[B-Greek] Lucian's True Stories

Mark Lightman lightmanmark at yahoo.com
Thu Mar 17 23:35:33 EDT 2011


Hi, Barry,

I'm a big fan of both Lucian's text and this edition.  You can read my review on 
Amazon.

Hayes has received a grant to produce twelve more texts like this in the next 
year.  You can even e-mail him and make a request for a text you would like to 
see covered.

Make sure you ask your students the question:  How do we know that Lucian did 
not go to the moon?  How do we know that we did?  


καὶ ἐὰν ἓν γὰρ τοῦτο ἀληθεύσω λέγων ὅτι ψεύδομαι.    Lucian, VH 1:4  


(KAI EAN hEN GAR TOUTO ALHQEUSW LEGWN hOTI YEUDOMAI)

 Mark L
Φωσφορος


FWSFOROS MARKOS




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From: Barry H. <nebarry at verizon.net>
To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Thu, March 17, 2011 9:04:47 PM
Subject: [B-Greek] Lucian's True Stories

Fairly often llist folk ask for Greek texts outside of the the NT and related 
literature which can help them "grow" their Greek skills.  I am using as an 
intermediate text this year Hayes and Nimis's *Lucian's A True Story."  Greek 
text, from the Loeb edition, running vocabulary, commentary (mostly grammatical, 
and aimed toward the student), general glossary and glossary of verbs with weird 
principal parts.  Not only is it a fun read in it's own right (It is considered 
the first "science fiction" story, it makes fun of lots of classical figures, et 
al.), but the narrative is straightforward and you'll see some common NT 
vocabulary in different contexts.  I'm just starting it with my students now, 
and heavy use sometimes reveals flaws, but overall this seems just what the 
Greek doc ordered for a good workout.

http://tinyurl.com/65vymqh

N.E. Barry Hofstetter, semper melius Latine sonat...
Classics and Bible Instructor, TAA
http://www.theamericanacademy.net
(2010 Salvatori Excellence in Education Winner)
V-P of Academic Affairs, TNARS
bhofstetter at tnars.net
http://www.tnars.net

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