News of Learning Greek

On page 257 of Thraymachus the sentence, "au)to\j te/tartoj h]lqen." is translated as, "he came with three others".

Shouldn't that sentence mean, "he came fourth"?








EDIT: Spelling

o(i pa/lai sofoi\ ou)k apoqnh/skousin a)lla\ paideusin a)ei/


First of all, did the above go through and, if so, does the translation read:


The wise ones of long ago have not died but they always teach.


I should say that I am using a book called Ancient Greek: A New Approach
by Carl A.P. Ruck. The book has no answer key and no attribution is given for the above sentence, though it occurs in a ...

... but now I am not so sure :cry:. I do not have my own computer
so I am wondering if I can download the Greek font we are supposed to use at places like a library or at work and then simply delete it when I am finished. When and if I download the font or whatever the proper term is, will it ...

I'm hoping someone can explain what this German symbol is doing on my Greek words. :P

i.e.
What do these two dots mean: i5 ?

And what are they called?

Hi,

I'm not sure about the following:

ta\ bibli/a ta\ para\ tw=n ce/nwn e)pai/deue tou\s e)n th=| a)gora=| a)nqrw/pouj, tou\s (Omh/rou fi/louj.

Is it "The books, the ones from the strangers, educated the men in the marketplace, the friends of Homer."


Thanks

I wonder, is there a rule that tells when to use krasis, when to elide the final vowel, and when to leave hiatus? (I mean in prose, in verse it is dictated by the metrum)

For a contrast to the political and missionary zeal on the open board, I offer two poems about being overcome by passion of a different sort.

Ibycus 287, the one where he says, and I tremble at his approach // like a yoke-worn, prize-winning horse nearing old age // unwillingly goes to contest with swift chariot. This might even be a complete poem.

Sappho 31, he seems to me, that man, as lucky as the ...

Hi All,

I did some shopping today and came up with 6/7ths of the Jebb Sophocles (I already owned the 7th) along with all 3 volumes of Eduard Fraenkel's Agamemnon.

Happily,

Paul

Could someone check these English to Greek sentences, please.
The topics for this unit are:
a. alpha and epsilon contracted verbs
b. demonstratives
c. subjective and objective genitive
d. dative of manner and respect

1. Friend, may you not, honoured by those unjust young men, do bad things to these short old men.

ei) ga/r, w)= fi/le, u(po\ e)kei/nwn tw=n neaniw=n tw=n a)di/kwn timw/menoj kaka\ tou/sde tou\j mikrou\j ge/rontaj mh\ poih/saij.

2. It ...

Hello

I try slowly but with success to learn ancient greek.

By writing the greek letters, I asked myself if there is any
difference between greek letters typed and handwritten.

And any idea about connectin the single letter like in latin letters.

any suggestions are welcome.

thanx
asterix