[b-greek] Re: Jim Morrison

From: Paul Schmehl (p.l.schmehl@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Tue Jul 03 2001 - 16:27:34 EDT


According to this web page: http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/chas/chas.html

KATA TON DAIMONA EAUTOU ["He did his own thing."] -- Epitaph of James
Douglas Morrison, 1943-1971, Cimitière du Père Lachaise, Paris

Paul Schmehl pauls@utdallas.edu
p.l.schmehl@worldnet.att.net
http://www.utdallas.edu/~pauls/

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wieland Willker" <willker@chemie.uni-bremen.de>
To: "Biblical Greek" <b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 2:25 PM
Subject: [b-greek] Jim Morrison


> Today 30 years ago Jim Morrison died in Paris. They had an image of his
grave in our
> newspaper. Interestingly on the stone below his name and dates it reads:
> KATA TON ??ONA EAUTOU
> I could not figure out the middle word. I think it means KATA TON DAIMONA
EAUTOU?
> Why Greek? The forms are strange to me. Anyone knows more?
>
> Best wishes
> Wieland
> <><
> ------------------------
> Wieland Willker, Bremen, Germany
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