[B-Greek] interlinears for beginners

David Schultz platos_academy at mac.com
Tue Apr 19 12:45:18 EDT 2005


On Apr 19, 2005, at 10:16 AM, N.E. Barry Hofstetter wrote:

> Do the work honestly

So using an interlinear is dishonest? This appears to me to be pretty 
sstrong. I know Attic and Koine, and every once in a while I grab an 
interlinear just to get me started. I didn't know it was vice as well; 
perhaps I ought to repent. : ) People should use anything they find 
helpful to get them to their goal. What works for one doesn't for 
another. A teacher knows this.

As for people who say "the Greek says" - this is totally unnecessary; 
lacks imagination and somewhat showy. I give a complete exposition of 
Parmenides' Poem to my students and I don't once mention "the Greek 
says" but they get a rich, sophisticated exposition based on 
scholarship. Instead of saying "it's the accusative of goal in the 
Greek" just say "we should do it for this reason, a goal."

David K. Schultz
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"I understand what you say ... now tell me what you mean."
	(Plato, "The Republic.")
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Philosopher, and University Educator
And a lot of things I don't get paid for.




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