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Fred Jenkins
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In the exercises we find this charming bit (Luschnig channeling Thucydides?):
βιβλίον ἀγαθόν ἐστι κτῆμα εἰς ἀεί.
(a good book is a possession forever)
— Sep 11, 2025 07:23PM
βιβλίον ἀγαθόν ἐστι κτῆμα εἰς ἀεί.
(a good book is a possession forever)
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Fred Jenkins
is on page 192 of 392
The perfect and pluperfect are far less common in Greek than in English; Greek uses the aorist in many instances that English would use the perfect.
The forms are pretty distinct and easy to recognize in most cases.
— Oct 19, 2025 07:04PM
The forms are pretty distinct and easy to recognize in most cases.
Fred Jenkins
is on page 157 of 392
A heaping helping of participles (present, future, and aorist). Luschnig has added a lot of additional readings since the preliminary edition I used in college. In this chapter, stories of Deucalion and Perseus from Apollodoros.
— Sep 29, 2025 07:22PM
Fred Jenkins
is on page 108 of 392
The third declension! Mark Twain would probably rather decline three Greek (Φιξ) beers instead!
— Sep 04, 2025 07:28PM
Fred Jenkins
is on page 98 of 392
My Latin students used to complain that Latin indirect discourse was too complicated. Greek makes it look pretty straightforward.
— Aug 29, 2025 07:24PM
