hi there!
I have another dumb translation question.
Homer sacrificed an ox to the god.
ὁ Ὅμηρος τὸν Βοῦν τῲ θεῷ ἐθύσεν.
Is it correct to use the accusative case for "Βοῦς" and the dative case for "θεός"?
another dumb translation question
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Re: another dumb translation question
Homer has something similar in Odyssey 14.446: "ἄργματα θῦσε θεοῖς".
“One might get one’s Greek from the very lips of Homer and Plato." "In which case they would certainly plough you for the Little-go. The German scholars have improved Greek so much.”
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