[B-Greek] Is Thucydides helpful reading material?

Mary L. B. Pendergraft pender at wfu.edu
Thu Oct 19 19:31:17 EDT 2006


The first time I taught Thucydides, I was sharing an office with Agnes 
Kirsopp Michels, daughter of the New Testament scholar Kirsopp Lake. 
(She was preparing to retire after 53 years of teaching!) When I 
commented on how difficult I found Thucydides, she said, "Don't worry. 
Cicero thought he was hard, too."

Mary Pendergraft
Wake Forest University

On 10/19/2006 5:20 PM, Elizabeth Kline wrote:

>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?
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>I am not too concerned about the difference between Thucydides and  
>the NT greek which I assume would be substantial.
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>Elizabeth Kline
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