<p>Firstly,itwasparamount,obviously,tofindadecenttextbookwhichwassuitableforanautodidactstudyofthelanguage;somethingmucheasiersaidthandone.Afteralotofsearchingaroundandgatheringadvice,IfinallysettledonHansenandQuinn's “Intensive Greek” — and was promptly staggered when it had arrived at my doorstep; for indeed, I had imagined it being intensive — it is, after all, in its title — but I did <em>not</em> expect to receive a book that weighed 3 pounds. I decided to simply go along with it and began studying the language using this book.<br></p>
<p>Ifoundthistobeareallygoodwayofstudyingalanguage,especiallywithanaccompanyingbookdiscussingthelanguage's grammar more in-depth, and was delighted to find out that there exists a version of this book for Ancient Greek as well, albeit made by a student in their free-time. This book — also known as <em>Ἡ Ἑλληνικὴ γλῶσσα καθ᾿ αὑτὴν φωτιζομένη</em> — is currently being written by Seumas Macdonald and is open-source! It is by no means as extensive as the book it tries to imitate, but I believe it to be an invaluable resource. There are still a few mistakes — such as <em>“τὸ Α καὶ τὸ Β γράμματά ἐστιν.”</em> where the word <em>γράμματά</em> has two accents instead of one (γράμματα). I am still not entirely sure whether that is perhaps an accentuation quirk, but I shall be sending him an email regarding this soon, so as to clear this matter up — and it has neither margin-notes nor any exercises or explanations, but I still believe it is a great companion to my <em>Intensive Greek</em> book. <br></p>