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Questions on Aristotle's Ethica Nicomachea

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Hello,

I'm teaching myself Attic Greek and I'm currently reading the Ethica Nicomachea with parallel English text (yes, I'm cheating! :wink: ).
I have two questions:

1) 1116b15
ὅπε? κἀπὶ τῷ Ἑ?μαίῳ συνέβη.

s κἀπὶ a crasis for καὶ ?πὶ or what else?

2) 1116b20
οἳ δὲ καὶ ?ξ ἀ?χῆς ?κινδύνευον ὡς κ?είττους ὄντες

Does κ?είττους actually stand for κ?είττονες ? I thought that maybe the ν was dropped and οε contracted to ου.

Many thanks!

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Thanks! I found it also in the old edition, which I bought years ago. It's at 94 (p. 103).

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I don't think Aristotle is the best author to use as a source for teaching yourself Attic Greek. There are already aspects of his composition that indicate a transition from Attic to Koine, so you would be better off beginning with an author such as Plato.

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vir litterarum wrote:I don't think Aristotle is the best author to use as a source for teaching yourself Attic Greek. There are already aspects of his composition that indicate a transition from Attic to Koine, so you would be better off beginning with an author such as Plato.
Thanks for the tip. I'm also reading Aesop's fables. What do you think of them?

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Dives qui sapiens est...

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