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The idea for this reader germinated decades ago when I was an undergraduate learning Ancient Greek under the patient tutelage of Dr. Carol Andreini (now at the University of Mary in North Dakota) and with the textbook by Chase and Phillips. At the time, I wished for more practice reading Greek, as Chase and Phillips provides only a few sentences with each lesson. A supplementary reader also seemed to me appropriate for the introductory Latin textbook by Wheelock. By the time I finished my undergraduate degree, I was delighted to see that Anne Groton and James May’s Thirty-Eight Latin Stories, designed to accompany Wheelock’s Latin grammar, had been published. As I taught Latin at various levels, that reader (now in its sixth edition) was a handy tool for the students’ acquisition of the ancient language. By the time I was in graduate school at the University of Mississippi I had been exposed to many more primary Latin and Greek textbooks and grammars. But many of the Greek introductory texts lacked an accompanying reader. So I proposed to write a thesis that would bring together a variety of readings for different introductory Greek grammars. My mentor and thesis director, Dr. Frank Russell (now at Transylvania University in Kentucky) was open to the idea. So this present work is derived in part from my M.A. thesis. After completing the thesis I moved on to other projects and scarcely gave it another thought. Only recently, upon meeting the good people at Wipf and Stock, was there momentum to publish a reader focused squarely on accompanying Chase and Phillips. My only regret is the delay of two decades due to my own inattention in bringing this project to fruition. It is hoped that this reader will aid the first year student of Greek who is fortunate to be learning with Chase and Phillips. May that student also have an instructor as patient as Dr. Andreini and as encouraging as Dr. Russell.