First Greek Reader Author:Rev. Francis M. Connell, S.J. EXCERPT FROM THE PREFACE OF THE BOOK: — PREFACE — The "First Greek Reader" is an attempt to make the student's approach to the study of Greek as simple and attractive as possible. The Exercises have been made very easy, in the hope that the learner will acquire a certain confidence in reading Greek and will come to feel the interest that confidenc... more »e creates. Similarly, in the witticisms attributed to Hierocles, entitled "Simpletons," the author has not hesitated to change the text of the original whenever it seemed desirable to do so in the interest of elementary classes. The story of "Retreat of the Ten Thousand" consists of simplified extracts from the fourth book of the "Anabasis."« less