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Fred Jenkins
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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
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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 121 of 392
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)
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
