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Gunch is right, Koine is much easier, but it's also much less satisfying and less useful if you want to read anything besides the New Testament. There is actually a sub-reddit devoted to this, /r/IntroAncientGreek, that you might want to check out, and /r/AncientGreek will be a better place to crowd-source an answer for this. If you want hardcore grammar learning, I would suggest Hansen and Quinn but I also recommend Cecilia Luschnig's book Intro to Ancient Greek: A Literary Approach which will have you reading actual Ancient Greek texts MUCH sooner than Hansen and Quinn. It's a rather difficult language that will be difficult to learn without supervision and someone to answer your questions, so maybe get an answer key? Best of luck, and Χαῖρε!

Currently in my first semester of Ancient Greek at Uni, after two years of Latin. It's hard. Like others have mentioned, this is partly due to a new alphabet which just makes it harder to recognise works.

We use the JACT Reading Greek books. There's three: a grammar and exercises, text and vocabulary and an independent study guide. (There's also an ancient Greek history one but that's not really necessary) They all work together and get you to learn by reading from the start - one book talks you through the grammar whilst the other has corresponding reading passages. This makes the endless tables of grammar far more relevant. Also the independent study guide helps you through the tricky bits of a translation where it would be nice to have a teacher to explain it to you. But they're still not a substitute for a tutor.

Good luck!

I found when doing my undergraduate work that this book was a great reference for how various types of women were regarded throughout difference periods of Greek and Roman history. May be worth a read if it's something you're interested in it, and it's super cheap for a textbook.

Unfortunately I'm traveling right now so can't give you any good sourced answers, but I can recommend a good source since sometimes answers on this subreddit can be lacking.

I want to suggest Roberto Calasso's The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony, not as source material, but as an interesting imagining of the myths. He weaves all the myths together to create one great myth cycle, a mythological panorama of Ancient Greek beliefs and thoughts.

If you like Fagles (and I do), he also translated Aeschylus' The Oresteia (Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides) as well as Sophocles' The Three Theban Plays (Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone). I haven't actually read either of these, although his translation of Aeschylus is on my bookshelf, and I can't speak to their popularity but I'd imagine they're somewhat similar to his translations of epic poetry. I don't think he translated Euripides though. Hope this helps!

It depends how 'academic' you want to go.

For a great 'pop' history of the entire Classical world, a good bet might be Robin Lane Fox's The Classical World, which is very readable and includes both Greece and Rome.

For something more recent, Edith Hall's Introducing the Ancient Greeks is really excellent, and (since it was only released a couple of years ago) is very up-to-date with the latest scholarship. (There is plenty of new evidence on what was happening in Greece between c.1200-700 BCE, for example).

If you want something more 'academic', Robin Osborne's Greece in the Making, 1200-479 BC and Simon Hornblower's The Greek World, 479-323 BC will take you from the collapse of Mycenaean civilisation to the death of Alexander. Both of these are pretty in-depth accounts written by serious historians, and are also a little bit older.

We have fragments and pretty good knowledge of their doctrines. http://www.amazon.com/The-Cynic-Philosophers-Diogenes-Classics/dp/0141192224

Looks like he did:
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Thanks!

D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths is a popular introduction for children to the myths.

There are also Aesop's Fables for which there are multiple books but I don't have a particular one to recommend. Personally, I would look for a conventional/classical collection.

For Thucydides and Xenophon I cannot recommend the Landmark series of books highly enough. They are lathered in detailed maps and explanatory footnotes, and come with a wealth of appendixes on everything from Athenian finances to naval warfare to historiography (the study of the sources themselves and how reliable etc. they are). These and all of the books I mentioned are easily and cheaply available on Amazon.

Thucydides - http://www.amazon.com/Landmark-Thucydides-Comprehensive-Guide-Peloponnesian/dp/0684827905

Xenophon - http://www.amazon.com/Landmark-Xenophons-Hellenika-Xenophon/dp/0375422552

I just pre-ordered the paperback! Thanks for the tip!

Tides of War is one of my favorite books of all time, Alcibiades is featured heavily (told from the perspective of another soldier).

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The Trojans & Thei​r Neighbours by Trevor Bryce is good. Bit expensive though.

D'Adalaire's book of Greek Myths. D'Adalaire's book of Norse Myths.

Greek Myths

Norse Myths