Ch. 1: Greek Vowels
Inventory Number
P 6074
Image Number
2012.02.6645
Description
An Athenian vessel fragment incised with part of the Greek alphabet, as it appeared in the sixth century B.C.
Bibliography
Papadopoulos et al (2007), p. 166, fig. 148A.
AgoraPicBk 14 (1974), fig. 1
Agora XXI, no. A 2, p. 7, pl. 1.
Ch. 2: Consonants
Inventory Number
P 32560 and P 32559
Image Number
2010.01.0320
Description
Ostraka of Xanthippos Arriphronos, father of Perikles, dated to ca. 484 B.C.
Bibliography
Camp and Mauzy (2009), p. 83, fig. 79.
Hesperia 68 (1999), p. 269, no. 21, figs. 18, 19.
Agora XXV, pp. 133-135.
Ch. 3: Polytonic Greek, Elision, Movable Nu
Inventory Number
I 6709
Image Number
2012.03.6184
Description
Altar of Zeus Phratrios and Athena Phratria. Late 4th c. B.C.
Bibliography
Museum Guide (2014), p. 25, fig. 11.
Hesperia 60 (1991), p. 246.
Travlos (1971), fig. 720.
Hesperia 7 (1938), pp. 616-617, figs. 4, 5.
Agora III, no. 112, p. 52.
Agora XVIII, no. V628.
Ch. 4: Introduction to the Greek Verb
Inventory Number
B 822
Image Number
2012.02.4710
Description
Bronze identification ticket (πινάκιον), inscribed with a potential juror’s name (Δημοφάνης), patronymic (Φιλ…), and deme (Κηφισιεύς). 4th c. B.C.
Bibliography
Museum Guide (2014), p. 140, fig. 77.
Mauzy (2006), p. 73, fig. 157.
AgoraPicBk 4 (2004), p. 23, fig. 26.
AgoraPicBk 23 (1994), p. 24, fig. 28.
Guide (1990), p. 247, fig. 151.
Guide (1976), p. 110.
Kroll (1972a), pp. 224-225, fig. 240, no. 130.
AgoraPicBk 4 (1960), fig. 22.
Archaeology 6 (1953), p. 143.
Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 216, pl. 71b.
Agora XIV, p. 53, pl. 39 e.
Agora XXVII, p. 61, pl. 7, no. P 2.
Ch. 5: Two Common Greek Verbs: Enclitics
Inventory Number
I 5510
Image Number
2008.18.0298
Description
Stele marking the boundary (ὅρος) of the Athenian Agora; ca. 500 B.C.
Bibliography
Museum Guide (2014), pp. 66-67, fig. 39.
Guide (2010), front cover, pp. 8, 55, fig. 26.
Hesperia 75 (2006), pp. 86-87, n. 9, p. 100, n. 69, p. 103, n. 79, p. 105.
Mauzy (2006), back cover.
Hesperia Suppl. 31 (2003), pp. 289-290, figs. 5.7, 5.8.
AgoraPicBk 23 (1994), p. 5, fig. 4.
Shear (1994), p. 245, no. 82.
Guide (1990), p. 58, pl. 26.
Camp (1986), pp. 48, 51.
Guide (1976), fig. 22.
Travlos (1971), fig. 21.
Hesperia 37 (1968), p. 63, fig. 9.
Guide (1962), pp. 57-58, pl. IVa.
AgoraPicBk 4 (1960), fig. 35.
Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), p. 107, no. 91.
Hesperia 8 (1939), p. 205, fig. 4.
ILN (9 July 1938), p. 58, fig. 11.
Agora III, no. 713, p. 218.
Agora XIV, p. 117, pl. 64a.
Agora XIX, no. H 25, p. 27, pl. 2.
Ch. 6: Four More Common Greek Verbs
Inventory Number
I 4120
Image Number
2012.02.4782
Description
A 5th c. B.C. fragment of a list of Athenian Archons. The names on this fragment held the position in the years 527/6 to 522/1 B.C.
Bibliography
Museum Guide (2014), p. 133.
Camp (1986), p. 42.
Guide (1976), p. 247, fig. 129.
AgoraPicBk 10 (1966), fig. 5.
Hesperia 32 (1963), pp. 187-205.
Guide (1962), pp. 162-163.
Phoenix 14 (1960), p. 27.
Hesperia Suppl. 8 (1949), p. 100.
Hesperia 8 (1939), p. 60, no. 21.
Agora III, no. 368, p. 120.
Ch. 7: The Greek Noun: Masculine
Inventory Number
P 22998
Image Number
2012.02.4519
Description
Material found at the house of Simon the cobbler in Athens, including the base of a cup inscribed with Simon’s name. 5th c. B.C.
Bibliography
Museum Guide (2014), pp. 142-143, fig. 81.
Guide (2010), p. 54. fig. 23.
AgoraPicBk 16 (2003), p. 18. fig. 26.
Guide (1990), p. 57, fig. 25.
Camp (1986), p. 146.
AgoraPicBk 17 (1978), fig. 13.
Guide (1976), p. 257.
Guide (1962), p. 170.
Archaeology 13 (1960), p. 238.
Hesperia 23 (1954), p. 54, noted.
Agora XIV, p. 174, pl. 88d.
Agora XXI, no. F 86, p. 36, pl. 14.
Ch. 9: The Greek Noun: Feminine and Neuter
Inventory Number
I 2843
Image Number
2008.16.0653
Description
Altar to Artemis; ca. 100 A.D.
Bibliography
Hesperia 10 (1941), p. 64, no. 30.
Agora III, no. 124, pp. 58-59.
Agora XVIII, no. V569.
Ch. 11: Conjunctions
Inventory Number
I 2843
Image Number
2008.16.0374
Description
Altar of Zeus Ombrios, ca. 100 A.D.
Bibliography
Hesperia 37 (1968), p. 291, no. 32, pl. 86
Hesperia 12 (1943), p. 72, no. 19.
Agora III, no. 386, p. 125.
Ch. 13: Pronouns
Inventory Number
I 5477
Image Number
2007.01.0948
Description
A decree of the Nomothetai, or law-givers, concerning the Lesser Panathenaia festival, ca. 335 B.C.
Bibliography
Hesperia 80 (2011), p. 283, n. 67.
Hesperia Suppl. 29 (1998), p. 31, no. 54.
Hesperia 65 (1996), p. 451, no. 14.
Tracy (1995), pp. 84, 86.
Hesperia 28 (1959), pp. 239-247, pl. 43.
Agora XIX, no. L 7, p. 184.
Agora XVI, no. 75, p. 114, pl. 7.
IG II-III3,1,2, 447a.
Ch. 14: More Pronouns
Inventory Number
I 7037
Image Number
2011.05.0085
Description
A columnar grave monument for a slave named Apollonios. Hellenistic or Roman period.
Bibliography
Grossman (1998), pp. 75, 76, nn. 8, 9, 15, fig. 3
AgoraPicBk 12 (1971), fig. 65.
Agora XVII, no. 718, p. 136, pl. 58.
Agora XXXV, no. 233, pl. 74.
IG II2, no. 10730.
Ch. 16: Prepositions and Prefixes
Inventory Number
I 28
Image Number
2007.01.0827
Description
The plinth for a bust, now missing, inscribed as a dedication by Kittos. 4th c. B.C.
Bibliography
Hesperia 74 (2005), p. 420, fig. 11.
Hesperia 3 (1934), p. 66, no. 59
Agora XVIII, no. V637.
Ch. 18: Introduction to Omega Verbs
Inventory Number
I 3845
Image Number
2011.05.0110
Description
Grave monument for Athenokles, 4th c. B.C.
Bibliography
Clairmont (1993), no. 1.193.
Guide (1976), p. 300.
AgoraPicBk 10 (1966), fig. 34.
Guide (1962), p. 192.
Peek (1955), no. 344.
ILN (18 July 1936).
Agora XVII, no. 697, p. 133.
Agora XXXV, no. 78, pl. 23.
IG II2, no. 10593.
Ch. 20: The Future Tense
Inventory Number
I 5147
Image Number
2012.26.0325
Description
A decree concerning relations with Aphytis, a city in Chalkidike. 426/5 B.C. The decree was later re-used in the Byzantine period as threshold for a door.
Bibliography
Hesperia 63 (1994), p. 172.
Hesperia 13 (1944), p. 211, no. 2.
Agora XVI, no. 15, p. 18.
IG I3, no. 62.
Ch. 22: The Future Tense: Consonant Stems
Inventory Number
I 4712
Image Number
2009.04.0242
Description
Base for a statue made by the renowned 4th c. B.C. sculptor Praxiteles. The inscription dates to ca. 50 B.C.-50 A.D. The base was later incorporated into the Post-Herulian Wall, a late Roman wall that was hastily built to fend off invaders. The base remains in this wall today.
Bibliography
Hesperia 12 (1943), p. 55, no. 13.
Agora XVIII, no. H352, pl. 33.
Agora XXIV, p. 130.
IG2, no. 3886.
Ch. 25: Contract Verbs
Inventory Number
I 6886
Image Number
2009.04.0459
Description
Fragment of a dedicatory inscription of the late 4th or 5th c. A.D. Two sets of smaller letters (ΤΩΝ and ΡΑ) can be found between lines 1 and 2. These are corrections to the original inscription.
Bibliography
Agora XVIII, no. X760, pl. 77.
Ch. 26: Contract Futures
Inventory Number
I 1060
Image Number
2009.04.0063
Description
A dedication of a stairway, ἄνοδον, during the reign of the Roman emperor Publius Septimius Geta Caesar, ca. 200 A.D.
Bibliography
Agora XVIII, no. C223, pl. 20.
Ch. 28: Third Declension Nouns: Stems in -ρ and -εσ
Inventory Number
I 5620
Image Number
2009.04.0321
Description
Fragment of a dedicatory inscription, later re-used as a doorsill. Note the footwear on the left side of the stone. 1st c. A.D.
Bibliography
Agora XVIII, no. H494, pl. 50.
IG II2, no. 4116.
Ch. 28: Third Declension Nouns: Stems in -ι and -υ
Inventory Number
I 5041
Image Number
2011.05.0052
Description
Funeral lekythos with relief. Above the seated figure is the inscription: ΠΕΙΘΙΣ. 4th c. B.C.
Bibliography
AM 85 (1970), p. 84, no. 160, pl. 27.
Schmaltz (1970), no. A 155.
Hesperia 29 (1960), p. 84, no. 160, pl. 27.
Agora XVII, no. 954, p. 168.
Agora XXXV, no. 164, pl. 50.
Ch. 32: First Declension Nouns
Inventory Number
I 5301
Image Number
2009.04.0289
Description
Marble base for a bronze statue. The inscription honors a young woman, who received crowns for her service as a hearth initiate, and for leading the processions at important festivals for Apollo and Athena. 2nd c. B.C.
Bibliography
Agora XVIII, no. H333, pl. 31.
Ch. 32: First Declension Nouns
Inventory Number
I 5301
Image Number
2009.04.0289
Description
Marble base for a bronze statue. The inscription honors a young woman, who received crowns for her service as a hearth initiate, and for leading the processions at important festivals for Apollo and Athena. 2nd c. B.C.
Bibliography
Agora XVIII, no. H333, pl. 31.
Ch. 33: Second Declension Nouns
Inventory Number
I 4869
Image Number
2012.02.4572
Description
Marble basin fragment, written in the Attic alphabet, ca. 500 B.C. The rim is inscribed with part of an inscription reading: “of the Bouleuterion.”
Bibliography
Museum Guide (2014), p. 148.
Shear (1994), p. 236, no. 52, fig. 11.
Guide (1976), p. 253.
Ginouvès (1962), p. 307, no. 5.
Guide (1962), p. 167.
Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), p. 143, fig. 102a.
Agora III, no. 605, pp. 182-183.
Agora XIV, p. 30, pl. 30d.
Agora XVIII, no. A25.
Ch. 35: The Middle Voice
Inventory Number
I 5459
Image Number
2011.05.0060
Description
Fragment of a funerary lekythos. Names are inscribed above the heads of the three figures: Τιμοκράτης, Κλεόμαχος, Τιμοκράτης.
Bibliography
Museum Guide (2014), pp. 26-27, fig. 14.
Schmaltz (1970), no. A 214.
Hesperia 30 (1961), p. 276, no. 124, pl. 55.
Agora XVII, no. 994, p. 174.
Agora XXXV, no. 182, pl. 57.
Ch. 36: More Middle Voice: Middle Futures
Inventory Number
I 4804
Image Number
2010.08.0067
Description
Fragment of an altar to Zeus Ombrios, the top of which was cut away for later re-use. Julio-Claudian period.
Bibliography
Hesperia 12 (1943), p. 73, no. 21.
Agora III, no. 386, pp. 124-125.
Agora XVIII, no. V626.
Ch. 39: Personal and Reflexive Pronouns
Inventory Number
I 2090
Image Number
2008.16.0698
Description
Grave monument for a daughter of someone named Alexandros, from Phaleron. Roman period.
Bibliography
Hesperia 17 (1948), p. 50, no. 54.
Agora XVII, no. 325, p. 81.
Ch. 40: Pronouns Concluded
Inventory Number
SS 1024
Image Number
2013.13.1140
Description
Stamped Rhodian amphora handle, with head of Helios. Hellenistic Period.
Bibliography
Hesperia 3 (1934), p. 221, no. 19.
Ch. 42: Infinitives and Indirect Statement
Inventory Number
I 3542
Image Number
2014.04.0125
Description
Inscribed fragment of a Herm. Head is missing, but traces of a beard and philosopher’s cloak remain. Two epigrams are inscribed in honor of Iamblichos, a philosopher and benefactor of Athens. 4th c. A.D.
Bibliography
Sironen (1997), p. 72, no. 15.
Hesperia 23 (1954), p. 64, pl. 9.
Agora XVIII, no. H395.
Ch. 45: The Imperfect Tense
Inventory Number
SS 1024
Image Number
2013.13.1140
Description
Stamped handle of Rhodian amphora, detailing the year (Ἐπὶ Κλειτομάχου) and month (Βαδρομίου) that the vessel was made. Hellenistic Period.
Bibliography
Hesperia 3 (1934), p. 221, no. 19.
Ch. 48: Adjectives: Part I
Inventory Number
I 7262
Image Number
2014.04.0410
Description
A dedicatory plaque from the cave of Apollo on the north slope of the Acropolis.
Bibliography
Unpublished
Ch. 49: Adjectives: Part II
Inventory Number
I 4294
Image Number
2007.11.1043
Description
A small votive plaque to Zeus Hypsistos. Cylinders at center are likely legs. 2nd c. A.D.
Bibliography
Hesperia 29 (1960), p. 63, no. 107, pl. 20.
Agora XVIII, no. V619.
Ch. 52: The Aorist Tense
Inventory Number
I 6628
Image Number
2000.02.0498
Description
Marble base for a statue of the personification of the Iliad. Likely stood in the Library of Pantainos. c. A.D. 100.
Bibliography
Museum Guide (2014), p. 36.
Braund and Wilkins (2000), pl. 4.
Travlos (1971), fig. 310.
Hesperia 23 (1954), pp. 62, 317 ff., pl. 14c.
Archaeology 6 (1953), p. 145.
Agora III, no. 464, p. 150.
Agora XVIII, no. C29.
Ch. 52: The Aorist Continued
Inventory Number
PD 2413
Image Number
2000.02.0498
Description
Plan for the base and statue of the personification of the Iliad. Likely stood in the Library of Pantainos. c. A.D. 100.
Bibliography
Museum Guide (2014), p. 36.
Braund and Wilkins (2000), pl. 4.
Travlos (1971), fig. 310.
Hesperia 23 (1954), pp. 62, 317 ff., pl. 14c.
Archaeology 6 (1953), p. 145.
Agora III, no. 464, p. 150.
Agora XVIII, no. C29.
Ch. 56: Adverbs and Numbers
Inventory Number
I 236
Image Number
2008.19.0025
Description
Fragment of the record of the sale of property confiscated from those who profaned the Mysteries and mutilated Herms. 414/3 B.C.
Bibliography
AgoraPicBk 4 (2004), p. 15, fig. 17.
Ch. 58: The Middle Voice: Imperfect
Inventory Number
I 4568
Image Number
2008.01.0133
Description
Statue base for Archippe, set up by her mother possibly at the Eleusinion. 4th c. B.C.
Bibliography
Hesperia 58 (1989), p. 85.
Hesperia 29 (1960), p. 37, no. 46.
Hesperia 7 (1938), pp. 329-330.
Agora XVIII, no. H325.
Agora XXXI, no. 10, p. 189, pl. 27.
Ch. 59: The Middle Voice: Aorist
Inventory Number
I 4446
Image Number
2012.51.1034
Description
An inscription of Athenian councillors. 2nd c. B.C.
Bibliography
Hesperia 11 (1942), p. 31.
Agora XV, no. 381, p. 278.
Ch. 62: Comparative and Superlative
Inventory Number
I 6603
Image Number
2011.05.0076
Description
A marble leykythos, inscribed with a name above the left figure. 4th c. B.C.
Bibliography
Hesperia 32 (1963), p. 51, no. 81, pl. 18.
Agora XVII, no. 975, p. 171.
Agora XXXV, no. 170, pl. 53.
Ch. 65: Participles: Present and Future Active
Inventory Number
I 7618
Image Number
2008.05.0019
Description
A garlanded boukranion (ox skull) is on the preserved corner of what is likely an altar or base; worn traces of an inscription can be seen above the molding. Date unknown.
Bibliography
Unpublished
Ch. 66: Participles: Aorist Active, Middle, and Passive
Inventory Number
I 5968
Image Number
2013.04.9211
Description
A dedicatory plaque, likely to ΗΡΩΙ ΙΑΤΡΩΙ, the Hero Physician. 3rd-2nd c. B.C.
Bibliography
Hesperia 17 (1948), p. 39, no. 26.
Agora III, no. 347, p. 115.
Agora XVIII, no. V602.
Ch. 67: Participles: Use and Function
Inventory Number
I 774
Image Number
2011.05.0008
Description
A bilingual (Latin and Greek) grave monument. 1st c. A.D.
Bibliography
Museum Guide (2014), p. 25, fig. 10.
Hesperia 32 (1963), p. 87, pl. 31.
Hesperia 10 (1941), p. 243, no. 43.
Agora XVII, no. 1056, p. 187.
Agora XXXV, no. 385, pls. 126, 127.
Ch. 70: Vocative and Imperative
Inventory Number
I 63
Image Number
2009.04.0248
Description
Miniature votive altar dedicated to the goddess Nemesis. 3rd c. A.D.
Bibliography
Hesperia 12 (1943), p. 87, no. 26.
Hesperia 3 (1934), p. 77.
Agora XVIII, no. V608, pl. 60.
Ch. 73: The Perfect System: Part I
Inventory Number
I 5868
Image Number
2009.04.0349
Description
Fragment of a three-sided tripod base, possibly a Roman choregic monument. 1st-2nd c. A.D.
Bibliography
Agora XVIII, no. C189, pl. 14.
Agora XXXV, no. 384, pl. 125.
Ch. 74: The Perfect System: Part II
Inventory Number
I 7167
Image Number
2010.01.0360
Description
Fragment of sculpted monument commemorating a tribal victory in the ἀνθιππασία (team cavalry display) at the Panathenaic games. On the back is the inscription ΛΕΟΝΤΙΣ ΕΝΙΚΑ, “the Leontis tribe won.” ca. 400 B.C.
Bibliography
Museum Guide (2014), pp. 32, 46-48, fig. 28.
Camp and Mauzy (2009), p. 31, fig. 31.
AgoraPicBk 24 (1998), p. 29, figs. 41, 42.
Guide (1990), p. 204, fig. 132.
AM-BH 13 (1989), pl. 212.
Camp (1986), pp. 2, 121.
Hesperia 47 (1978), p. 194.
Guide (1976), p. 198, fig. 101.
Hesperia 40 (1971), p. 271, pl. 57c.
Agora XIV, p. 95, n. 72.
Ch. 75: The Perfect System: Pluperfect
Inventory Number
P 109
Image Number
2007.01.1515
Description
Fragment of a Panathenaic Amphora with an inscribed pedestal for a figure. 3rd c. B.C.
Bibliography
Hesperia 26 (1957), p. 343, no. 27, pl. 82.
Peters (1942), p. 7.
Hesperia 5 (1936), p. 56, fig. 10.
Ch. 78: Particles; Adverbs; Defective Verbs
Inventory Number
I 5499
Image Number
2012.27.0084 (8-209)
Description
A polished or worn field stone used as a weight measuring διστά(τερον), or two staters. ca. 500 B.C. Athenian Agora Excavations.
Bibliography
Agora X, no. SW 16, p. 37, pl. 12.
Ch. 81: The Subjunctive Mood
Inventory Number
I 7396
Image Number
2007.01.1515
Description
Inscribed votive stele for the hero Kallistephanos, with a scene from the workshop of a cobbler, Dionysios. 4th c. B.C.
Bibliography
Museum Guide (2014), pp. 58, 60, fig. 37.
Hesperia 81 (2012), p. 476.
Hesperia 64 (1995), p. 124, no. 12.
AgoraPicBk 23 (1994), p. 11, fig. 14.
Guide (1990), p. 212, fig. 134.
Camp (1986), p. 147.
AgoraPicBk 19 (1980), p. 28, fig. 56.
Guide (1976), p. 208, fig. 107.
AJA 77 (1973), fig. 209.
Ch. 82: The Optative Mood
Inventory Number
I 7154
Image Number
2010.01.0273
Description
Relief of the Cave of Pan (north slope of the Acropolis), showing divinities gathered at a rustic altar for the birth of a baby (Dionysus or Ion?). The bottom of the relief is inscribed with the name of the dedicator: Neoptolemos, son of Antikles, of the deme Melite. ca.330 B.C.
Bibliography
Museum Guide (2014), pp. 43-44, 93, fig. 44.
AgoraPicBk 27 (2006), p. 50, fig. 53.
Ajootian (2005), p. 247, fig. 26.
Baumer (1997), pp. 70, 78, 82, 87, 113-114, 135, pl. 25.1.
Güntner (1994), p. 128, no. A 54, pl. 12.2.
Guide (1990), p. 201, fig. 131.
AM-BH 13 (1989), pp. 158, 199, 214, 240.
Camp (1986), p. 205.
Texte et Images (1984), pp. 59-60, pl. XVII, figs. 1, 2.
AgoraPicBk 19 (1980), title page.
Palagia (1980), pl. 67.
Neumann (1979), pl. 31a.
Guide (1976), p. 193, fig. 100.
Hesperia 42 (1973), pp. 168-170, pl. 35.
OpRom IX (1973), pp. 183-191.
ArchDelt 19 (1964).
Agora XXIV, p. 20, n. 215.
