[B-Greek] Question on Strabo

Arie Dirkzwager dirkzwager at pandora.be
Tue Aug 3 11:34:04 EDT 2004


My text of Strabo (Loeb Classical Library, vol. VII) in XVI 35 has FRONOIEN
in stead of FRONEIN. There is no indication that there are variants in the
manuscripts. Your book has an orthographical error.
So there is no grammatical problem: optative in indirect discourse.
The translation by H.L. Jones has:
For he said, and taught, that the Aegyptians were mistaken in representing
the Divine Being by images of beasts and cattle, ...

Arie


Dr. A. Dirkzwager
Hoeselt, Belgium
e-mail dirkzwager at pandora.be

----- Oorspronkelijk bericht -----
Van: "Ed Garcia" <Ed.Garcia at FHLBTopeka.com>
Aan: <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Verzonden: dinsdag 3 augustus 2004 16:22
Onderwerp: [B-Greek] Question on Strabo


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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