Worth a laugh, I think:
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringo ... -says.html
What the Greek REALLY Says
What the Greek REALLY Says
οὔτοι ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς πάντα θεοὶ θνητοῖς ὑπέδειξαν,
ἀλλὰ χρόνῳ ζητέοντες ἐφευρίσκουσιν ἄμεινον. (Xenophanes, Fragment 16)
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
ἀλλὰ χρόνῳ ζητέοντες ἐφευρίσκουσιν ἄμεινον. (Xenophanes, Fragment 16)
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
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Re: What the Greek REALLY Says
I've only ever met one person with 3 PhDs. This blogger is talking about people with 11!!!!
Frankly, after this many years, I am less sure what individual words "really mean", I have a less and less sure idea how the verbs function and have almost no idea about word-order.
Statements like this blogger is making inspire me to study calligraphy in the hope that it will aid my überstanding of the text.
Frankly, after this many years, I am less sure what individual words "really mean", I have a less and less sure idea how the verbs function and have almost no idea about word-order.
Statements like this blogger is making inspire me to study calligraphy in the hope that it will aid my überstanding of the text.
Γελᾷ δ' ὁ μωρός, κἄν τι μὴ γέλοιον ᾖ
(Menander, Γνῶμαι μονόστιχοι 108)
(Menander, Γνῶμαι μονόστιχοι 108)