Greek is an Indo-European language and the only member of the Hellenic branch; it has been spoken in the South-East Europe since early in the second millennium BC and has the longest recorded history of any Indo-European language. Ancient Greek, spanning from c. 1500 BC to 1600 AD, and Modern Greek (c.1700 to the present) are two major developmental stages in the long history of the language.
Modern Greek is spoken by some 14 million people mainly in the Republic of Greece, where it is the official language, and the Republic of Cyprus as one of the two official languages. It is also spoken by sizeable émigré communities in the USA, Australia, Western Europe and elsewhere. Since 1981 is has been one of the official languages of the European Union as well.
The language has a very rich verbal and nominal morphology. There is a large number of words borrowed from other languages, such as Italian, Turkish, French, or English. Dialectal differences are minor, except for Cypriot.
Both Ancient and Modern Greek are written in the Greek alphabet, derived from the Phoenician script, comprising 24 letters.
Courses | |
The elements of New Testament Greek (3rd ed.) | GR(ANC) CBEG 2(PACK) |
The elements of New Testament Greek / Vocabulary words for New Testament Greek | GR(ANC) CBEG 1(PACK) |
Learn ancient Greek : a lively introduction to reading the language | GR(ANC) CBEG 4 |
Teach yourself complete ancient Greek | GR(ANC) CBEG 3 |
Dictionaries | |
A concise dictionary of New Testament Greek (2 copies) | GR(ANC) DICO 1 |
Langenscheidt's pocket Greek dictionary : Classical Greek-English | GR(ANC) DICO 2 |
The pocket Oxford classical Greek dictionary | GR(ANC) DICO 3 |
Listening: Fiction | |
Aristophanes' Birds | GR(ANC) LFICT 1(PACK) |
Poetry | |
The Iliad of Homer : part one : books 1-6 | GR(ANC) POEM 2(PACK) |
The Iliad of Homer : part two : books 7-12 | GR(ANC) POEM 3(PACK) |
The Iliad of Homer : part three : books 13-18 | GR(ANC) POEM 4(PACK) |
The Iliad of Homer : part four : books 19-24 | GR(ANC) POEM 5(PACK) |
A recital of Ancient Greek poetry : in English translation and in the original Greek | GR(ANC) POEM 1(PACK) |
Pronunciation | |
The pronunciation and reading of ancient Greek : a practical guide -- 2nd Rev. ed. | GR(ANC) PRON 1(PACK) |
Reading Skills | |
An independent study guide to reading Greek | GR (ANC) RSKILLS 1 |
Reading Greek : Text and vocabulary | GR (ANC) RSKILLS 1a |
Reading Greek : Grammar and exercises | GR (ANC) RSKILLS 1b |
Reading Greek | GR (ANC) RSKILLS 1:1-2(CD) |
Xenophon of Ephesus, An Ephesian Tale : An intermediate ancient Greek reader | GR (ANC) RSKILLS 2 |
Basic | |
Beginner's Greek | GR CBEG 9; GR CBEG 9:1-2(CD) |
Colloquial Greek : the complete course for beginners | GR CBEG 5(PACK) |
Communicate in Greek for beginners | GR CBEG 13(PACK) |
Epikoinōnēste Hellēnika, 1. = Communicate in Greek | GR CBEG 2(PACK) |
Complete Greek | GR CBEG 4(PACK) |
Ellénika. 1 | GR CBEG 1(PACK) |
Essential Greek (Living Language) | GR CBEG 15(PACK) |
Greek language and people -- New edition | GR CBEG 3(PACK) |
Greek today : a course in the modern language and culture | GR CBEG 6(PACK) |
Learn Greek without a teacher : a modern method to learn Greek in 25 lessons | GR CBEG 7 |
Learning Modern Greek : as a foreign second language a communicative approach | GR CBEG 14(PACK) |
Oxford take off in Greek | GR CBEG 8(PACK)[†] |
Read & speak Greek for beginners : the easiest way to learn to communicate right away | GR CBEG 11(PACK) |
Talk Greek | GR CBEG 10(PACK+DVD) |
Talk Greek | GR CBEG 10(PACK)[†] |
A textbook of modern Greek : for beginners up to G.C.S.E. -- 6th rev. ed. | GR CBEG 12; GR CBEG 12(PACK) |
Intermediate | |
Ellénika. 2 | GR CINT 1; GR CINT 1:1-3(CD PACK) |
Epikoinōnēste Hellēnika, 2. = Communicate in Greek | GR CINT 3(PACK) |
Epikoinōnēste Hellēnika, 3. = Communicate in Greek | GR CINT 4(PACK) |
Intermediate Greek (Living Language) | GR CINT 5(PACK) |
Modern Greek for GCSE | GR CINT 2(PACK) |
Advanced | |
Textbook for foreigners: level 3 | GR CADV 1(PACK) |
Advanced Greek (Living Language) | GR CADV 2(PACK) |
Collins English Greek dictionary | GR DICO 5 |
Lexiko tēs Neas Hellēnikēs glōssas : me scholia gia tē sōstē chresē tōn lexeōn, hermēneutiko, etymologiko, orthographiko, synōnymōn - antithetōn, kyriōn onomatōn, epistēmonikōn horōn, akronymōn | GR DICO 1 |
The Oxford dictionary of Modern Greek | GR DICO 4 |
Oxford English-Greek learner's dictionary | GR DICO 3 |
Oxford Greek-English learner's dictionary | GR DICO 2 |
Grammar | |
Grammatikē tēs ellēnikēs glōssas | GR GRAM 5 |
Greek : a comprehensive grammar of the modern language (2 copies) | GR GRAM 3 |
Greek : an essential grammar of the modern language (2 copies) | GR GRAM 2 |
A Manual of Modern Greek, 1 : for university students elementary to intermediate | GR GRAM 4 |
Modern Greek : a contemporary grammar | GR GRAM 1 |
Ta rimata tis neas Ellinikis | GR GRAM 6 |
Vocabulary | |
Build your Greek vocabulary | GR VOCAB 1(PACK) |
Cambridge word routes Anglika-Hellēnika : thematiko lexiko tēs synchronēs Anglikēs glōssas | GR VOCAB 2 |
Gia na min xanapeis pote...ma peinao! | GR VOCAB 3 |
Greek phrasebook and dictionary | GR VOCAB 4 |
How to learn and memorize Greek vocabulary | GR VOCAB 14 |
Listening | |
Akou na deis : 1 | GR LSKILLS 1(PACK) |
Akou na deis. 2 | GR LSKILLS 2(PACK) |
Akou na deis : 3 | GR LSKILLS 3(PACK) |
Reading Skills | |
Learn to read Greek in 5 days | GR RSKILLS 1 |
The Routledge Modern Greek reader : Greek folktales for learning Modern Greek | GR RSKILLS 2 |
Reading fiction | |
Hotel Atlantis Please | GR RFICT 1 |
To Nisi = The island | GR RFICT 2 |
The island | GR RFICT 2a |
Writing | |
Beginner's Greek script | GR WSKILLS 1 |
Read and write Greek script | GR WSKILLS 2 |
Greek : a history of the language and its speakers | GR REF 2 |
Language change in Modern Greek : the morphological integration of English loanwords | GR REF 1 |