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	• Greek, Classical Vocabulary Cards: Academic Study Card Set Visual Education Assn, 1997 average customer review:based on 6 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Excellent

An excellent resource for both beginners and more advanced students looking to build their vocabulary. They saved me a huge chunk of time I otherwise would have spent making my own cards.

As it pertains to a standard textbook

I would agree with most of what's already been said, but I'd like to comment on the applicability of these cards to a standard text, Hansen & Quinn's _Greek, an Intensive Course_. Study-cards like these are a valuable time-saver for students taking a strenuous summer intensive course, and I've found them very helpful. However, only about 80% of the vocab introduced in H&Q is covered in these cards--so you may find yourself creating notecards anyway--granted, 80% fewer than you would have otherwise. Definitions vary slightly as well, so your instructor might be a little confused by your word-choices when translating. Some words are only introduced in fine print at the bottom of a card dedicated to another word--for instance the word for foot-soldier, "Hoplite" is introduced at the bottom of the card dedicated to the word for weapons. This makes good sense, since the words are closely related, but it also makes it difficult to target the word you want when working with the H&Q vocab. Also, to clarify some previous comments, not every verb is given with its 6 principal parts--the more "regular" verbs are printed with the first part only, and this includes many of the verbs introduced early on in H&Q, when students are in most need of rehearsing the verb-patterns.

None of this should be taken as criticism of a fine set of study-cards which were not intended as companions for H&Q, but I thought it might be worthwhile to explain how they co-function, since I imagine I'm not the only one putting them to this use.

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Review of Greek Flashcards

I am taking a Greek class and these cards have been a godsend. They help me with pronunciation, spelling, and more importantly, remembering. One of classmates has asked me to order a set for him because after looking at them, he saw them to be an excellent learning tool. Even my instructor, when I showed them to him, commented that this is a very good set and that I would learn a lot from them. This has been one purchase that I am truly happy that I made.

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A Clarification of Mr. McMenomy's comment

Mr. McMenomy writes: "Another Greek set, specifically devoted to Biblical vocabulary, is not quite as good -- not because the vocabulary is somehow inferior, but because the set is not as well assembled and as complete."

I often wondered what he meant by the set not being quite as good; I have it now myself, and would like to clarify. The verb cards have only the first principal part, lacking the other five; all the cards lack the lists of similar Greek words (i.e. in the Classical set the card for the verb "to live" will also have the words for "life, course of life"; "life; living, sustenance"; "worth living"); and there are no English cognates and derivatives. The lack of principal parts is a serious problem; the other two are pleasantries which can be done without.

For what it's worth the noun cards do offer the genitive singular endings in addition to the nominative singular.

A good set if you like to have your Greek words printed, instead of sloppily scribbled; but if you're expecting a lot of nice extras you may be disappointed.

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Classical Greek Vocabulary cards

A very helpful and useful tool when studying Classical Greek. They have taken all the hard work out of writing vocabulary lists.

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