Get Your Greek On!: Basic Greek in Two Weeks.

This little book was designed to introduce you to some basic principles of modern Greek. While it's not a "pocket phrase book" or a "vocabulary book," it is an ideal text for the serious student, traveler, and explorer searching for a fast introduction to one of the most glorious languages in the world. Most importantly, this book is meant to be fun We all learned our first language when we were kids. That's a fact worth keeping in mind. In one sense, learning the basics of another language asks that you become a little kid again, that you do things little kids do all the time: that you enjoy yourself without fear, that you make mistakes without worry, and that you play. If you can do that, if you play with the material that we've put together for you in this little book, then you'll learn some basic Greek, and you'll have fun doing it. Now, stop reading this English Go GET YOUR GREEK ON

Author: Peter Schultz
Publisher: Silver Goat Media
Published: 12/15/2012
Pages: 60
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.22lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.14d
ISBN: 9780615694955

About the Author
Peter Schultz is an archaeologist, entrepreneur, and conservationist. He is the former Olin J. Storvick Chair of Classical Studies at Concordia College and current Scholar in Residence at North Dakota State University. He received his BA in Art History, Philosophy, and Classics from Concordia in 1994 and his MA in Art History from Vanderbilt University in 1997. He took his PhD in Classical Archaeology from the University of Athens in 2003. Dr. Schultz has held advanced fellowships from the Fulbright Foundation, the A.G. Leventis Foundation, the Fritz-Thyssen Stiftung für Wissenschaftsförderung and the American School of Classical Studies, Athens -- among others. He is the editor of Early Hellenistic Portraiture: Image, Style, Context (with Ralf von den Hoff; 2007 Cambridge University Press), Aspects of Ancient Greek Cult: Ritual, Context, Iconography (with Jesper Jensen, George Hinge and Bronwen Wickkiser; 2009 Århus University Press), Structure, Image, Ornament: Architectural Sculpture in the Greek World (with Ralf von den Hoff; 2009 Oxbow Press), Artists and Artistic Production in Ancient Greece (with Kristen Seaman; 2017 Cambridge University Press) and the author of numerous articles on ancient Greek art, architecture and topography. His research interests include ancient Greek sculpture and architecture, archaeological theory, ancient Macedonian history before Alexander and modern Greek poetry, music, feasting, and landscape.


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