Title: I'd give it zero stars if that option were available
Review: Both volumes of _Athenaze_ are terrible. Our entire first year (and 1st semester of 2nd year) Greek class hated it. It's organized very poorly; e.g., all the principal parts of a verb are not presented at once, in a mistaken belief that it's easier to memorize them piecemeal. It isn't, it's very confusing. Also, the stories in each chapter are terrible, really uninspiring. At some point in the second volume they paraphrase a bit of Herodotus. It was so dull that I avoided Herodotus as long as I could. When finally confronted with the real thing, I was amazed at how great Herodotus was and appalled at Balme and Lawall's shoddy retelling. In short, this text book (both volumes of it) is great only if you want to discourage a student from studying Ancient Greek.
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