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RE: Meaning of case
- To: B-Greek list <b-greek-digest@virginia.edu>
- Subject: RE: Meaning of case
- From: Clayton Bartholomew <c.s.bartholomew@worldnet.att.net>
- Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 19:18:03 +0000
- CC: kdlitwak@concentric.net
- Organization: AT&T
Ken Litwak Wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
I've basically thrown up my hands in despair at applying the rules or
grammatical categories I know because just as soon as I do that some
author goes WAY WAY WAY outside the lines and uses the cases however he
felt like. I'm no classicist, I admit, but this is what I've observed
what I've translated so far in situations where there really isn't an
alternative. The author is not using the case in a recognized way. That
either means the person is using bad grammar or we don't know the rules
classical authors worked by. Any other hypotheses?
>>>>>>>>>
I think Ken is on to something here.
I remember a few years ago when I was translating the Apocalypse of John
reading in the commentaries and grammars that the Apocalypse was a
grammatical nightmare, full of impossible constructions and syntactical
barbarisms. But when Richmond Lattimore, a Homeric scholar, translated
it he didn't find it hard to read. Wonder why?
Clay Bartholomew
Three Tree Point
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