Seeing the world in Greek

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Stephen Hughes
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The first picture of the claw hammer is in the public domain. Copyright for the second picture of the ball peen is held by Jeffqyzt and is licensed under a CC 3.0 agreement. Copyright for the third picture of the sledge hammer is held by the National Guard and is licensed under a CC 3,0 agreement. Copyright for the fourth picture of the Klopfholz mit Beiteln is held by Janekpfeifer and has been licensed under a CC 3.0 agreement. Copyright for the fifth picture of chiseling is held by Vermont Timber Works Inc. and is licensed under a CC 3.0 agreement. The sixth picture of metal-working with a hammer is held by Matěj Baťha and is licensed by a CC 3.0 agreement. Copyright for the seventh picture of the mason's hammer is held by http://www.tOrange.us and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The eighth picture of stone-working is in the public domain.The copyright of ninth image of driving a nail belongs to Angie Six and is licensed under a CC BY-ND 2.0 agreement.
Γελᾷ δ' ὁ μωρός, κἄν τι μὴ γέλοιον ᾖ
(Menander, Γνῶμαι μονόστιχοι 108)
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Γελᾷ δ' ὁ μωρός, κἄν τι μὴ γέλοιον ᾖ
(Menander, Γνῶμαι μονόστιχοι 108)
Stephen Hughes
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  • λίθον τέμνειν
  • ἡ ὕλη ἡ τετμένη
  • τέμνειν μέταλλον
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Γελᾷ δ' ὁ μωρός, κἄν τι μὴ γέλοιον ᾖ
(Menander, Γνῶμαι μονόστιχοι 108)
Stephen Hughes
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μήλου καὶ πορτοκαλίου

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Γελᾷ δ' ὁ μωρός, κἄν τι μὴ γέλοιον ᾖ
(Menander, Γνῶμαι μονόστιχοι 108)
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Γελᾷ δ' ὁ μωρός, κἄν τι μὴ γέλοιον ᾖ
(Menander, Γνῶμαι μονόστιχοι 108)
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CulturaClassica is a website (Spanish language) that promotes living language approaches to learning Latin and Greek. Some of their members re-wrote Rouse’s “Greek Boy.” The book came out a year ago and is sold for 16 Euro. I’m thinking of ordering it. The preview pages show some truly wonderful artwork done specially for the book. It looks like they’ve simplified the story a bit, a good thing. Connected to this book is a wikispaces spot for developing materials connected to the book. Each lesson has a link on this page. http://alexandros-thp.wikispaces.com/
There are some nice images there, like this one:
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Paul D. Nitz - Lilongwe Malawi
Stephen Hughes
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That looks like a wonderful resource.

The image that is given for ἀσκός in the Grecian house gives preeminence to function over form.
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Γελᾷ δ' ὁ μωρός, κἄν τι μὴ γέλοιον ᾖ
(Menander, Γνῶμαι μονόστιχοι 108)
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Γελᾷ δ' ὁ μωρός, κἄν τι μὴ γέλοιον ᾖ
(Menander, Γνῶμαι μονόστιχοι 108)
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Γελᾷ δ' ὁ μωρός, κἄν τι μὴ γέλοιον ᾖ
(Menander, Γνῶμαι μονόστιχοι 108)
Stephen Hughes
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ἱστὸν αἴρεσθαι (στήσασθαι ἱστόν) / ἱστὸν καθαιρεῖν

Γελᾷ δ' ὁ μωρός, κἄν τι μὴ γέλοιον ᾖ
(Menander, Γνῶμαι μονόστιχοι 108)
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