Ancient Greek app for iPhone and iPad

4.2 ( 8592 ratings )

Reference Education
Developer: Paul Hudson

4.99 USD

Current version: 2.0, last update: 5 years ago
First release : 14 Feb 2012
App size: 177.84 Mb

From the makers of "SPQR" - the App Stores most advanced app for Latin students and teachers - comes an unmissable addition to every Greek scholars iPhone and iPad! This app combines a searchable copy of the LSJ with a huge library of works in Greek and English to make the ultimate app for Greek students and teachers everywhere.

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Here are just some of the features:
- Full, fast and searchable copy of the Liddell, Scott & Jones Greek-English lexicon - it searches all 116,000 definitions as you type, showing either short definitions or full definitions along with citations.

- Search in Beta Code, natural language or using the Greek keyboard - or enable reverse search to turn the LSJ into an elementary English-to-Greek lexicon, backed up by all the copious referencing and detailed usages that the LSJ offers.

- Full copies of classic texts in their original Greek, grouped either by author or genre, including:
- The Iliad and the Odyssey (English copies included!)
- Economics, Metaphysics, Politics, and Rhetoric by Aristotle (English copies included!)
- Laws and The Republic by Plato (English copies included!)
- The Histories by Herodotus (English copy included!)
- Agamemnon, Prometheus Bound, Seven Against Thebes, The Eumenides, The Libation Bearers, The Persians and The Suppliants by Aeschylus (English copies included!)
- Ajax, Antigone, Electra, Oedipus at Colonus, Oedipus the King, Philoctetes and The Trachiniae by Sophocles
- Anabasis, Cyropaedia, Hellenica and Memorabilia by Xenophon
- Plus Aristophanes, Euclid, Euripides, Hesiod and more!

* INSTANT TRANSLATION *
- Many works were broken up by their authors into small sections, and weve used that to present to you for the first time ever section-by-section Greek to English translations. That means you can be reading Herodotuss original Greek descriptions of the Persian empire, then tap a button and jump to an English translation exactly where you left off.
- All those texts above marked as having an English translation make use of this instant translation feature - its really cool to use, and you can flip back and forwards as often as you want, allowing you to check your translation as you read.
- Finally you can dive into Greek texts without fear, and without splashing out on expensive Loeb Classics books.
- Plus: if you see a Greek word youre not sure about, tap on it to perform a quick look up in the dictionary.

- Many works include a "word cloud" that show you all the top words in that book according to their frequency - its a beautiful way to explore a books themes at a glance.

- Ancient Greek also includes dozens of timeless quotes from the classical thinkers - just tap to see more!

Pros and cons of Ancient Greek app for iPhone and iPad

Ancient Greek app good for

I use this app for the complete searchable LSJ, and inside the dictionary, I use it for the reverse English-Greek lookup. This feature alone makes it worth the price. A caution to the user - it wont give you EVERY word in the dictionary that could possibly be translated by your term in English; it only looks for the first English translation of each word. Still, this is invaluable, and this is the only app Ive found that has this function. A minor but persistent irritant: the final sigma, which should look like this - ς - is shown in this app as identical to an interstitial sigma - σ . Minor, but it gets to me. Id give this app 5 stars otherwise. However, its still highly usable, and useful, and presumably this will be corrected in a future release.

This a great app, it speeds my work a lot, browsing the dictionary is now a lot faster and more comfortable than a paper version.

Must have for greek scholars. I hope it evolves towards inside-lemma text search, and ever more authors and masterpieces. Dont let our expectations down!

This app is very precise and so useful. It is definitely a good deal. Thank you thank you thank you!

Some bad moments

This is nothing like I expected, and useless for anything for which I wish to use it. Id like my money back.

This is a good app. But PLEASE fix the final sigmas so they display correctly!

Nicely done, with a good selection of authors and works, but PLEASE fix the final sigmas so they display properly!

I see in this app what I first saw when I came across SPQR. As authors and features are added, it is sure to shine bright and become a part of every Classics students app list. To the author: Id really like to see a "Learn" feature added before any other. Perhaps Pharrs intro to Homeric Greek would be a good place to start. Im sure there are good texts for later Greek in the public domain as well. Please add more English translations as soon as possible as well, especially for Aristotle. Looking forward to the development of this app!

This app, just like the SPQR Latin app, is a benchmark for taking advantage of the iOS platform for learning classical Languages. Its endlessly absorbing and completely cost-effective. Unlike its sister SPQR app, it has no learning textbooks/grammars included. I imagine theyll eventually be added, and then itll be the only one-stop shopping Classical Greek learning app available! Awesome stuff---keep it coming.

This app has many complete books in greek. More than I thought when I bought it. Plus it has a dictionary, plus many of the works have an English translation button. If youre learning Ancient Greek you will not be disappointed.

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