[B-Greek] Question on Strabo

George F. Somsel gfsomsel at juno.com
Tue Aug 3 11:25:21 EDT 2004


On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 09:22:21 -0500 "Ed Garcia" <Ed.Garcia at FHLBTopeka.com>
writes:
> 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
> 
> ---

Since I don't have this particular work, I attempted to find it on
Perseus.  Either this is not from Strabo's Geography (I think it is
supposed to be), the passage is not quoted correctly, or there is a
problem with Perseus' search facility (a distinct pRossibility [yes, I
intended the "R" as indicating a combination of "possible" and
"probable"]).  I really would like to see the entire passage before
attempting any comment.  It does, however, appear to be indirect
discourse.  See Smyth §2016 ff.

george
gfsomsel



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