Beginning Greek textbooks (alphabetical by author)

Ancient Greek (Classical/Koine):

Maurice Balme and Gilbert Lawall. Athenaze: An Introduction to Ancient Greek. 2 vols., rev. ed. Oxford:
Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN 978-0195149562 & 978-0195056228.
Frank Beetham. Learning Greek with Plato: A Beginners Course in Classical Greek based on Plato, Meno
70a1-81e6. Exeter: Bristol Phoenix, 2007. ISBN 978-1904675563.
Gavin Betts and Alan Henry. Complete Ancient Greek: A Teach Yourself Guide. 3rd ed. New York:
McGraw-Hill, 2011. ISBN 978-0071759946.
Alston Hurd Chase and Henry Phillips Jr. A New Introduction to Greek. 3rd ed. Cambridge, MA: Harvard
UP, 1961. ISBN 978-0674616004.
Henry Lamar Crosby and John Nevin Schaeffer. An Introduction to Greek. Originally published in 1928
and kept in print by Bolchazy-Carducci. ISBN 978-0486470566.
Anne H. Groton. From Alpha to Omega: An Introduction to Classical Greek. 4th ed. Newburyport, MA:
Focus, 2000. ISBN 978- 1-58510-391-1.
Hardy Hansen and Gerald Quinn. Greek: An Intensive Course. Rev. ed. New York: Fordham University
Press, 1992. ISBN 978-0823216635.
JACT. Reading Greek. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. ISBN (Grammar and
Exercises) 978-052106985-28, (Text and Vocabulary) 978-052106985-11, An Independent Study Guide
978-052106985-04, (Speaking Greek CD) 978-0521-728966.
Peter Jones. Learn Ancient Greek. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1998. ISBN 978-0760739781.
Andrew Keller and Stephanie Russell. Learn to Read Greek. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011.
ISBN (Part 1) 978-0300115-895 (Workbook, Part 1) 978-0300-11598 (Part 2) 978-0300115-901
(Workbook, Part 2) 978-0300115-925.
C. A. E. Luschnig and Deborah Mitchell. An Introduction to Ancient Greek: A Literary Approach. 2nd ed.
Indianapolis: Hackett, 2007. ISBN 978-0872208896.
Donald J. Mastronarde. Introduction to Attic Greek. 2nd ed. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2013.
ISBN 978-0520-275713.
Alfred Mollin and Robert Williamson. An Introduction to Ancient Greek. 3rd ed. Lanham, MD: University
Press of America, 1997. ISBN 978-0761808531.
J. and G. Nairn. Greek through Reading. London: Duckworth, 1997. 978-1853990373.
Stephen W. Paine. Beginning Greek: A Functional Approach. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1961.
ISBN 978-0195010138.
C. Peckett and A.D. Munday. Thrasymachus: Greek through Reading. London: Duckworth, 2009. 9780862921392.
W.H.D. Rouse, revised by Anne Mahoney. First Greek Book. Newburyport, MA: Focus, 2011. ISBN 9781585103775. Rouse's Greek Boy: A Reader. ISBN 978-1585103249.
Carl A. P. Ruck. Ancient Greek: A New Approach. 2nd ed. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1979. ISBN 9780262680318.
Paula Saffire and Catherine Freis. Ancient Greek Alive. 3rd ed. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina
Press, 1999. ISBN 978-0807848005.
C.W. Shelmerdine. Introduction to Greek. 2nd ed. Newburyport, MA: Focus, 2008. ISBN 978-1585101849.
John Taylor. Greek to GSCE. London: Bristol Classical Press, 2003. ISBN Part 1 978-1853996-566, Part 2
978-1853996-603, Beyond GSCE 978-1853996-7044.
Frederick Williams. Elementary Classical Greek. Rev. ed. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press,
2003. ISBN 978-0809325771.

New Testament Greek

Frank Beetham. An Introduction to New Testament Greek: A Quick Course in the Reading of Koine Greek.
London: Duckworth, 1992. ISBN 978-1853993381.
McLean, B.H. New Testament Greek: An Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.
ISBN 978-0521-177023.
William D. Mounce. Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar. 3rd ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2009. ISBN
978-0310-287-881. Workbook 978-0310-287 674. Vocabulary Cards 978-0310-259-878. Vocabulary audio
CD and laminated study guide also available.
Homeric Greek
Frank Beetham. Beginning Greek with Homer. London: Duckworth, 1996. ISBN 978-1853994807
Clyde Pharr, John Wright and Paula Debnar. Homeric Greek: A Book for Beginners. 4th ed. Norman:
University of Oklahoma Press, 2012. ISBN 978-08061-41640.
Raymond V. Schoder and Vincent C. Horrigan. A Reading Course in Homeric Greek. 3rd ed. Newburyport,
MA: Focus, 2000. ISBN Book 1: 978-158510-1757, Book 2: 978-158510-1764, Transition to Attic Greek:
978-158510-1966, Teachers Manual and Answer Key: 978-158510-2457.
A number of older beginning Greek textbooks are available for free download at www.textkit.com.