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It was a lot easier in those days, when Latin was the academic lingua franca. Now one has to have a reading knowledge of English, German, French, Spanish, Italian (and Dutch of course 
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Eeeks!
But I’m American, and of course we think everybody should use only English.
[quote author=klewlis link=board=6;threadid=257;start=15#2175 date=1059490358]re: intros in latin… I have the all-greek version of Aland’s new testament synopsis… the text is in greek (of course), the notes are in latin, and the intros are in german… to an all-english speaker, this is quite the adventure [/quote]
I’ve always wanted to learn German. Maybe I’ll tackle it after Latin. German was never offered at my high school, so I took French instead. I had a friend who wanted to learn German, she ended up leaving for another high school which offered German.
Sure. Lots of naughty bits (sex) in Aristophanes, lots of homosexual references in Greek lit., accidentally on purpose not translated or mistranslated or left in the decent obscurity of a learned language (i.e., Greek or Latin, which women and the lower orders couldn’t read).
I’m studying only Latin right now, but Greek sounds interesting, and I’m looking into learning it eventually.
I’m concentrating on Latin and egyptian heiroglyphs at the moment, but I wouldn’t mind learning german, russian, or perhaps greek. i learnt italian in high school for 5 years. just curious, but are there any members here from/in Australia? Where is everyone else from?
bright blessings,
Merydjehuty
Egyptian heiroglyphics sound interesting. Are you thinking of going to Egypt to explore the various sites one day?
I have wanted to read Iliad and the writings of Plato in their original Greek, so I might pick it up soon – once I have a firm grasp on my Latin. Having studied a little ancient Greek culture in school, I have most of the alphabet memorized along with their phonetic sounds, so at least that obstacle has already been overcome. 
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i learnt italian in high school for 5 years. just curious, but are there any members here from/in Australia? Where is everyone else from?
bright blessings,
Merydjehuty
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I’m from America, but I would like to study English Literature at Oxford University, in England, someday. I’m homeschooled, looking at getting an undergraduate degree in English here in America first.
I’m studying French, Latin and classical Greek right now, but I would like to learn Koine Greek, German, Dutch and Italian one day.
Keesa
[quote author=Keesa link=board=6;threadid=257;start=15#2505 date=1059778122]
I’m studying French, Latin and classical Greek right now, but I would like to learn Koine Greek, German, Dutch and Italian one day.
Keesa
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From what I’ve been able to discover, post BA studies in Classics require the ability to read in German plus French or Italian… This is why I’d like to learn to read in German (since I can read French already), which is why Episcopus scares me with his comments about some parts of its grammar…
Kilmeny