Yes, you need Attic Greek. Courses in ancient Greek are not so finely
differentiated as to focus just on Attic Greek as opposed, say, to Ionian
Greek. But there is a real difference between courses in New Testament Greek
(which is a common language, or "koinE", that is simpler in many respects
than classical Greek) and courses in classical Greek.

For your purposes, an excellent book to use to learn classical Greek is
Francis Fobes' _Philosophical Greek_. Besides giving a thorough presentation
of Greek syntax, it builds up a philosophically oriented vocabulary and
culminates in a series of excerpts from Aristotle (and one from Plato) as
translation exercises.

I think that one can work through Fobes' book on one's own. You need
somebody to check your answers to the exercises.

David Hitchcock

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Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 1:50 PM
Subject: [aristotle-logic] Aristotle's Greek


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> materials, etc. that teach Attic Greek be suitable with someone with
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