[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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