ὁ Φάρος (The Pharos): A Thematic Guide to Ancient Greek Vocabulary and Set Phrases (Argos Press: Learn Ancient Greek) Paperback – May 31, 2024

The Pharos is an innovative, user-friendly, single-volume lexicon of Ancient Greek containing more than 16,000 words as well as hundreds of set phrases, all organised into 38 useful categories such as Clothing, Household Activities, Animals, Emotions, the Senses, Boats & Sailing, Telling the Time, and Religion. It is based on a broad corpus of 22 Koine authors or collections (both Biblical and “pagan”), plus 6 Attic orators or prose authors. Since every entry specifies exactly which authors used the word or phrase, and all words are printed at one of three different sizes according to how frequently they occur, you will know immediately whether a given word is one you need to add to your working vocabulary.In the Pharos, entries are grouped and arranged etymologically as well as thematically, so you can easily learn entire families of words from the same root. With each verb, you will see, right at the beginning of the entry, which case or preposition it is used with. Moreover, the ‘principal parts’ of irregular verbs are included within their entries in easy-to-read boxes, eliminating the need to consult a separate verb list. Thousands of sample sentences from Koine authors are given (with their translations!), and a detailed subject index enables the user to find the desired semantic category in just a few seconds. All in all, this may just be the most powerful thematic lexicon ever published for any ancient language. Read more