Open Access Ancient Language Textbooks, OERs, and Primers

Additional resources of thus type are accessible through the Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs) Project pages at the University of Minnesota.

And see also Open Access Textbooks relating to Antiquity at The Open Textbook Library

And see also Lexicity
And see also Smarthistory, a "multi-media web-book designed as a dynamic enhancement (or even substitute) for the traditional art history textbook"

Textkit has a huge library of Greek and Latin textbooks

Learn Ancient Greek

Listed below is Textkit’s entire collection of Ancient Greek textbooks. All books are made available for full and free download in PDF format.

Greek Answer Keys

A Brief Introduction to New Testament Greek Key, Samuel G. Green

First Greek Book Key, John Williams White

First Greek Writer Key, Arthur Sidgwick

Greek Prose Composition Key, North and Hillard

Greek Prose Composition Key, Arthur Sidgwick

Greek Composition Textbooks

First Greek Writer, Arthur Sidgwick

Greek Prose Composition, North and Hillard

Introduction to Greek Prose Composition, Arthur Sidgwick

Lectures on Greek Prose Composition, Arthur Sidgwick

Selections from the Septuagint, Conybeare and Stock

Greek Lexicon/Dictionary

First Four Books of Xenophon’s Anabasis, William W. Goodwin

Illustrated Dictionary to Xenophon’s Anabasis, John Williams White

Pocket Lexicon of Greek New Testament, Alexander Souter

Greek Reading Text

Book Twelve of The Odyssey in Greek, Richard A. Minckwitz

Easy Selections From Plato, Arthur Sidgwick

Georgics Book IV in Latin, T.E. Page

Plato’s Apology of Socrates and Crito in Greek, Louis Dyer

Prometheus Bound of Aeschylus in Greek, F. D. Allen

Selections From Herodotus in Greek, W. Walter Merry

The Gospel of St. Luke in Greek, H.R. Heatley

The Iliad by Homer Books XIX – XXIV in Greek, Edward B. Clapp

The Odyssey by Homer Books V – VIII in Greek, B. Perrin

Xenophon’s Anabasis in Greek – Book VI, G.M. Edwards

Greek Reference Grammars

Greek Grammar, William W. Goodwin

Greek Grammar, Herbert Weir Smyth

Syntax of the Moods and Tenses of the Greek Verb, William W. Goodwin

Greek Textbooks

A Brief Introduction to New Testament Greek, Samuel G. Green

A First Greek Course, Sir William Smith

A Short Syntax of New Testament Greek, H.P.V. Nunn

First Greek Book, John Williams White

First Greek Grammar Accidence, W. Gunion Rutherford

First Greek Grammar Syntax, W. Gunion Rutherford

Homeric Greek – A Book For Beginners, Clyde Pharr

Introduction to the Language and Verse of Homer, Thomas D. Seymour

NT Greek in a Nutshell, James Strong

Learn Latin

Listed below is Textkit’s entire collection of Latin textbooks. All books are made available for full and free download in PDF format.

Latin Answer Keys

Latin for Beginner’s Key, Benjamin L. D’Ooge

Latin Prose Composition Key, North and Hillard

Latin Composition Textbooks

A New Latin Prose Composition, Charles E. Bennett

Latin Prose Composition, North and Hillard

Latin Reading Text

Caesar’s Civil War in Latin, Charles E. Moberly

Caesar’s Gallic War Commentaries – Literal Translation, Rev. Dr. Giles

Catiline Orations of Cicero – Literal Translation, Rev. Dr. Giles

Cicero Select Orations, Benjamin L. D’Ooge

Extracts From Cicero – Sections I & II in Latin, Henry Walford

Latin Prose Composition Based on Cicero, Henry Carr Pearson

Livy Book XXI in Latin, W.W. Capes

Livy Books I & II in Latin, J.B. Greenough

Ovid’s Metamorphoses – Literal Translation, Rev. Dr. Giles

Select Orations of Cicero – Interlinear, Thomas Clark

Selections From Ovid, Allen & Greenough

The Phormio of Terence in Latin, Fairclough and Richardson

Latin Reference Grammars

A Latin Grammar, Charles E. Bennett

New Latin Grammar, Allen & Greenough

Latin Textbooks

Beginner’s Latin Book, Collar and Daniell

Latin For Beginners, Benjamin L. D’Ooge

Second Year Latin – Part 1 – Selections of Easy Latin, J.B. Greenough

Do you know of others? Do you use any of these in your teaching? Are you developing open access textbooks in any area of ancient world studies? Please respond by clicking the Comments button.

6 comments:

Robert CurtisSeptember 17, 2009 at 4:37 AM
This is a great notion, this blog. As is open access. I subscribe forthwith. Thanks, Bob Curtis
AnonymousMay 12, 2012 at 9:00 AM
This primer is not related to classical antiquity but nevertheless i think it worth to mention it here:
Introduction to Maya Hieroglyphs - Workshop Handbook (aavailable in English, Spanish, Polish, French, Danish and Slovak):
http://www.wayeb.org/resourceslinks/wayeb_workbook.php
Alan LenziMay 13, 2012 at 12:12 AM
Reading Akkadian Hymns and Prayers: An Introduction, ed. Alan Lenzi

http://www.sbl-site.org/assets/pdfs/9781589835962.pdf

It doesn't teach Akkadian, but it does help with rapid reading of 29 selected prayers and hymns.
HelmaMay 14, 2012 at 2:29 PM
I would urge caution - the number of errors in a text devoted to Classical Greek is impressive. An online Greek course by Dora Pozzi is available at http://www.class.uh.edu/MCL/faculty/pozzi/grnl1/intr/intr.0.1.0.htm
She has retired, but the site is up. The site is showing its age, and you have to re-do some links yourself, but it is a better guide for beginners in my opinion.
Chuck JonesMay 14, 2012 at 2:59 PM
Thanks to all three of you for your comments and addition. Helma's cautionary note is important, especially for students working independently.

I have also added a link to the Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs) pages at (http://www.carla.umn.edu/lctl/index.html) the University of Minnesota
AnonymousJune 3, 2012 at 4:50 PM
this is an excellent resource. thank you!