News of Learning Greek

Is there anyone interested in an intensive reading group? I have yet to read Attic prose of any length, and the recent find of the green-n-yellow of Plato's (we'll assume it's his) Alcibiades at a used bookstore has me feeling inspiried.

I'm not so fond of Plato's thought that I want to linger over every line, and I'd like to cover at least two pages of the g-n-y a week when it's Socrates hogging the ...

Fellow members: I have a problem I'm REALLY concerned about. I have studied Greek off-and -on for about 10 years (I have a B.A. in Classics), & I am now tutoring Greek a little, while completing the language teacher cert. program-and I STILL have to look up fairly common Greek verb-forms (I mean simple indicatives, & also forms of eimi-"to be")!! Is this normal? I can't help but wonder what's wrong-after all I 've seen ...

Hi,

I plan to study Attic through a first semester intermediate level, for my BA requirements. I plan to finish Chase and Phillips then take a distance class on Attic next spring. However I am also thinking of a backup plan with Koine. Say I finish that year of Attic, but I cannot find that 201 class. Would I be able to take a 201 Koine class in the spring and pass (there are always ...

Hello,

I was perusing a copy of Harry Potter in Ancient Greek, lamenting the time it'll take for me to be fluent enough to read it when it dawned upon me. How much modern work is there for the Homeric and Attic dialects of greek? I'm talking stuff like horror, fiction, et al.

It might be very difficult to have modern time works due to vocabulary, but the person who translated Harry Potter invented a ...

Hi, I'm working through Chase and Phillips, Chapter 9.

Concerning the comparative adjective between two members: is this always with the neuter ending -ion? If not, when is the masculine and feminine -iwn used?

For example: demokratia kreitton turannidos. Democracy is stronger than tyranny.

Thanks.

Hi all,

Has anyone ever tried to read the Greek from the Rosetta Stone? If you have, what dialect of Greek is used?

Thanks,
Deccius

Hi all,

Are the accents on the following sentences correct? (these are from Athenaze)

o9 autourgo\v badi/ei pro\v to\n a0gron.

The farmer walks to the field.

mi8krov e0stin o9 oi]ko/v.

The house is small.

o9 Dikaio/poliv e0stin au0tourgo/v. (to represent the indefinite article do you just omit the definite article?)

Dicaeopolis is a farmer.

o9 a0/nqrwpov fe/rei o9 makro/n li/qo/n.

The man carries the big stone.

Also, do you use ou9/twv or ou9/tw before consonants? ...

How would it look? Thanks. Also, I utilize MS Word 'symbols' to type out ancient greek, is that what others use?

Someone can shoot me an e-mail w/ an MS Word attachment at ardentphilosopher@gmail.com

Thanks.

I mean, how to form a noun's five cases. Is there any rules for that? :oops:

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