Title: A Travesty
Review: I have written a review of Book 1 of Athenaze, and suffice to say that Book 2 carries all the deficiencies and dangers of its predecessor, but carries them further, because the poor student who is learning from Athenaze has been given such a shakey foundation. The Greek is still given out piecemeal and chopped up, as in Book 1, and as there, it still makes more confusing a language which is already complicated enough. The appendix and charts here are no more helpful here than they were in Book 1, and again there is too much emphasis on illustrations and "relevance" over clarity and fullness of explanation. This book is an abysmal failure, and damages the poor students upon whom it is inflicted (amongst whom I was one). I despise it and cannot tell against it strongly enough. What a shame I cannot give it zero stars!
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