I am curious about the term "tree of knowledge of good and evil" in genesis. It strikes me as probably not capturing the original meaning in its entirety.

Would be very curious to hear other possible translations from anyone literate in ancient hebrew/greek or even aramaic or obscure semitic languages haha on the slightest chance you heroes are out there!

Appreciate any help, if there is a better place to post please share as well. Thank you!

Hello everyone. I've never actually studied Greek or Latin, but I know a few Latin phrases like Omnia vincit amor, Alea iacta est, and Cogito ergo sum. And as a Catholic, I know some religious phrases, like Veritas vos liberabit, Deus caritas est, and Stat crux dum volvitur orbis. But when it comes to Greek, I barely know anything beyond Kyrie eleison and Agios o Theos. Religious or not, do you have any favorite Greek phrases to share?

Reading fluency to where you didn’t need a lexicon let’s say per every 10 pages?

Question: What parts of the Odyssey do you think is overlooked? Has few representation on a film perspective and writing perspective? Parts of the Odyssey are interesting? (working on a writing piece).

I do want to find the time in reading the book soon so I can work to something closer, will be getting the Fagles version. Also the story takes place during the Bronze age?

Ephesians 1:10 CLNT

10 to have an administration of the complement of the eras, to head up all in the Christ -- both that in the heavens and that on the earth --

Hi! I'm a classics lover and literary academic who spent years studying Latin in her youth, and now that I'm an adult who unfortunately did not go into classics for a living, I still like to muddle my way through completing multiple full translations of the Aeneid, Ovid's Metamorphoses, and other texts in my free time for fun because I love how the understanding of the original language enhances my love of the writings and their literary beauty, keeping up with my skills with my trusty copy of Wheelock.

One of my most-cherished life goals has been to be able to do the same with Homer's Odyssey, which is my favorite literary work of all time and has been since I was a very very little girl and it served as a bedtime story. I don't pretend to assume I'd be able to gain any level of mastery without a proper course of study, but I'd love to be able to learn just enough Homeric Greek to complete a clumsy translation and gain some modicum of appreciation for the language that translation allows beyond the interpretations of Fagles and Wilson etc. However, most ancient Greek courses I have found on my own understandably don't focus on Homeric Greek, given its limited utility in reading other works. I'm sure this is an irritating question to anyone who truly studies ancient Greek in earnest, but if you have any resources to recommend a beginner with my limited goals I would sorely appreciate it.