[B-Greek] Active vs Middle voice

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at ioa.com
Sun Aug 14 12:25:14 EDT 2005


On Aug 14, 2005, at 12:16 PM, Elizabeth Kline wrote:

> On 8/14/05 8:44 AM, "Carl W. Conrad" <cwconrad at ioa.com> wrote:
>
>
>> I really don't think these definitions by Wallace are very helpful at
>> all.
>>
>
> Once in a while I get the impression that a student's confusion can be
> traced to a textbook. The solution for this should be self evident :-)

But of course it isn't, really. There is much that is valuable in  
Wallace's grammar, even if there is much that I have had more than  
one occasion to lament. And when it comes to the matter of Greek  
voice, there is not much out there that is really very helpful at all  
in traditional grammars.


Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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