[B-Greek] little problem
FATUS OLUS
tsialas78 at hotmail.com
Thu Mar 19 12:04:30 EDT 2009
I do not have your enchiridion, but allow me to make some comments.
Τhe adverbial phrase " παρὰ τὸν ποταμὸν" functions here as a attributive of the noun οδός.
I think the only “is” implied is between οδός and χαλεπή.
Without knowing the direct context of the passage,
I believe your proposal "The road is hard beyond the river"
does not correspond to the structure of the Greek clause as well
as the “The road along the river” does, but on the other hand I would agree with the use of “hard”,
because the adjective χαλεπή is quite strong (for persons it means “cruel, violent, angry”.
An alternative rendering is “ragged” (See LSJ).
As always, any corrections to my thoughts are welcomed.
Vasileios TsialasAthens, Greece
> From: gerald_davis at hotmail.com
> To: B-Greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:08:21 -0400
> Subject: [B-Greek] little problem
>
> Hey, y'all,
>
> No one is doing Mastronarde Unit Seven right now, and I have a problem.
>
> From Exercise II., 6. ἡ παρὰ τὸν ποταμὸν ὁδος χαλεπή.
>
> The answer key says, "The road along the river is difficult," and I am sure they thought that was easy for us beginners, especially since they gave us the "along the river" example, earlier.
>
> But I had a problem with τὸν ποταμὸν being accusative, so I thought, in context, "The difficult journey is beyond the river," would be a good translation as a nice little metaphor; or, "The road is hard beyond the river."
>
> So I guess that their suggestion has a couple implied verbs, "The road -[which is]- along the river -[is]- difficult." I can live with that, except when there seems to be good alternatives.
>
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