The Loeb Greek texts of the Apostolic Fathers (Clement, Ignatius, Polycarp, et al) are online. As Chris Culver of Nephelokokkygia, from whom I take the link, says:
This collection is, I feel, among the best introductions to Koine Greek for students. Sure, the New Testament might be the most famous work in that dialect, but it makes a poor challenge because most people already have the translation of so many passages lurking in their subconscious. The Septuagint is full of idiosyncratic Hebraisms which are often quite charming but not the best representative of the majority of Koine texts. The epistles of Polycarp, Ignatius, and Clement, on the other hand, are unfamiliar works to the average student, and their prose is relatively free of solecisms.
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