[B-Greek] Is Thucydides helpful reading material?

James Spinti JSpinti at Eisenbrauns.com
Thu Oct 19 17:33:02 EDT 2006


Aughhh! I don't like Thucydides :( 

I'm sure that Carl will have some ideas, but I would suggest maybe Plato
or Xenophon or one of the Tragedians. Theophrastus is fun, as is Lucian.
I think you would just end up frustrated reading Thucydides.

HTH,
James 

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> Elizabeth Kline
> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 5:21 PM
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> Subject: [B-Greek] Is Thucydides helpful reading material?
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> Assuming one wanted to make some rapid headway in Attic would  
> Thucydides be helpful reading material? I have been looking over the  
> opening lines of Thucydides History and wondering if this would be  
> something worth reading. Is Thucydides representative of Attic prose  
> syntax?
> 
> I am not too concerned about the difference between Thucydides and  
> the NT greek which I assume would be substantial.
> 
> Elizabeth Kline
> 
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