[B-Greek] Question on Strabo

Kevin W. Woodruff cierpke at prodigy.net
Tue Aug 3 11:38:55 EDT 2004


Hoi AIGUPTOI is the subject of the clause ORQWS
FRONEIN  Hoi AIGUPTOI  QHRIOIS  EIKAZONTES  KAI
BOSKHMSAI  TO QEION and therefore should be in the
nominative. You are right that it is indirect
discourse

"For he (that one) said and taught that the Egyptians 
did not correctly think by representing the Divine One
by images of beasts and cattle"

Kevin

--- Ed Garcia <Ed.Garcia at FHLBTopeka.com> wrote:

> 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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