I wish I could find a parallel Latin-Greek Level 1. But anyways,
one of the levels, level four, contains a Latin-Greek and Latin-Greek-French version.
Have any of you messed around with the Greek on there?
I have found a few other parallel texts playing around on EEBO. For example, Posselius' ΔΙΑΛΟΓΩΝ and the Westminster Shorter Catechism in parallel Greek and Latin.
The problem is the ligatures. I have compiled my own personal list of ligatures by just guessing and comparing, and by reverse translation from the Latin.
Do you think it's worthwhile to study these Greek texts, let alone transcribe the difficult ligatures?
Do you know of any other parallel Greek texts like this (especially ones that are more easily read, or already transcribed)?
For fun, here is some transcription from those files (I don't have anything transcribed from Posselius):
Comenius wrote: Η ΤΩΝ ΓΛΩΤΤΩΝ ΘΥΡΑ ΑΝΕΩΙΓΜΕΝΗ
ἡ τῶν γλωττῶν θύρα ἀνεῳγμένη
I.Εἴσοδος
Περίοδος Α´
1.Χαῖρε ὦ φίλε ἀναγνώστα.
2.Πυθόμενος, τί τὸ λόγιον (πεπαιδευμένον) εἶναι, ταυτηνὶ τὴν ἀπόκρισσιν λάβε·
Τὰς τῶν ἁπάντων διαφορὰς εἰδέναι, οἷον τʼ εἶναι, ἕκαστον ὀνομαστὶ ἐνφράζειν.
3.Οὐδὲν δὲ παρα τοῦτο; (προσέτι τούτοις) μηδὲν ἀτεχνῶς.
4.Ὁ γάρτοι μαθὼν τὴν τῆς φύσεως τε καὶ τῆς τέχνης ὀνοματοθεσίαν, ἀπάσης παιδείας κρηπίδα καλῶς ὑπέθηκε.
5.Τοῦτο δὲ τάχα που δυσχερές; (δύσκλον.)
The transcription is slow, grueling work, but it can be very rewarding.Westminster Shorter Catechism wrote: Διδάσκαλος
Ἐρώτησις 1. Τί ἐστι τὸ κυριώτατον τέλος τοῦ ἀνθρώπου;
Μαθητής
Ἀπόκρισις: Τὸ κυριώτατον τέλος τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, ἐστὶ, τὸ δοξάζειν τὸν θεὸν, καὶ μετʼ αὐτοῦ κοινωνίαν ἔχειν εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.
Διδάσκαλος
Ἐρώτ. 2. Ποῖον δέ τινα κανόνα προὔθηκεν ἡμῖν ὁ θεὸς οἷον κατευθύνειν ἡμᾶς ὃν τρόπον δοξάζωμεν αὐτὸν, καὶ μετʼ αὐτοῦ κοινωνίαν ἔχωμεν;
Μαθητής
Ἀπόκρ. Ὁ Λόγος τοῦ θεοῦ (ταῖς τοῦ Παλαιᾶς τε, καὶ τῆς Καινῆς Διαθήκης Γραφαῖς ἐμπεριεχόμενος) μόνος ἐστὶ κανὼν, οἷος κατευθύνειν ἡμᾶς, ὅν τρόπον δοξάζωμεν αὐτὸν, καὶ μετʼ αὐτοῦ κοινωνίαν ἔχωμεν.
Διδάσκαλος
Ἐρώτ. 3. Τί δʼαἱ Γραφαὶ μάλιστα διδάσκουσι;
Μαθητής
Ἀπόκρ. Αἱ Γραφαὶ μάλιστα διδάσκουσί, τι δεῖ τὸν Ἄνθρωπον πιστεύειν περὶ τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ τὸ ποῖον καθῆκον ὁ Θεὸς παρὰ τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου ἀπαιτεῖ.
Διδάσκαλος
Ἐρώτ. 4. Τί δʼἐστιν ὁ Θεός;
Μαθητής
Ἀπόκρ. Ὁ Θεός ἐστι πνεῦμα, ἄπειρον, ἀΐδιον, ἀπαράλλακτον τὴν οὐσίαν αὐτοῦ καὶ Σοφίαν, καὶ Δύναμιν, καὶ Ἁγιωσύνην, καὶ Δικαιοσύνην, καὶ Ἀγαθωσύνην, καὶ Ἀλήθειαν.
Just posting to find out: Anyone interested in this stuff?