[B-Greek] Is Thucydides helpful reading material?
Barry
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Fri Oct 20 06:40:31 EDT 2006
N.E. Barry Hofstetter
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> 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."
After intermediate Greek which included Plato and a semester of reading the Gospel of Mark, I engaged Thucydides and Aristophanes in the same semester. Aristophanes was challenging but fun. With Thucydides I felt I had passed from the Heavenlies to Gehenna...
But I agree with Carl. Reading Thucydides was well worth it, and proved to me the truth of the "no pain no gain" cliché.
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