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Taylor book 1 attempting to escape fate

Having completed the first volume of Taylor's Greek to GCSE
I thought, as an exercise, I'd try writing a short story using just the grammar and the
core vocabulary of that book. This is the result.

ὁ γέρων ἐξ ἱεροῦ ἐλθών, εἶπε τῷ ἄρχοντι,
-ἐν ὕπνῳ εἶδον κίνδυνον. οἴσει ἐπιστολήν ἅγγελος ἐκ τῆς νήσου τῆς μακράς τεσσάρων ἡμερῶν. ὁ ἅγγελος σέ ἀποκτενεῖ.
ἦλθε μιᾷ ἡμετέρᾳ ἄγγελός ἐκ τῆς ...

Where have you been
Cause I never see you out...
Are you hiding from me...?

Where have you been,
All my life, all my life
Where have you been, all my life
Where have you been, all my life
Where have you been, all my life
Where have you been, all my life?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJc8lLP8geg

ποῦ ἦς σύ, παρούσης μοῦ?

De Duobus Bubus et Leone

Quaerens sibi lautas epulas, conspexit leo
duos iuvencos atque in hos propere impetum
facit, sed illi mox coniunctis viribus
medios ne inruere in ipsos potuisset leo
graviter rudenti obiciunt cornua quattuor
itaque ut taurorum viribus se comperit
minorem, diris coepit agere fraudibus
leo et boum sic est locutus ad alterum:
«Tuum si aufugere properans comitem deseris
hodie profecto sospitem te hinc auferes».
Leo qua fraude victor continuo bovem
utrumque caedit ...

Latin terms for weather, geography, plants, etc.
I will post this in a few places as there seems not to be too much activity in some of the boards.

I am working on composing a text that is very descriptive in terms of geography, water features, woodlands, hills, passes, valleys, plants, trees, flowers, weather, and the natural world in general.

I am working on compiling a database of terms in a variety of such categories. ...

I have made this new thread as a place where I will post more leveled readings as I write them. I hope others will also post their own leveled readings of any Ancient Greek texts here.

Below I rewrite the book of Philemon, “leveling” the text by using only the 200 most common words in the Greek New Testament, that is words that occur 85x or more. I also simplify the word order and syntax so that a beginner can read the text with some ease.


LEVELED: 1 Παῦλος δοῦλος Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ καὶ Τιμόθεος ὁ ἀδελφὸς τῷ Φιλήμονι τῷ ἀγαθῷ μαθητῇ ἡμῶν2 καὶ Ἀπφίᾳ τῇ ἀδελφῇ καὶ Ἀρχίππῳ τῷ ἀδελφῷ ἡμῶν ...

Below I rewrite Mark 1 in two basic graded or “leveled” readings. The first level uses only the grammar and vocabulary found in the first 11 chapters of Clayton Croy’s “A Primer of Biblical Greek.” The second level uses only what is given through Croy chapter 26. (FYI: The vocabulary and chapter arrangement of Croy is very close to Machen’s “New Testament Greek for Beginners.”)

CROY 11: 1. τὸ βιβλίον τοῦ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ υἱοῦ ...

Salvete omnes,

The following is an excerpt from a translation I’ve been working on of J.R.R. Toklien’s “Battle of Unnumbered Tears” (viz. chapter 20 of “The Silmarillion”, 2nd ed., specifically pages 190-192). I’d like to eventually publish the completed chapter on the Internet, but only after I’m confident of its accuracy and fluency. As such, comments and corrections are greatly appreciated.

One of the areas of difficulty has been the declension of people and place ...

Since I've finally finished my self-taught course in Ancient Greek, I've been having fun experimenting with the language! My first extended composition (i.e. more than a couple random sentences) is a song translation/adaptation that I'd like to share in case anyone has any critiques/suggestions (please don't hold back). My goal, as always, was to strike the delicate balance between staying as faithful as possible to the meaning and maintaining the beat, melody, and rhyme scheme. ...

Μέρος Α. κόλλα τὸν ἀριθμὸν τῷ γράμματι.

1. ἡ πίναξ α. οἰκεῖ ἐν θαλάσσῃ.
2. ὁ ποιήτης β. τάυτην οἱ ἵπποι ἐλαύνουσι.
3. ἡ κλίμαξ γ. πεινῶν ἐσθίω τοῦτο.
4. τὸ ἱμάτιον δ. ἄρτος τίθεται ἐπὶ ταύτην.
5. στρατηγός ε. τοῦτο καλοῦμαι.
6. ἰχθύς ζ. οὖτος ἄγει ἀνθρώπους κατὰ τὸν πόλεμον.
7. τὸ σῖτον η. φορῶ τοῦτο.
8. οἱ ῶμοι θ. δυο ἔχει ἄνθρωπος.
9. ἡ ἅμαξα ι. ἀναβαίνομεν καὶ καταβαίνομεν.
10 τὸ ὄνομα κ. ...