# Open Board **URL:** https://www.textkit.com/c/textkit-community/open-board/20.md?page=1 [Latest](https://www.textkit.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://www.textkit.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://www.textkit.com/tags.md) **Page:** 2 --- ## [What happened to Linear B skepticism?](https://www.textkit.com/t/what-happened-to-linear-b-skepticism/13149)
**Author:** [@jeidsath](https://www.textkit.com/u/jeidsath)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2025, 11:15am UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/what-happened-to-linear-b-skepticism/13149 "2025-09-13T11:15:14Z")
The more I find out about Linear B, the weirder and wackier the claims about its decipherment seem to be. For example, in the first chapters of Horrocks, we get repeated claims about the unexpected absence of expected li… --- ## [Introduction of myself1](https://www.textkit.com/t/introduction-of-myself1/30905)
**Author:** [@lefterri](https://www.textkit.com/u/lefterri)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2025, 11:57pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/introduction-of-myself1/30905 "2025-09-09T23:57:45Z")
Hello everyone!!! I’m T, and I come from Australia. I’ve been studying Latin throughout secondary school, and am interested in its history and body of literature. I intend to improve my fluency in Latin and hopefully An… --- ## [A New Member....](https://www.textkit.com/t/a-new-member/21087)
**Author:** [@RMG](https://www.textkit.com/u/RMG)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2025, 12:50am UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/a-new-member/21087 "2025-09-01T00:50:04Z")
Hello Everyone… I just joined, and thought I would say hello. I have loved and read (in translation) the classics for a long time - Ancient Greek philosophy, epic poetry, and history, and Latin poetry and history. Sever… --- ## [New member Birthe](https://www.textkit.com/t/new-member-birthe/30875)
**Author:** [@Birthe](https://www.textkit.com/u/Birthe)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 7:21am UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/new-member-birthe/30875 "2025-08-22T07:21:50Z")
Hi, my name is Birthe and I’m from Belgium. I’ve loved ancient history and mythology pretty much since I was a child, and I studied Latin and Ancient Greek all throughout secondary school. I enjoyed that so much that I w… --- ## [Introducing myself123](https://www.textkit.com/t/introducing-myself123/30872)
**Author:** [@Stavraetos](https://www.textkit.com/u/Stavraetos)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2025, 11:28am UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/introducing-myself123/30872 "2025-08-20T11:28:30Z")
Greetings fellow-inquirers, Im Stavros Papadakis(23 y.o.),Im Greek-though I think of myself as a citizen of the world. Quite soon i’ll be graduating from an agricultural university where I write my thesis, in an engine… --- ## [New member Aleksander](https://www.textkit.com/t/new-member-aleksander/30858)
**Author:** [@Aleksander](https://www.textkit.com/u/Aleksander)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2025, 4:30am UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/new-member-aleksander/30858 "2025-08-15T04:30:05Z")
Cześć. Jestem tutaj nowy. Mam na imię Aleksander i mieszkam w Polsce. Chciałbym rozpocząć naukę greki klasycznej, czy mogę liczyć na waszą pomoc. --- ## [I’m a new member and (almost) new to Latin](https://www.textkit.com/t/i-m-a-new-member-and-almost-new-to-latin/30856)
**Author:** [@David306](https://www.textkit.com/u/David306)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2025, 5:04pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/i-m-a-new-member-and-almost-new-to-latin/30856 "2025-08-15T17:04:02Z")
I did learn some school Latin many years ago and I have decided to pick it up again. I’m self teaching using a course book and some grammar and vocabulary is slowly coming back to me. However I still count myself as a b… --- ## [Introduction of myself - new member](https://www.textkit.com/t/introduction-of-myself-new-member/30837)
**Author:** [@Emanuil](https://www.textkit.com/u/Emanuil)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/introduction-of-myself-new-member/30837 "2025-08-09T16:16:32Z")
Hello to all, I went to school in Greece in the 1960/70s, I learned too little ancient Greek, I was not enthousiastic at that time. My first language is Modern Greek, I speak German, English and some French. I am a phys… --- ## [Self-Introduction](https://www.textkit.com/t/self-introduction/21012)
**Author:** [@donbraxton](https://www.textkit.com/u/donbraxton)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2025, 12:44am UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/self-introduction/21012 "2025-08-09T00:44:25Z")
Following the recommendation upon registering, I wish to introduce myself. I am Don Braxton, a professor of the anthropology of religion in the United States. I am about to retire after 36 years of teaching. From ages… --- ## [New member introducing myself](https://www.textkit.com/t/new-member-introducing-myself/30819)
**Author:** [@teukros5](https://www.textkit.com/u/teukros5)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 6:57pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/new-member-introducing-myself/30819 "2025-08-05T18:57:14Z")
Hello all - I am excited to join Textkit! I studied Classics in college and graduate school with a focus on ancient Greek. Rusty as my Greek and Latin (even worse) are now, love for the languages really does not abate.… --- ## [Hello and Quick Intro](https://www.textkit.com/t/hello-and-quick-intro/30811)
**Author:** [@ManOfManyDevices](https://www.textkit.com/u/ManOfManyDevices)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2025, 4:03pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/hello-and-quick-intro/30811 "2025-08-02T16:03:50Z")
Hi everyone, a new member here, just wanted to stop by the Open Board to say hello and introduce myself. I have been obsessively studying the Iliad in detail for some months as a hobby ever since I read it for the first… --- ## [Hello and Welcome](https://www.textkit.com/t/hello-and-welcome/30798)
**Author:** [@romodo](https://www.textkit.com/u/romodo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2025, 3:34pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/hello-and-welcome/30798 "2025-07-24T15:34:17Z")
Good Day! I am an autodidact learning Latin. English is my first language, Spanish, German, and Latin have come later. I am hoping to use this website to find other resources that can help as I continue my studies. Che… --- ## [ΠΡΟΣΡΗΜΑ (greetings)](https://www.textkit.com/t/greetings/30751)
**Author:** [@VILSONIVS](https://www.textkit.com/u/VILSONIVS)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 10:48pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/greetings/30751 "2025-07-22T22:48:09Z")
Χαίρετε, ὦ φίλοι. I am an Ancient Greek student at the University of São Paulo (olá, amigos lusófonos!). As I am being taught Greek mainly through a grammar-translation method, I hope to find other approaches to its stud… --- ## [New "Rich Text" Editor](https://www.textkit.com/t/new-rich-text-editor/30789)
**Author:** [@jeidsath](https://www.textkit.com/u/jeidsath)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2025, 3:07am UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/new-rich-text-editor/30789 "2025-07-20T03:07:05Z")
You should now see a new button in your compose window: Click it to compose your post as rich text. More information here. --- ## [Hello just joined the group](https://www.textkit.com/t/hello-just-joined-the-group/30775)
**Author:** [@Tillytrout](https://www.textkit.com/u/Tillytrout)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/hello-just-joined-the-group/30775 "2025-07-13T21:07:31Z")
Hello, I have just joined. I am a lover of Greek literature and am just beginning to try and learn to read a little Ancient Greek too. Anyway, hello. --- ## [Useful Latin phrases for Internet forums](https://www.textkit.com/t/useful-latin-phrases-for-internet-forums/16034)
**Author:** [@FlatAssembler](https://www.textkit.com/u/FlatAssembler)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2025, 7:16pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/useful-latin-phrases-for-internet-forums/16034 "2025-07-13T19:16:09Z")
Hey, folks! Do you sometimes use Latin phrases on the Internet forums to shut up people who say you are stupid? I sometimes do, because when I argue for vegetarianism or anarchism on the Internet forums, I often get ad-h… --- ## [English -\> Greek/Latin/etc. Custom GPT Instructor](https://www.textkit.com/t/english-greek-latin-etc-custom-gpt-instructor/30767)
**Author:** [@jeidsath](https://www.textkit.com/u/jeidsath)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2025, 2:26am UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/english-greek-latin-etc-custom-gpt-instructor/30767 "2025-07-12T02:26:27Z")
I’ve made this GPT for English → Greek or English → Latin (or whatever foreign language) practice. It seems to work best on o3. --- ## [Introduction - Herbal Researcher Interested in Cursus Linguae Latinae Vivae Course](https://www.textkit.com/t/introduction-herbal-researcher-interested-in-cursus-linguae-latinae-vivae-course/30745)
**Author:** [@Jimserac](https://www.textkit.com/u/Jimserac)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2025, 6:06pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/introduction-herbal-researcher-interested-in-cursus-linguae-latinae-vivae-course/30745 "2025-06-28T18:06:28Z")
My main research interest is in Asian Herbal medicine, mainly Chinese with frequent excursions into Russian far eastern herbal medicine and Tibetan. You might not expect someone in those areas would ever need Latin but … --- ## [Hi.. Just Joined today](https://www.textkit.com/t/hi-just-joined-today/30714)
**Author:** [@Tirisilex](https://www.textkit.com/u/Tirisilex)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2025, 1:01am UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/hi-just-joined-today/30714 "2025-06-18T01:01:03Z")
I’m doing research on accurate word interpretation of the Koine Greek New Testament. I’m looking for discussions that are not Theologically Fundamentalist Biased or Influenced by false Christian interpretation of words. … --- ## [Introduction from a New Member](https://www.textkit.com/t/introduction-from-a-new-member/30712)
**Author:** [@chickencooper](https://www.textkit.com/u/chickencooper)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2025, 2:01pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/introduction-from-a-new-member/30712 "2025-06-16T14:01:16Z")
Hello! I’ve been learning Latin for over two years and Greek for about 9 months and after continuously finding myself reading posts on this website I decided to finally make an account. I’m looking forward to being a me… --- ## [Hello from new member in London UK](https://www.textkit.com/t/hello-from-new-member-in-london-uk/30674)
**Author:** [@jane235](https://www.textkit.com/u/jane235)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2025, 12:53am UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/hello-from-new-member-in-london-uk/30674 "2025-06-09T00:53:08Z")
Hello from London, I’m Jane, trying to brush up rusty Latin & Greek to keep my brain in working order, and looking forward to reading some of the interesting topics on this Forum. --- ## [Channel for international congresses, meetings, online seminars etc. for academics?](https://www.textkit.com/t/channel-for-international-congresses-meetings-online-seminars-etc-for-academics/30675)
**Author:** [@SantiagoVicent](https://www.textkit.com/u/SantiagoVicent)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/channel-for-international-congresses-meetings-online-seminars-etc-for-academics/30675 "2025-06-05T13:57:06Z")
Hi there! I am aphd candidate navigating for the first time the academic seas and one great difficulty I am finding is getting the news on congresses, seminar and events alike on time to make it for the call of papers. … --- ## [Hello Everyone - Introduction](https://www.textkit.com/t/hello-everyone-introduction/30643)
**Author:** [@utc2025](https://www.textkit.com/u/utc2025)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2025, 9:41pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/hello-everyone-introduction/30643 "2025-06-04T21:41:05Z")
Greetings from Canada. I’ve been using this site passively for a while and thought it was about time to create an account and ask my own questions - I certainly have many :grinning\_face\_with\_smiling\_eyes: Looking forwar… --- ## [An Introduction: AelianusAdolphus](https://www.textkit.com/t/an-introduction-aelianusadolphus/30657)
**Author:** [@AelianusAdolphus](https://www.textkit.com/u/AelianusAdolphus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2025, 10:33pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/an-introduction-aelianusadolphus/30657 "2025-05-29T22:33:16Z")
Greetings everyone, my name is Elian. I was a user of this forum before, but I abandoned my studies of Latin and also lost access to my previous account @Aelianus\_Adolphus. As to “Why I want to learn Latin?”, it is quite… --- ## [Hello All, Ready to Learn](https://www.textkit.com/t/hello-all-ready-to-learn/30632)
**Author:** [@Libertas](https://www.textkit.com/u/Libertas)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2025, 1:38am UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/hello-all-ready-to-learn/30632 "2025-05-24T01:38:53Z")
I am a history enthusiast eager to learn Classical Latin and Greek in order to engage with ancient texts. I look forward to exploring the resources available on this site and the opportunity to learn alongside others. --- ## [ALL HISTORY OF HUMANITY IN ONE PICTURE](https://www.textkit.com/t/all-history-of-humanity-in-one-picture/20981)
**Author:** [@FedorTrudaev](https://www.textkit.com/u/FedorTrudaev)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2024, 12:17am UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/all-history-of-humanity-in-one-picture/20981 "2024-12-06T00:17:19Z")
Hi everybody! Here’s a very interesting picture I have - THE WHOLE HISTORY OF HUMANITY. It was created by a very educated group of people - I know some of them. This graph is based on the Old-Slavic Septuagint (LXX) tak… --- ## [Salutis a Brasilia](https://www.textkit.com/t/salutis-a-brasilia/21142)
**Author:** [@IoannesSanctaeMariae](https://www.textkit.com/u/IoannesSanctaeMariae)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2025, 2:14pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/salutis-a-brasilia/21142 "2025-05-20T14:14:21Z")
Hello! My name is John and I am a Latin student from Brazil. I have been studying since October last year, using professor Napoleão Mendes de Almeida’s book, “Gramática Latina”. I do not have particular interest in any … --- ## [Hello - Introduction](https://www.textkit.com/t/hello-introduction/30635)
**Author:** [@Ἀριστοκλῆς\_D](https://www.textkit.com/u/%E1%BC%88%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BA%CE%BB%E1%BF%86%CF%82_D)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2025, 5:26pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/hello-introduction/30635 "2025-05-19T17:26:03Z")
Hi! I am studying Ancient Greek philosophy, and I like to read Plato’s texts. now learning ancient Greek through “Athenaze”. Hope to get guidance on some pronunciation and grammar issues! --- ## [Welcome to the new Textkit](https://www.textkit.com/t/welcome-to-the-new-textkit/30558)
**Author:** [@jeidsath](https://www.textkit.com/u/jeidsath)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2025, 4:53pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/welcome-to-the-new-textkit/30558 "2025-05-18T16:53:14Z")
The Textkit forum software has now been moved to Discourse. I hope that it is an improvement! Please email textkitadm@gmail.com if you run into any issues. --Joel LOGIN ISSUE: Spaces ’ ’ in usernames have been converte… --- ## [Salvete omnes - Introduction](https://www.textkit.com/t/salvete-omnes-introduction/30624)
**Author:** [@sjgallagher2](https://www.textkit.com/u/sjgallagher2)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 1:09pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/salvete-omnes-introduction/30624 "2025-05-15T13:09:35Z")
Hello all, I’m Sam, I’m 28, I’ve been studying Latin since I picked it up during the pandemic around 2020, with varying amounts of commitment. I’m interested in the works of Medieval and early modern natural philosophers… [Previous page](https://www.textkit.com/c/textkit-community/open-board/20.md) [Next page](https://www.textkit.com/c/textkit-community/open-board/20.md?page=2)