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I understand that learning Greek on my own will be hard, but I am prepared to spend the time needed to learn it. The main reason I am having to learn on my own is a lack of money and a lack of patience. The only place I'll be able to learn Greek with a teacher is when I'm in college. I can't afford to do a distance course. Also, the reason I wanted to know of any books which contain only the original Greek was that I didn't want the temptation of looking across the page to translate. Also, by commentaries, I meant an explaination of grammatical points in the text, as in common in many Latin texts. Thank you for your time.

I'm using Introduction to Attic Greek by Donald Mastronarde and Philosophical Greek by Francis Fobes to teach myself. I really recommend Mastronarde's book for anyone who either wants to learn Greek. The Philosophical Greek book is weak in the explainations of grammatical points. I've only recently started learning Greek, and I was wondering if anyone here had any advice about learning Greek on my own. Also, I have had the hardest time finding books in Ancient Greek. I can find books with an English translation of the Greek on the facing page (Loeb Series), but I would really like to find books, particularly by Aristotle, in Greek and with a commentary at the end. Thanks.