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Ἑλληνική Greek

Ancient Greek is the language of Homer, classical philosophy, and a vast corpus of history, drama, and science. It’s also essential for many early Christian and Byzantine texts.

Dictionaries

• Liddell-Scott-Jones Online

  • Notes: Just call it “The Lexicon.” Enough said.

• Perseus Project

  • Notes: Word entry is a bit more difficult here. Also, I’m sometimes not clear on the differences in function and purpose between the TLG online and the Greek side of the Perseus Project.

• Marcion Database

  • Notes: Mainly for the study of Coptic, but contains a searchable Greek dictionary.

• New Greek-English Lexicon to the NT

  • Notes: An older book.

• Theological Dictionary of the NT

  • Notes: #50 on this list of documents. The download is a .chm file; search online for information about how to open it. You normally use a web browser.

• English-Greek Dictionary

  • Notes: Woodhouse’s English to Greek Dictionary, part of the University of Chicago library.

• Ancient and Modern Greek Dictionary

  • Notes: Both English to Greek and Greek to English.

• Liddell and Scott PDF

  • Notes: A massive download. A bit unwieldy to use but will probably be useful for some.

• Woodhouse PDF

  • Notes: Again, a very large download, but may be useful for some.

• Greek and Latin Dictionary

  • Notes: For the true classicist!

• Archimedes Project Dictionary

  • Notes: Difficult to use.

• English-Greek Dictionary

  • Notes: A vocabulary of the Attic language.

• A New Greek and English Lexicon

  • Notes: …which is now almost 200 years old.

• Strong’s Online

  • Notes: For both Hebrew and Greek.

• Hellenistic Greek Course Lexicon

  • Notes: For use with the Hellenistic Greek online course.

• 1000 Common Greek Words

  • Notes: “So arranged as to be most easily learned and remembered.”

• Pocket Lexicon of the Greek NT

  • Notes: A useful resource.

• Lexicon to Herodotus

  • Notes: A bit difficult to search, but good for reading Herodotus.

• Handbook of Greek synonyms

  • Notes: Useful for writing Attic prose and poetry when you really need to woo with style.

• Greek Etymologies

  • Notes: A very useful resource for tracing word histories.

• Some Greek Etymologies

  • Notes: A much smaller resource with more description.

• Dictionary of Greek Proper Names

  • Notes: In German.

• Principles of Greek Etymology

  • Notes: From reviewer NikosJohnson: ”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Thanks, Nikos.

• Greek-French Dictionary

  • Notes: Words are in the left column, definitions in French.

• Greek-Italian Dictionary

  • Notes: You can click to enter Greek letters.

• Vocabulaire Classique

  • Notes: French, English, modern and ancient Greek.

• Greek-German Dictionary

  • Notes: Also very old.

• Dictionnaire Etymologique

  • Notes: Greek etymological dictionary in French.

• Dictionnaire Etymologique 2

  • Notes: Older than the one above.

• Illustrated Dictionary to Anabasis

  • Notes: For use with the first four books of Xenophon’s Anabasis, which you can find below.

• Glossary of Greek Birds

  • Notes: Is that a dissertation I smell?

• Semantic Study of Greek Bird Names

  • Notes: Really. It’s in French, unfortunatey.

Grammars

• Smyth’s Greek Grammar

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: Purportedly written in blood; this particular edition contains no actual Smythian blood, however.

• Goodwin’s Greek Grammar

  • Notes: Pro: comprehensive. Con: not written in blood.

• Comparative Greek Grammar

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: A medium-sized PDF file.

• Grammar of Attic and Ionic Greek

  • Notes: See the language in a wider spectrum, according to the description.

• Compendious Greek Grammar

  • Notes: For the use of schools and colleges.

• The Greek Grammar

  • Notes: THE Greek Grammar.

• Grammar of the Septuagint

  • Notes: “Selections from the Septuagint” for some.

• Systematische Grammatik der grieschen Sprache

  • Notes: For our friends the Germanicans.

• A Greek Grammar

  • Notes: William Watson Goodwin.

• Greek Grammar

  • Notes: Also for schools and colleges.

• Dialects of Northern Greece

  • Notes: How much blood did he have?

• A Greek Grammar: Syntax

  • Notes: From Gustave Simonson.

• A Greek Grammar: Accidence

  • Notes: The companion piece to the one above.

• Syntax of Classical Greek

  • Notes: From Homer to Demosthenes.

• Syntax of the Greek Language

  • Notes: Especially of the Attic dialect. For the use of schools!

• Syntax of Moods and Tenses

  • Notes: Watson’s back with this great book.

• A Brief Greek Syntax

  • Notes: Subtitle not so brief.

• Sounds and Inflections of the Greek Dialects

  • Notes: He falls upon the thorns of Greek! He bleeds!

• Grammar of the Greek NT

  • Notes: In light of historical research.

• Grammar of New Testament Greek

  • Notes: Written in 1905.

• Classical Greek Lessons

  • Notes: From the University of Texas.

• Ancient Greek Tutorials

  • Notes: Various tools, also available as a download package.

• Hellenistic Greek Online

  • Notes: Many lessons, and useful for the classroom.

• User-Friendly Guide for Ancient Greek

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: A number of useful PDF files with readings.

• NT Greek Online Courses

  • Format: Video
  • Notes: With videos, quizzes, and other useful materials. Some is forthcoming.

• Learn NT Greek Online

  • Notes: Navigation links are on the left side.

• Greek Courses Online

  • Notes: Courses of different difficulty; there is an ancient Greek course at the very bottom, as the rest are modern Greek.

• Learn Greek Online (French)

  • Notes: Many different sections, though it’s really more of a reference in some places.

• Biblical Greek Online (French)

  • Notes: Has other resources as well.

• Intelligent Person’s Guide to Greek

  • Notes: If you’re an idiot, stay away from this site.

• Brief Intro to NT Greek

  • Notes: A good introduction.

• Greek Prose Composition

  • Notes: See also the answer key below.

• Greek Prose Composition Key

  • Notes: For the textbook above.

• Moods and Tenses of NT Greek

  • Notes: Lots of good explanations and examples.

• Ted Hildebrandt’s Greek Aids

  • Notes: Scroll down the page to find an NT Greek textbook and other useful items.

• Greek Grammar Review

  • Notes: “Let’s review Greek!” “Gee, thanks! Don’t mind if I do!”

• Introduction to Ancient Greek

  • Notes: Some self-study resources and good quiz materials.

• Greek Grammar Topics Online

  • Notes: Various posts and explanations.

• Introduction to Greek Prose Composition

  • Notes: Has a key, below.

• Greek Prose Composition Key

  • Notes: For use with the above textbook.

• First Greek Writer

  • Notes: Another composition textbook.

• First Greek Writer Key

  • Notes: Answer key for above textbook.

• Lectures on Greek Prose Composition

  • Notes: Learning to write in an ancient language actually really improves your grammar skills.

• A First Greek Course

  • Notes: Not THE first Greek course.

• A Short Syntax of NT Greek

  • Notes: Not as complicated as the other kind.

• First Greek Book

  • Notes: Still a strange way to title things.

• First Greek Grammar Accidence

  • Notes: An older term, not very common these days.

• First Greek Grammar Zyntax

  • Notes: We misspelled “syntax” on purpose in order to make the title more interesting.

• Homeric Greek for Beginners

  • Notes: Not the easiest way to begin, to be sure.

• Introduction to the Language and Verse of Homer

  • Notes: “D’oh!” “Why you little!” “Mmm…donuts…” , etc.

• NT Greek in a Nutshell

  • Notes: Must be a pretty large nut.

• Learning New Testament Greek

  • Notes: A very, very old site.

• A Minimum of Greek

  • Notes: A very nice subtitle, as well.

• School Grammar of Attic

  • Notes: From 1902.

• The Beginner’s Greek Book

  • Notes: From 1898.

• Elementary Greek Grammar

  • Notes: The guy’s middle name is Watson, and the book has “elementary” in the title. Too obvious.

• A Student’s Greek Grammar

  • Notes: From 1882.

• A Greek Grammar for Beginners

  • Notes: This one hails from 1873.

• Short Grammar of the Greek NT

  • Notes: Only for students familiar with the elements of Greek.

• First Greek Grammar

  • Notes: Not in the whole world, I don’t think.

• Buttmann’s Greek Grammar

  • Notes: “Buttmann” really needs to be a more common surname these days.

• Homeric Greek Grammar

  • Notes: Homeric Greek is, in my opinion, much more difficult than Attic.

• Greek Verbs, Irregular and Defective

  • Notes: The verbal system is usually the hardest aspect of learning Greek.

• First Greek Syntax

  • Notes: Again, probably not the first one in existence, ever.

• Grammar of New Testament Greek

  • Notes: Buttmann!

• A Reading Course in Homeric Greek

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: A PDF file of the first 24 or so chapters; presupposes a background in grammar that not all students will have, though.

Charts & Aids

• Helma Dik’s handouts

  • Notes: Excellent charts, including a great verb chart.

• Karl Maurer’s handouts

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: A long set of handouts for learning Greek.

• Compact Greek PDFs

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: Contains a great deal of information.

• Greek Morphology Summary

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: Also looks very useful.

• First-Year Review

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: With a text from Xenophon. Has commentary and is very useful!

• Basics of the Verbal System

  • Notes: An HTML page.

• Greek Particles

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: A list of particles used in Plato.

• Accenting Greek Verbs

  • Notes: How the recessive accent rule is applied.

• Accenting Enclitics

  • Notes: The rules for accenting enclitics.

• Accenting First Declension Nouns

  • Notes: Only first declension here.

• Prolegomena to Self-Study of Homer

  • Notes: “Step 1: search for nearest mental institution.”

• On Reciting Ancient Greek

  • Notes: For some classicists, this is an absolute art.

• Study guide for Plato’s Apology

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: Includes grammar, vocabulary, and quiz materials.

Texts

• Greekt NT Online

  • Notes: Various versions of the text online.

• Judeopedia

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: A French site with a very convenient side-by-side Bible with Hebrew, French, English, Latin, and Greek. Can also produce PDF files. An excellent site.

• SBL Greek NT

  • Notes: A critical edition in a very nice file.

• Greek NT with conjugation and analysis

  • Notes: You can also search for words by grammatical categories. Simply excellent.

• Greek NT with grammatical analysis

  • Notes: Extremely useful site.

• Greek NT Reader

  • Notes: An online reader with lots of options and different editions of the Bible. Contains definitions of words.

• Septuagint Online

  • Notes: Links are in the middle of the page; the LXX is on the left, and the NT on the right.

• Septuagint downloadable files

  • Notes: In djvu format, so you’ll need a viewer. Very nice copies of the work.

• Septuagint in HTML and .doc format

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: Link for the .doc file is at the bottom of the page. With a more recent version of Word you can create a PDF file from this.

• Multilingual Bible Program

  • Notes: Contains the Church Slavonic, Greek, Latin, French, and German texts of the Bible, plus others. A wonderful program. You must enter a password to install it. To get the password, visit http://yegor.info/bible and email the proprietor. He will respond quickly with the password. Don’t wait, get it now!

• Greek NT Online with concordance

  • Notes: Find a passage and click a word to see all of its uses. A great tool!

• Septuagint Online with concordance

  • Notes: Based on the same database as above. An excellent resource.

• Greek NT and French translation

  • Notes: Easy to use.

• Septuagint and French translation

  • Notes: Very access to navigate through the LXX.

• Greek NT Manuscript Comparison

  • Notes: Allows you to pull up various editions of the Greek NT in order to see similarities, differences, changes, and the like. Very useful.

• Another Greek NT

  • Notes: Site has an obnoxious login, but can be very useful.

• Biblos Scripture Text

  • Notes: Choose a passage to view in a number of languages. Contains an embedded lexicon.

• Blue Letter Bible

  • Notes: Another multilanguage biblical comparison tool.

• The Unbound Bible

  • Notes: Bible texts online in many languages with parallel viewing.

• Codex Sinaiticus

  • Notes: The oldest complete copy of what we know as the New Testament.

• Interlinear Greek/English NT

  • Notes: Easy to use and navigate.

• Online Greek Reader

  • Notes: For biblical and non-biblical texts alike. Very fun to use!

• Library of Ancient Texts Online

  • Notes: Links to many other sites with old Greek texts.

• Perseus Project

  • Notes: For instructions on how to use the Perseus Project website, see our how-to page.

• Introduction to Greek and Latin Epigraphy

  • Notes: For absolute beginners.

• Searchable Greek Inscriptions

  • Notes: A really great site.

• Harvard Digital Papyri

  • Notes: The collection of the Houghton Library.

• Aphrodias in Late Antiquity

  • Notes: Lots of inscriptions available to view.

• Greek Epigraphy Resources

  • Notes: A collection of various sites.

• Bibliotheca Augustana

  • Notes: Many Greek manuscripts online.

• Duke Greek Manuscripts Online

  • Notes: Descriptions with images and other information.

• Greek Poetry Online

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: Very nice PDFs with commentary. An excellent site.

• Oxyrhyncus Papyri Online

  • Notes: A searchable database, though not with access to everything.

• Herculaneum Papyri Facsimiles

  • Notes: Another searchable database.

• Greek Texts Online - Alpheios

  • Notes: Is a good beginning, but difficult to use, at least for now.

• Testament of the 12 Patriarchs

  • Notes: All in Greek.

• Texts from Greek Church Fathers

  • Notes: Quite a large collection of Greek texts online from various church fathers.

• Life of Adam and Eve

  • Notes: A critical edition in Greek. Search this page for “life of adam and eve.”

• Greek Manuscripts Online

  • Notes: Many links to scans of original copies.

• Online Greek Reader

  • Notes: For biblical and non-biblical texts alike. Very fun to use!

• Greek abbreviations used in manuscripts

  • Notes: Can be very confusing if you don’t know what they are.

• Greek ligatures

  • Notes: A “ligature” is a combination of two letters in a manuscript.

• Papyrology Resources Online

  • Notes: Links to more websites, some of which are featured on the Greek main page.

• More Papyrological Resources Online

  • Notes: An Oxford site which features links to many databases and projects.

• Greek Texts Online

  • Notes: There are better places to get what you need.

• First Four Books of Anabasis

  • Notes: By Xenophon. See the illustrated dictionary in the partial dictionaries section.

• Book XII of the Odyssey

  • Notes: In Greek.

• Easy Selections from Plato

  • Notes: A very good author to begin advanced study.

• Apology of Socrates

  • Notes: A good text to learn more advanced skills.

• Homer PDF texts

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: Not sure how complete this is, but includes line and book numbers.

• Searchable Variants in Homer

  • Notes: Looks like a cool site here.

• Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound

  • Notes: Dramatic works tend to be more difficult than philosophical works.

• Selections from Herotodus

  • Notes: See the lexicon to Herodotus in the dictionaries above.

• Iliad Books XIX - XXIV

  • Notes: In Greek. See more Homer below.

• Odyssey Books V - VIII

  • Notes: See above for more Homer, plus the Homeric grammar in the grammars section.

• Anabasis Book VI

  • Notes: By Xenophon; see more of his work above.

• Aesop’s Fables in Greek

  • Notes: With illustrations.

Other Resources

• Ancient History Sourcebook

  • Notes: For many different languages.

• Washburn’s Biblical Languages

  • Notes: Lots of resources for Biblical languages and study.

• Voice of the Shuttle Classics

  • Notes: An extensive library of resources for the study of the classics.

• Sites of Interest for Classicists

  • Notes: A list maintained by the University of Chicago library.

• Catalogue of Internet Resources for Philology

  • Notes: Site is in German.

• Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities

  • Notes: A classical encyclopedia from a long time ago.

• Checklist of Old Text Editions

  • Notes: Papyri, ostraca, and tablets.

• Guide to Greek Lexicography

  • Notes: Discussions of many different topics.

• Suda Online

  • Notes: Guide to Byzantine lexicography.

• Theoi Greek Mythology

  • Notes: Great for information about the theoi (gods) and mythology.

• Women and Gender in the Ancient World

  • Notes: Essays, images, links, and an extensive bibliography.

• The Amphoras Project

  • Notes: A site dedicated to old, ceramic storage containers.

• Ancient Greece

  • Notes: A great collection of many different topics.

• Art in the Mediterranean

  • Notes: With pictures of items from around the area.

• Photographs of Ancient Greece

  • Notes: In color and black and white.

• Theoi Greek Mythology

  • Notes: Great for information about the theoi (gods) and mythology.

• Materials for Sparta Study

  • Notes: See also the bibliography.

• The Knossos

  • Notes: A very interesting archaeological site in Greece.

• Sport in Greek Antiquity

  • Notes: Another good bibliography.

• Encyclopedia Mythica

  • Notes: For different kinds of mythology.

• Aegean Prehistoric Cultures

  • Notes: A series of lessons and other resources.

• Bryn Mawr Classics Review

  • Notes: An excellent site with reviews of works in the classics.

• Digressus

  • Notes: An online journal for the classical world.

• Electronic Antiquity

  • Notes: Communicating the classics.

• Phoenix

  • Notes: An online journal from the Classical Association of Canada.

• TOCS-IN

  • Notes: Table of contents for journals that are of interest to classics studies.

• Scholia

  • Notes: Studies in classical antiquity. Older editions available online.

• Histos

  • Notes: An online journal for ancient historiography.

• Studia Humaniora Tartuensia

  • Notes: An online, international journal for classical studies.

• Museum of Archaeology Online

  • Notes: From the University of Michigan. Some really cool online exhibits.

• Bibliography of Hellenistic Greek Linguistics

  • Notes: A very good bibliography with links.

• The Beazley Archive

  • Notes: A division of Oxford dedicated to the study of classical art. The site includes many old photographs.

• Free National Greek Exam

  • Notes: For use by professors and teachers.

• New Observations on Voice

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: A very technical piece of work.

• Homer in a Changing Tradition

  • Notes: Taking on the Homeric Problem.

• The Musical Pitch Accent in Greek

  • Notes: When you’re passionate about pronunciation.

• Oral Reading of Greek

  • Notes: With audio, and texts read out loud.

• Didaskalia

  • Notes: The journal for ancient performance.

• Trajan’s Column

  • Notes: Everything you ever wanted to know about it.

• A Compendium of Greek Phonology

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: You’ll need to know something about phonetics to understand this.

• Alexander the Great Bibliography

  • Notes: Includes ancient sources.

• Greek and Roman Women Bibliography

  • Notes: A very brief one.

• Ancient Lives Project

  • Notes: Participate in cataloguing papyri!

• Stoa Consortium

  • Notes: For digital classicists everywhere.

• Greek Language and Linguistics

  • Notes: By Michael Palmer.

• En Epheso

  • Notes: Studies in Greek Language and Linguistics.

• Hypotyposeis

  • Notes: Sketches in Christian Origins.

• rogueclassicism

  • Notes: A blog dedicated to classical things.

• NT Discourse

  • Notes: Removing the mystery from discourse grammar.

• NT Resources Blog

  • Notes: New Testament-related discussion, but also material about the grammar.

• Attalus Greek and Latin Online

  • Notes: Links to translations of many different classical texts.

• Audio-Visual Database of Classics Resources

  • Notes: A searchable site with many good results.

• The Greeks, and the Parthenon in 3D!

  • Notes: Fun to play around with.

• Classics Poetry Readings

  • Notes: Just the best.

• Homer In Performance

  • Notes: More stuff, read aloud!

• Homer aloud…with lyre!

  • Notes: Ah, those halcyon days…or were they elysian?

• Mythology in Theater

  • Notes: An overview of how mythology has influenced the performing arts. Thanks to Elizabeth and her daughter for the pointer!

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