Greek Phrase Book (Greek Language) [Paperback]

H.W. Auden (Author)

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Paperback: 112 pages
Publisher: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd (9 Feb 1995)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0715614681
ISBN-13: 978-0715614686
Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.4 x 0.8 cm
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 441,319 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #89 in Books > Study Books > Undergraduate & Postgraduate > Arts & Humanities > Classics & Ancient History > Ancient Greek

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Well Worth Getting, New or Used. 24 Nov 2001

By Cinna the Poet - Published on Amazon.com

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I just got this and was a bit surprised. I was told and had always thought that this was by the poet W.H. Auden, who was very involved with Greek and Icelandic (he edited the Portable Greek Reader among other things), and figured that "H.W." was just a typo for "W.H.". It's not--this is indeed by an H.W. Auden, of Edinburgh. And, rather than the wit and urbanity I was expecting from the poet, I find a rather straight-forward English to Ancient Greek vocabulary put together by a 19th-century schoolman.

So it was a bit of a disappointment, but I soon got over it. There are a couple (though also hard-to-find) English to Ancient Greek dictionaries I know of: "An English-Greek Lexicon" by G.M. Edwards (Cambridge UP, 1930, long out of print) and S.C. Woodhouse's "English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language" (ISBN 0-415-15154-6, reprinted by Routledge and available at Amazon); but Auden's little book is well worth getting. I have both the others mentioned, but I'm glad to have Auden's as well.

The difference is simply that he classifies things by topic, rather than alphabetization. The 100 pages of translations are divided up (with subdivisions) into:

The World and Nature
Space and Time
The Human Body
Human Life; Its Various Relations
Mind
Arts and Sciences
Speech and Writing
Philosophy
Emotions, Character
Virtue and Vice
Religion
Domestic Life
Commerce and Agriculture
The State
Law and Justic
Military Matters
Naval Matters
Miscellaneous
Proverbs

The one flaw to this book is that there are a lot of mistakes in the accents--either the wrong accent or placed on the wrong syllable. It's not a big deal, but they should've corrected that for the reprint.

It's a great book though for the bathroom or for waiting for a bus or just chillin' at some party you don't want to be at. You read the English version, think how you'd say that in ancient Greek, and then see how Plato and Thucydides say it. It's fun, it's a great price, and if you're still reading this review by now then you should definitely buy it.

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