[B-Greek] Iliad, anyone?
George F Somsel
gfsomsel at juno.com
Fri Apr 22 14:37:13 EDT 2005
On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 11:18:14 -0700 "Keith Saare" <ksaare at masters.edu>
writes:
> This topic is justified for it uses the historical comparative method
> of
> study through the centuries leading up to the Koine and Greek NT. I
> am
> hoping you seasoned classicists will lend a helping hand while I am
> in
> the groundbreaking phase of venturing outside of the NT to study
> the
> changes the language went through before arriving at the first
> century.
>
> My resources for studying classical are very scarce. I am relying
> upon
> Liddell & Scott (L&S) and my NT grammars. Obviously my work will be
> deficient, but I welcome your critique to correct my numerous
> mistakes
> which I am about to spew forth.
>
> I've never read The Iliad in translation, but my analysis of the
> opening
> lines is as follows:
>
> * MHNIN - L&S lexical form: MHNIS (Acc. Sg. Fem.), direct object of
> the
> following imperative AEIDE, "wrath," "anger."
>
> * AEIDE - L&S lexical form: AEIDW (Pres. Act. Impv. 2nd pers.
> Sing.),
> "sing!", "chant!"
>
> *QEA - Voc. "O goddess"
>
> * PHLHIADEW - L&S lexical form: PHLEUS (Epic genitive form. Sg. Used
> in
> a paternal context? Gen. of relationship? [I'm not sure here,
> somebody
> help me please.]), "son of Peleus."
>
> * ACILHOS - L&S form: ACILLEUS (Epic genitive form. Connected to
> MHNIN:
> "wrath of Achilles"), "of Achilles."
>
> * OULOMENHN - L&S lexical form: OULOMENOS (Aor. Mid. Part. Acc.
> Fem.
> Sg.), modifies MHNIN and used as adjective, "destructive."
>
> My wooden translation: "Sing, O goddess, (the) destructive wrath of
> Achilles son of Peleus,"
>
> To keep this message from getting too long, I'll stop at this point
> and
> pick up later in another thread where I left off.
>
> Keith Saare
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So far, not bad. Since you don't have classical grammars, you might
download Goodwin
http://www.textkit.com/learn/ID/100/author_id/38/
There are also other resources on the site you might wish to check out.
george
gfsomsel
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