Learning Greek with Plato

Frank Beetham is a retired teacher of Classics and author of the successful Beginning Greek with Homer (Bristol Classical Press, 1994).

On the whole the book is a welcome and important contribution to the teaching and learning of Classical Greek. B's idea of focusing on Plato seems felicitous both because of the inherent importance of the Platonic texts and the beauty of Plato's Greek style. B has provided us with another option, a new and useful approach to Plato's Greek for which we should be very grateful. Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2007.09.50

• PrefaceIntroduction: Background to Plato's MenoSection 1The Alphabet,Punctuation and AccentsSection 2The Verb "I am"Asking QuestionsNouns and DeclensionsAdjectivesPluralsSection 3Subjects and Verbs - Verb EndingsPersonal PronounsNeuter Plural SubjectsSection 4The ObjectAccusative of Respect or MannerNote on Greek DialectsSection 5Verbs - Middle and Passive Endings"This",Section 6The Present InfinitiveAdverbsThe Genitive CaseSection 7ConjunctionsThe Dative Case"Who?" and "What?""Someone" and "Something"The Vocative CaseThird and Mixed Declension AdjectivessSection 8 PrepositionsVerbs - Overview of TensesThe Imperfect TenseAugmentsTranslating Plato's Meno 70a1-70c3Section 9The Perfect TenseThe Perfect Tense Middle and PassiveTranslating Plato's Meno 70c3-71c4Section 10Demonstrative PronounsPresent ParticiplesThe Perfect Active ParticipleMiddle and Passive ParticiplesTranslating Plato's Meno 71c5-72a5Section 11"Every"/ "All"The Aorist TenseThe Weak Aorist Indicative ActiveThe Weak Aorist Indicative MiddleKinds of ConditionTranslating Plato's Meno 72a6-72d3Section 12Multiple QuestionsThe Future ActiveThe Future MiddleThe Subjunctive MoodInfinitive as Subject and ObjectFuture and General ConditionsTranslating Plato's Meno 72d4-73c5Section 13Adjectives with Masculine for FeminineThe Optative MoodFuture Unlikely ConditionsTranslating Plato's Meno 73c6-74a6Section 14The Strong Aorist Active TenseThe Strong Aorist Middle TensePurpose ClausesTranslating Plato's Meno 74a7-74e10Section 15ImperativesProhibitionsStrong and Doubtful DenialsTranslating Plato's Meno 74e11-75d7Section 16Contraction (Verbs)Translating Plato's Meno 75d7-76c3Section 17Relative Pronouns: "Who", "What", "Which", "That"Translating Plato's Meno 76c4-77a2Section 18The Aorist Passive TenseTranslating Plato's Meno 77a2-77e4Section 19The Genitive AbsoluteThe Future Passive TenseTranslating Plato's Meno 77e5-78c3Section 20Temporal ClausesThe Pluperfect TenseTranslating Plato's Meno 78c4-79a2Section 21Contracted Adjective Endings (Third Declension)Reported SpeechAccusative and Infinitive used for Reported StatementsParticiple Construction with "Know" or "See"Relative Clauses, Direct and Indirect QuestionsTranslating Plato's Meno 79a3-79c10Section 22("Because")("Although")NumeralsMultiple NegativesTranslating Plato's Meno 79d1-79e6Section 23Irregular AdjectivesComparatives and SuperlativesTranslating Plato's Meno 79e7-80b7Section 24Translating Plato's Meno 80b8-81a10Section 25Impersonal VerbsAccusative AbsoluteVerbal AdjectivesReflexive PronounsTranslating Plato's Meno 81a10-81e6AppendicesCases and PrepositionsSummary of Voice, Mood, Tense and Aspect in the Greek VerbWord OrderDualsNumeralsDeclension of Nouns, Adjectives and PronounsReference List of Verb Endings and Irregular VerbsAnswersWord ListPrincipal Tenses of Some of the More Difficult VerbsIndex