[B-Greek] Traveling Alone & the death of Perseus
Mike Hagedon
mike at cainscape.com
Fri Apr 13 11:31:43 EDT 2007
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On Friday 13 April 2007 08:24, George F Somsel wrote:
> Amen to that ! Reading outside one's normal circle of texts can truly open
> your eyes regarding your ability, or lack thereof with a language. I was
> trying to access Perseus the other day myself wanting to read a section
> from Pliny the Elder's _Natural History_ when I found that I couldn't
> access it. Let's hope that they get things up and running soon.
>
> george
> gfsomsel
>
> Therefore, O faithful Christian, search for truth, hear truth,
> learn truth, love truth, speak the truth, hold the truth,
> defend the truth till death.
>
> - Jan Hus
> _________
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Elizabeth Kline <kline_dekooning at earthlink.net>
> To: greek B-Greek <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 11:19:30 AM
> Subject: [B-Greek] Traveling Alone & the death of Perseus
>
>
> Yesterday I was having some trouble with an obscure word in
> Thucydides and for the first time in months tried to access Perseus
> and found out it was "down". I solved my problem without Perseus.
>
> I wonder how many NT greek students who have been at it for a number
> of years have ever tried reading some new and unfamiliar text with
> nothing but a lexicon and a grammar. The first time I tried this
> (decades ago) it was a terrifying experience. It really brought home
> how little I new about the language.
>
> I have ben traveling alone in the narrative of Thucydides now for
> several months and find it more tolerable than traveling alone with
> any of the tragic playwrights. A good commentary is still helpful
> when reading tragedy.
>
> Reading the GNT with all the electronic tools at your fingertips and
> all the printed resources isn't going to tell you if you know greek.
> All of these resources are great and I use them regularly but at some
> point along the way it is healthy to pick up a Greek text you have
> never read in your native tongue and spend some time traveling alone
> with LS (intermed.), LSJ and H.W.Smyth. It certainly trims some of
> the fat from your ego if nothing else.
>
>
> Elizabeth Kline
>
>
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