Hello everyone,
I have actually been signed up to the forum for a while but haven’t posted.
In Latin, Seneca, Ovid, More, Erasmus, and Tacitus are my favourites. When I was much younger I read the (admittedly slightly dry) works of scribes and churchmen like Caesarius of Heisterbach, and Aquinas. Renaissance Latin works in general are also a particular passion of mine.
In Greek I like Aristophanes, particularly his play Sphekes. I also like to read any philosophy I can get my hands on, and many of the mathematical works that give an excellent grounding for understanding the formation of modern mathematics too. I would like to expand my knowledge of Greek mostly and that is why I signed up to Textkit.
May I also ask if anyone has any recommendations about sourcing decent physical copies of literature in Latin and Greek. And does anyone have any resources for learning more about Hebrew and Arabic?
Welcome, Senovid!
If you’ll let me know which periods of Hebrew (i.e., Ancient/Biblical/Rabbinic, Medieval, Modern)you are interested in, and what you’ve studied so far, I can give you some suggestions for resources. Send me a PM if you like.
Senovid,
I have some Hebrew resource links on my blog (go here: https://tinyurl.com/5n8w7tz7).
I also from time to time write and post articles in my Ancient Language Aids category which bear on Hebrew. Just look for that category (Ancient Language Aids) on the home page (right sidebar), or type in “Hebrew”, “Biblical Hebrew”, or “Classical Hebrew” in the blog’s search bar.
If your interest is in Biblical Hebrew, I heartily recommend the B-Hebrew online forum at https://tinyurl.com/mvm6wn7j. I am a member there. There are plenty of members who will offer good advice to help you learn.
Best wishes!
I’m sure you, Persequor, are a trustworthy individual, but as a general rule I avoid clicking shortened links that hide the actual destination, since a bad actor could be sending me to a malicious site. Why not just use the real link? If you’re trying to avoid cluttering up the post with long links, you can embed the URL in text like this, which still allows interested users to see the real URL via mouseover before clicking.
That doesnt work for me. Plus I have never been a victim of spam on this site.
The [url] tags work just fine. Herodotean wasn’t trying to specify a particular link. They are generally nicer web etiquette than the link shorteners.
I intentionally used https://www.textkit.com/greek-latin-forum/ as my link. If that’s what showed up for you on mouseover, it did work.
I haven’t been a victim of spam here either, and I certainly wasn’t suggesting that Persequor’s links were malicious! It’s just nice to know in advance where a click is going to take me.
I meant what I said it didn’t work for me. Nothing showed up as I moved the cursor over the link. Perhaps it depends on operating system a d browser. I only posted to show that for me at least your method was as uninformative as the link you complained about. .
That’s very interesting. Do you mind specifying what browser you’re using?
Also, to be clear, I’m not advocating that everyone use the [url] tags. That’s not “my method.” I offered it as an alternative in case Persequor wanted to avoid inserting bulky URLs into posts.