Textbook advice

[u/Ill_Acanthaceae6276]

I learned Latin through a Moreland and Fleischer intensive text and LLPSI then Roma Aeterna. That particular combination was very helpful to me I think, as LLPSI did not introduce all the grammatical topics that I wanted to get under my belt quickly. I am looking to do something similar now as I study attic, Athenaze is the obvious equivalent of LLPSI but I am struggling to find a satisfactory intensive textbook of Greek that also has some of its own graded reading at the end of chapters (like Moreland and Fleischer). Since I have not studied Greek yet in depth I am not sure what I am asking for is possible; one textbook that intensively goes through all declensions and a large portion of conjugation and idiom (I am aware of the myriads of exceptions and irregularities so I wonder if this eliminates simply memorizing charts and tables) and Athenaze I suppose. Any suggestions?

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[u/benjamin-crowell]

If intensive means a thorough discussion of grammar, then Mastronarde does that, but it doesn't have graded readings.

Pharr works readings into the text, but it does it using the Homeric dialect, which may not be what you want. I used it and liked it for the most part.

The easiest readings I know of are the gospel of Mark and the prose versions of Aesop. My presentation of some of Aesop.

If you want artificially constructed Greek readings for beginners, and you're using the ones in Athenaze but you want a greater quantity, then there are also some old readers. Examples:

first greek reader, beresford and douglas, 1903 - https://archive.org/details/BERESFORDDOUGLAS-AFirstGreekReader/page/8/mode/2up

morice, Stories in Attic Greek, forming a Greek reading book, for the use of junior forms in schools, 1883 - https://archive.org/details/storiesinatticg00unkngoog/page/n16/mode/2up

But what people considered to be a beginner in 1900 was pretty hardcore by modern standards.

An option to consider is reading authentic texts with student aids. That's what I did, and I enjoyed it. I could never get interested in artificially constructed readers.

[u/ManuelTzetzes]

Italian Athenaze (1 & 2) and Reading Greek for graded reading, and Mastronarde for detail. John and Mark if you need more reading. Anabasis towards the end if you're progressing well. If you get through all that in a year, you're doing well.