[B-Greek] Question on Strabo

Ed Garcia Ed.Garcia at FHLBTopeka.com
Tue Aug 3 10:22:21 EDT 2004


To enhance our understanding of Koine, a group of friends and I are
reading selections from "The Hellenistic Greek Reader" by Colwell and
Mantey. We came across this passage while reading the selection from
Strabo.

 

EFH  GAR  EKEINOS  KAI  EDIDASKEN  hWS  OUK  ORQWS  FRONEIN  Hoi
AIGUPTOI  QHRIOIS  EIKAZONTES  KAI BOSKHMSAI  TO  QEION,

 

Our questions is, why is  Hoi  AIGUPTOI   in the nominative? Is this
some sort of indirect discourse?

 

In the passage quoted above Strabo is discussing what Moses taught
though about the Egyptian religion--according to his understanding of
Moses.

 

According to the Reader this section is taken from The Loeb Library,
Vol. VII 2. 34-37, 1930.

 

Thank you,

Ed Garcia

Kansas




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