:\/\/\/Q|\/Higher-Ed\/firm\/9780199363247.FIRM.Balme.Athenaze-Book-I.3rd-ed.html[10\/28\/2014 9:49:06 AM] Classical Greek: Archilochus 121 New Testament Greek: Luke 5.20-21 121 ???? ?? ???? (?) 122 2. 3rd Declension Consonant Stem Nouns: Stems in -?- 124 3. Two Important Irregular Nouns: ? ????, ??? ????????, woman; wife, and ? ????, ??? ??????, hand 125 4. 1st\/3rd Declension Adjective ???, ????, ???, all; every; whole 126 Greek Wisdom: Periander of Corinth 127 5. Numbers 128 6. Expressions of Time When, Duration of Time, and Time within Which 128 ? ???????? ??? ? ?????? 130 Classical Greek: Sappho: The Deserted Lover: A Girl's Lament 131 9 ? ????????? (?) 132 1. Participles: Present or Progressive: Active Voice 135 The City of Athens 139 ? ????????? (?) 142 2. 3rd Declension Nouns with Stems Ending in -??- 145 3. 3rd Declension Nouns with Stems Ending in a Vowel: ? ????? and ?? ???? 145 4. 3rd Declension Nouns with Stems Ending in Diphthongs or Vowels: ? ???????? and the Irregular Nouns ? ???? and ? ???? 146 5. Uses of the Genitive Cases 147 6. Some Uses of the Article 148 ? ???????? ??? ? ????? 149 Classical Greek: Simonides 151 New Testament Greek: Luke 6.31-33: The Sermon on the Mount 151 REVIEW OF VERB FORMS 152 PREVIEW OF NEW VERB FORMS 154 10 ? ??????? (?) 156 1.Verb Forms: Verbs with sigmatic Futures 158 2. Verb Forms: The Asigmatic Contract Future of Verbs in ???? 159 3. Verb Forms: The Sigmatic Future of Contract Verbs 159 4. Verb Forms: Verbs with Deponent Futures 159 Festivals 162 Classical Greek: Theognis 163 New Testament Greek: Luke 6.35-36: The Sermon on the Mount 163 ? ??????? (?) 164 5. Verb Forms: The Asigmatic Contract Future of Verbs with Liquid and Nasal Stems 166 6.The Irregular Verb ???? 168 7. Future Participle to Express Purpose 170 8. Impersonal Verbs 170 9. Review of Questions 171 ? ???????? ???? ???????? ????????? 171 Classical Greek: Menander 173 New Testament Greek: Luke 5.30-32 173 11 ? ?????? (?) 174 1. Verb Forms: Past Tense: The Aorist 176 2. Verb Forms: The Thematic 2nd Aorist 177 3. Aspect 178 4. Thematic 2nd Aorist Active and Middle Participles 180 5. Verb Forms: Common Verbs with Thematic 2nd Aorists 180 Greek Science and Medicine 183 Classical Greek: Theognis 185 New Testament Greek: Luke 6.20-21: The Beatitudes 185 ? ?????? (?) 186 6. Verbs with Thematic 2nd Aorists from Unrelated Stems 189 7. Accents on Thematic 2nd Aorist Active Imperatives 189 8. Augment 190 ? ????????? ??? ??????? ???????? 192 New Testament Greek: Luke 6.27-29: The Sermon on the Mount 193 12 ???? ??? ??????? (?) 194 1. Verb Forms: Past Tense: The Sigmatic 1st Aorist 196 2. Sigmatic 1st Aorist Active and Middle Participles 199 Trade and Travel 200 Classical Greek: Scolion: The Four Best Things in Life 203 New Testament Greek: Luke 15.3-7: The Parable of the Lost Sheep 203 ???? ??? ??????? (?) 204 3. Verb Forms: The Asigmatic 1st Aorist of Verbs with Liquid and Nasal Stems 207 4. Irregular Sigmatic 1st Aorists 208 5. Verb Forms: Augment of Compound Verbs 209 ? ??????? ??? ????????? ???????? 210 Greek Wisdom: Bias of Priene 211 file:\/\/\/Q|\/Higher-Ed\/firm\/9780199363247.FIRM.Balme.Athenaze-Book-I.3rd-ed.html[10\/28\/2014 9:49:06 AM] 13 ???? ??? ???????? (?) 212 1. Verb Forms: The Imperfect or Past Progressive Tense 213 2. Aspect 216 The Rise of Persia 218 ???? ??? ???????? (?) 222 3. Relative Clauses 224 4. 3rd Declension Nouns and Adjectives with Stems in -??- 226 5. 1st\/3rd Declension Adjective with 3rd Declension Stems in -?- and -?- 227 ? ?????? ??? ??????????? ????????? 228 Greek Wisdom: Solon of Athens 230 Classical Greek: Archilochus 231 CONTENTS Introduction, iii Chapter 1, ? ???????????, 1 Reading: ? ?????, 3 Chapter 2, ? ???????, 4 Reading: ???? ??????????, 7 Chapter 3, ? ??????, 8 Reading: ? ???????? ??? ??? ??????? ??????, 11 Chapter 4, ???? ??? ??????, 12 Reading: ? ???????? ??? ? ?????, 17 Chapter 5, ? ?????, 18 Grammar: Clauses of Result with ????, 20 Reading: ? ?????? ??? ???? ?? ?????, 24 Vocabulary: Chapters 1-5, 25 Chapter 6, ? ?????, 28 Reading: ? ??????????? ?????????, 32 Chapter 7, ? ??????, 34 Reading: ?? ??? ????? ?????, 37 Chapter 8, ???? ?? ????, 39 Reading: ?? ???? ???? ???????????? ????????, 40 Reading: ? ?????????? ??? ?? ??????, 46 Chapter 9, ? ?????????, 49 Reading: ?? ??? ???????? ????, 53 Vocabulary: Chapters 6-9, 55 Chapter 10, ? ???????, 59 Reading: ?? ?????? ???????, 61 Grammar: ??????? and ????, 63 Reading: ? ???????? ?????? ?????, 66 Chapter 11, ? ??????, 68 Grammar: Some Common Verbs with Thematic 2nd Aorists, 68 Grammar: Some Common Verbs with Thematic 2nd Aorists from Unrelated Stems, 72 Reading: ?? ??? ??????, 74 Chapter 12, ???? ??? ???????, 78 Grammar: Some Irregular Sigmatic 1st Aorists, 81 Reading: ? ???? ????? ?????, 83 Chapter 13, ???? ??? ????????, 85 Reading: ? ????? ??? ??? ????? ?????, 91 Vocabulary: Chapters 10-13, 93 Chapter 14, ? ?? ???? ??????????? ????, 97 Grammar: Review of Uses of the Cases, 99 Reading: ??? ???????? ?????????, 104 Chapter 15, ? ?? ??? ???????? ????, 109 Reading: ?? ???? ??? ?????? ????????, 114 Chapter 16, ???? ??? ?? ??? ???????? ?????, 117 Reading: ? ???????? ??? ??? ???????? ?????????, 118 Grammar: Review of Prepositions, 120 Reading: ? ???????? ??? ??? ????????? ????????, 125 Vocabulary: Chapters 14-16, 130 Answer Key, 134  Book 2  CONTENTS Introduction, v Chapter 17, ? ????????? (?), 1 Reading: ??????? ????? I, 5 Chapter 17, ? ????????? (?), 6 Reading: ??????? ????? II, 9 Chapter 18, ? ????????? (?), 10 Reading: ??????? ????? III, 13 Chapter 18, ? ????????? (?), 14 Reading: ??????? ????? III, 17 Chapter 19, ? ?????? (?), 19 Reading: ??????? ????? IV, 23 Chapter 19, ? ?????? (?), 24 Reading: ??????? ????? V, 29 Chapter 20, ? ?????? (?), 30 Reading: ??????? ????? VI, 33 Chapter 20, ? ?????? (?), 35 Reading: ??????? ????? VII, 39 Vocabulary: Chapters 17-20, 40 Chapter 21, ? ???????? (?), 44 Reading: ??????? ????? VIII, 49 Chapter 21, ? ???????? (?), 50 Reading: ??????? ????? IX, 53 Chapter 22, ? ????????? (?), 55 Reading: ??????? ????? X, 59 Chapter 22, ? ????????? (?), 60 Reading: ??????? ????? XI, 63 Chapter 23, ? ?????? (?), 64 Reading: ??????? ????? XII, 67 Chapter 23, ? ?????? (?), 69 Reading: ??????? ????? XIII, 73 Chapter 24, ?? ?????????? (?), 74 Reading: ??????? ????? XIV, 77 Chapter 24, ?? ?????????? (?), 78 Reading: ??????? ????? XV, 81 Vocabulary: Chapters 21-24, 82 Chapter 25, ? ??????? ??? ?????? ??????? (?), 87 Reading: ??????? ????? XVI, 91 Chapter 25, ? ??????? ??? ?????? ??????? (?), 92 Reading: ??????? ????? XVII, 95 Chapter 26, ? ??????? ??? ????? ????????? (?), 96 Reading: ??????? ????? XVIII, 99 Chapter 26, ? ??????? ??? ????? ????????? (?), 101 Reading: ??????? ????? XIX, 103 Chapter 27, ? ??????? ??? ??? ????? ??????????? (?), 105 Reading: ??????? ????? XX, 109 Chapter 27, ? ??????? ??? ??? ????? ??????????? (?), 110 Reading: ??????? ????? XXI, 113 Chapter 28, ? ??????? ??? ??????? ?????? (?), 114 Reading: ??????? ????? XXII, 119 Chapter 28, ? ??????? ??? ??????? ?????? (?), 120 Reading: ??????? ????? XXIII, 123 Vocabulary: Chapters 25-28, 124 Chapter 29, ???? ?? ??? ???????? ?????? (?), 128 Reading: ??????? ????? XXIV, 129 Chapter 29, ???? ?? ??? ???????? ?????? (?), 131 Reading: ??????? ????? XXV, 133 Chapter 29, ???? ?? ??? ???????? ?????? (?), 134 Reading: ??????? ????? 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Both books are interspersed with superbly written cultural and historical essays that introduce readers to the signature characteristics of Greek culture. * Stephen Esposito, Boston University *\u003cbr\u003eI have found Athenaze's methodology successful with today's broad range of student learning styles and varied levels of language sophistication. * Elizabeth A. Fisher, George Washington University *\u003cbr\u003eAthenaze is an excellent adaptation of the reading approach for ancient Greek, with excellent Greek readings. * Nicholas Rynearson, University of Georgia *\u003cbr\u003eThe approach is student friendly, the readings are varied and interesting, and the grammatical explanations are clear. * Laurie Cosgriff, Portland State University *\u003cbr\u003eAthenaze is the best text for learning ancient Greek. Period. * George Rudebusch, Northern Arizona University *\u003cbr\u003eThe storyline and characters of the text readily draw students into the language and culture of the Greeks. Athenaze is arguably the best first-year Greek text on the market. * Richard L. Phillips, Virginia Tech University *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface  List of Historical Essays  List of Maps  List of Color Plates  About the Authors  Introduction  Map of Greece and the Aegean Sea   1. O *DIKAIO*PO*LI*S (a)   Grammar  1. Verb Forms: Stems and Endings  2. Nouns: Genders, Stems, Endings, Cases, and Agreement  3. U se of the Definite Article   Reading  The Athenian Farmer  O *DIKAIO*PO*LI*S (*b)   Grammar  4. Accents   Readings  O K*LHPO*S  Classical Greek: Heraclitus  New Testament Greek: Title page of the Gospel of Luke  2. O *XAN*CIA*S (a)   Grammar  1. Verb Forms: Indicative Mood; 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Persons Singular  2. Proclitics  3. The Imperative   Readings  Slavery  Greek Wisdom: Cleobulus of Lindos  O *XAN*CIA*S (*b)   Grammar  4. Articles, Adjectives, and Nouns; Singular, All Cases  5. U ses of the Cases  6. Persistent Accent of Nouns and Adjectives  7. Recessive Accent of Verbs   Readings  O *DO*U*LO*S  Classical Greek: Callimachus  New Testament Greek: Luke 3.22  3. O APOTO*S (a)   Grammar  1. Verb Forms: 3rd Person Plural, Imperatives, and Infinitives   Reading  The Deme and the Polis  O APOTO*S (*b)   Grammar  2. Articles, Adjectives, and Nouns; Singular and Plural, All Cases  3. Accent Shifting   Readings  OI *bOE*S  Classical Greek: Menander  New Testament Greek: Luke 6.46  4. *PPO*S THI KPHNHI (a)   Grammar  1. Verb Forms: All Persons, Singular and Plural  2. Declensions of Nouns and Adjectives  3. Feminine Nouns and Adjectives of the 1st Declension   Readings  Women  Greek Wisdom: Pittacus (of Mitylene)  *PPO*S THI KPHNHI (*b)   Grammar  4. Masculine Nouns of the 1st Declension  5. Feminine Nouns of the 2nd Declension  6. 1st and 2nd Declension Adjectives  7. Two Irregular Adjectives  8. Formation of Adverbs  9. The Definite Article as Case Indicator   Readings  AI *G*UNAIKE*S TO*U*S AN*DPA*S *PEI*CO*U*SIN  Classical Greek: Callimachus  New Testament Greek: Luke 6.45  5. O *L*UKO*S (a)   Grammar  1. Contract Verbs in -a-  2. Recessive Accent of Finite Verbs  3. Article at the Beginning of a Clause  4. Elision   Readings  Gods and Men  Greek Wisdom: Chilon of Sparta  O *L*UKO*S (*b)   Grammar  5. Agreement of Subject and Verb  6. Personal Pronouns  7. Attributive and Predicate Position  8. Possessives  9. The Adjective a)u*t)o*S, -)n, -)o   Readings  O AP*GO*S TA *PPO*bATA *S*WIZEI  Greek Wisdom: The Seven Wise Men  Classical Greek: Anacreon  New Testament Greek: Luke 4.22 and 24  6. O M*U*CO*S (a)   Grammar  1. Verb Forms: *P*L)e*W  2. Verbs: Voice  3. Verb Forms: Middle Voice  4. Deponent Verbs   Reading  Myth  O M*U*CO*S (*b)   Grammar  5. Middle Voice: Meaning  6. Some Uses of the Dative Case  7. Prepositions   Readings  O *CH*SE*U*S THN APIA*DNHN KATA*LEI*PEI  Classical Greek: Marriage  New Testament Greek: Luke 13.10-16  7. O K*UK*L*W*V (a)   Grammar  1. Substantive Use of Adjectives  2. Nouns: Declensions  3. 3rd Declension Consonant Stem Nouns: Velar and Dental Stems  4. Reflexive Pronouns   Reading  Homer  O K*UK*L*W*V (*b)   Grammar  5. 3rd Declension Consonant Stem Nouns: Nasal Stems  6. 3rd Declension Consonant Stem Nouns: *b, *P, *Q (Labial) and *L, p  (Liquid) Stems  7. A 3rd Declension Adjective: *S)w*Qp*Wv, *S*W.*Qpov, of sound mind;  prudent; self-controlled  8. The Interrogative Pronoun and Adjective  9. The Indefinite Pronoun and Adjective   Readings  O TO*U *CH*SE*W*S *PATHP A*PO*CNHI*SKEI  Classical Greek: Sophocles  Greek Wisdom: Thales of Miletus  8. *PPO*S TO A*ST*U (a)   Grammar  1. Participles: \"Present\" or Progressive: Middle Voice   Readings  Athens: A Historical Outline  Classical Greek: Archilochus  New Testament Greek: Luke 5.20-21  *PPO*S TO A*ST*U (*b)   Grammar  2. 3rd Declension Consonant Stem Nouns: Stems in -p-  3. Two Important Irregular Nouns: )N *G*Uv)n, *tH.*S *G*Uva*iK)o*S, woman; wife,  and )N *Y*e)Ip, *tH.*S *Y*e*ip)o*S, hand  4. 1st\/3rd Declension Adjective: *Pa.*S, *Pa.*Sa, *Pa.v, all; every; whole  Reading  Greek Wisdom: Periander of Corinth  Grammar  5. Numbers  6. Expressions of Time When, Duration of Time, and Time Within Which   Readings  O O*D*U*S*SE*U*S KAI O AIO*LO*S  Classical Greek: Sappho: The Deserted Lover: A Girl's Lament  9. H *PANH*G)yPI*S (a)   Grammar  1. Participles: Present or Progressive: Active Voice  Reading  The City of Athens  H *PANH*G*UPI*S (*b)   Grammar  2. 3rd Declension Nouns with Stems Ending in -v*t-  3. 3rd Declension Nouns with Stems Ending in a Vowel: )N *P)o*L*i*S and *t)O )a*S*t*U  4. 3rd Declension Nouns with Stems Ending in Diphthongs or Vowels:  (o *ba*S*i*L*e)y*S and the Irregular Nouns )N va*U.*S and (o *bo*U.*S  5. U ses of the Genitive Case  6. Some Uses of the Article   Readings  O O*D*U*S*SE*U*S KAI H KIPKH  Classical Greek: Simonides  New Testament Greek: Luke 6.31-33: The Sermon on the Mount  REVIEW OF VERB FORMS   PREVIEW OF NEW VERB FORMS   10. H *S*UM*QOPA (a)   Grammar  1. Verb Forms: Verbs with Sigmatic Futures  2. Verb Forms: The Asigmatic Contract Future of Verbs in -)I*z*W  3. Verb Forms: The Sigmatic Future of Contract Verbs  4. Verb Forms: Verbs with Deponent Futures   Readings  Festivals  Classical Greek: Theognis  New Testament Greek: Luke 6.35-36: The Sermon on the Mount  H *S*UM*QOPA (*b)   Grammar  5. Verb Forms: The Asigmatic Contract Future of Verbs with  Liquid and Nasal Stems  6. The Irregular Verb *e(I)Yµ*i  7. Future Participle to Express Purpose  8. Impersonal Verbs  9. Review of Questions   Readings  O O*D*U*S*SE*U*S TO*U*S ETAIPO*U*S A*PO*L*L*U*SIN  Classical Greek: Menander and Archilochus  New Testament Greek: Luke 5.30-32  11. O IATPO*S (a)   Grammar  1. Verb Forms: Past Tense: The Aorist  2. Verb Forms: The Thematic 2nd Aorist  3. Aspect  4. Thematic 2nd Aorist Active and Middle Participles  5. Verb Forms: Common Verbs with Thematic 2nd Aorists   Readings  Greek Science and Medicine  Classical Greek: Theognis  New Testament Greek: Luke 6.20-21: The Beatitudes  O IATPO*S (*b)   Grammar  6. Verbs with Thematic 2nd Aorists from Unrelated Stems  7. Accents on Thematic 2nd Aorist Active Imperatives  8. Augment   Readings  O *DHMOKH*DH*S TON *bA*SI*LEA IATPE*UEI  New Testament Greek: Luke 6.27-29: The Sermon on the Mount  12. *PPO*S TON *PEIPAIA (a)   Grammar  1. Verb Forms: Past Tense: The Sigmatic 1st Aorist  2. Sigmatic 1st Aorist Active and Middle Participles   Readings  Trade and Travel  Classical Greek: Scolion: The Four Best Things in Life  New Testament Greek: Luke 15.3-7: The Parable of the Lost Sheep  *PPO*S TON *PEIPAIA (*b)   Grammar  3. Verb Forms: The Asigmatic 1st Aorist of Verbs with Liquid and Nasal Stems  4. Irregular Sigmatic 1st Aorists  5. Verb Forms: Augment of Compound Verbs   Readings  O K*W*LAIO*S TON TAPTH*S*SON E*UPI*SKEI  Greek Wisdom: Bias of Priene  13. *PPO*S THN *SA*LAMINA (a)   Grammar  1. Verb Forms: The Imperfect or Past Progressive Tense  2. Aspect  Reading  The Rise of Persia  *PPO*S THN *SA*LAMINA (*b)   Grammar  3. Relative Clauses  4. 3rd Declension Nouns and Adjectives with Stems in -*e*S-  5. 1st\/3rd Declension Adjective with 3rd Declension Stems in -*U- and -*e-   Readings  O *XEP*XH*S TON E*L*LH*S*PONTON *DIA*bAINEI  Greek Wisdom: Solon of Athens  Classical Greek: Archilochus  New Testament Greek: Luke 21.1-4: The Widow's Mite  14. H EN TAI*S *CEPMO*P*U*LAI*S MA*YH (a)  Grammar  1. Comparison of Adjectives  2. Irregular Comparison of Adjectives  3. Comparison of Adverbs  4. U ses of Comparatives and Superlatives   Readings  The Rise of Athens  Classical Greek: Archilochus  New Testament Greek: Luke 10.25-29: The Good Samaritan (concluded 14 (B))  H EN TAI*S *CEPMO*P*U*LAI*S MA*YH (*b)   Grammar  5. Demonstrative Adjectives  6. Interrogative and Indefinite Pronouns, Adjectives, and Adverbs   Readings  OI *PEP*SAI TA *U*PEP *CEPMO*P*U*L*WN *STENA AIPO*U*SIN  Classical Greek: Theognis  New Testament Greek: Luke 10.30-37: The Good Samaritan (concluded)  15. 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