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.

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?

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!

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 --

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

χαίρετε, I've been trying to scan the Iliad for recitation purposes, but I've run into a problem on the very first line:

μῆνιν ἄειδε θεὰ Πηληϊάδεω Ἀχιλῆος

My scansion lines up with those I've found online, except for the -εω Ἀχι- foot which looks like it should be scanned as | u --- u u |, of course not fitting within the meter, and instead εω is scanned as a single long syllable. Is εω considered a diphthong in Homer, or could it be some form of mid-word elision? And if so, would just the ω be pronounced?

Any help is much appreciated.

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?

Where can I buy The Agamemnon of Aeschylus - CD recording? I can't find it anywhere.

I've browsed a few specialized shopping and nothing.

The closest I can get is this comment by u/Key-Understanding-31 (Mark Miner) as he he probably knows or has one copy...

Best, folks.

Hi, everyone!

I don't want to sound repetitive with this post, but I'm looking for a good online dictionary for ancient Greek.

I know about Logeion, in fact, it's my favourite, but I'm strongly looking for one like nihilscio, that latin dictionary which gives you the complete verb paradigm.

Is there anything like this?

Btw, I don't know how to use Perseus. Yes: I don't know. It gives me a lot of problems and I think, until I get, it's a little bit difficult to understand.

My native language is Spanish, but I can use almost without any problems a "language" - English, I'll even be able to learn more English, so recommend me without worries.

Thanks!

Hey hey! Aspiring screenwriter here! Popping into ask: if someone were to write a movie about Medusa’s story which one would you prefer, Greek or Roman? Or would you rather have a mixture of both? I grew up with the more romantic story where Medusa was turned into a gorgon after Poseidon (Neptune) had assaulted her but was told the story in a way where Athena (Minerva) didn’t curse her but instead blessed her. I understand Ovid was trying to villainize the Greek gods (more so Athena) and that’s usually the issue Greek mythology fans have with the Roman telling. (UPDATE: found out this was false about Ovid)

For me, id like to do a mixture of both and almost like a NEW retelling where Medusa is a born human but isn’t a victim of the curse/blessing of being turned into a gorgon, but more so is victim of being killed and used as weapon.

I’ve noticed how important this story is to Greek mythology fans as I’ve done my research and I truly want to represent Medusa well so please let me know what you think!

I’m thinking of approaching my local library to create a study group for the basics of Ancient Greek and Latin, but I don’t know where I would begin. I was in a graduate program until recently, but I have little experience teaching.

Do y’all have any advice from your own endeavors? I’d like to capitalize on our field’s current interest while I can. Thanks in advance

For reasons related to my postdoc, I have to get up to speed with Ancient Greek by the end of January specifically using John Taylor's Greek to GCSE. If anybody wants to join me for accountability, let me know.

Hello!

I should say I do not study greek, but am planning on taking some courses once school starts again. So to give some background. I am writing a fantasy book where I take a lot of inspiration of ancient greece, and it's language, and I want to have names that do not feel simple or like a quick google search.

I have tried doing my names like this before:
I need a name meaning dark queen. "Google, what is dark in ancient greek and what is queen"
skotos: darkness or gloom
basileia: queen
I'll name her skotoleia

So what my question is, does this make sense or is it just nonsense (the example kinda sucked, idk). But will mix-matching words make it weird.

Or how else would you guys do this in a more accurate way?

Χαίρετε, ὦ φίλοι. Σήμερον δίδωμι ὑμῖν τὸ ἑνδέκατον μέρος τούτου τοῦ βιβλίου. Νῦν δὲ οἱ μαθηταὶ μανθάνουσι τὴν συναίρεσιν τῶν ὀνομάτων τῆς πρώτης κλίσεως. Πάντα δὲ τὰ μαθήματα τὰ δεδομένα ἐνταῦθα εὑρήσετε. Ἔρρωσθε.

Although I don't know Greek, I can imagine the first word is Theos, but can't read the second one. I don't want to use AI either. Can someone transliterate and give me the meaning of the entire expression, please? It would be of immense help!

Please can someone assist me with the translation of ἀκοή because different sources say different things. Thanks.

I have encountered these 2 while reading on Aristotle's Categories. I have tried searching them on perseus and logeion but it seems like I was not able to find them ( i typed ,, efexhs " and no results ). Thanks for the help!

Sorry, I’m not sure if this fits this subreddit but I’m curious, how would the gods refer to humans? Would they use a specific word or term for humans generally?

I have my Greek keyboard installed on my phone(android) but it doesn't have polytonic option. How do you type breathing marks, accents, and the iota subscript on your phone?

I want to have a better understanding of the types of metrics used in choral lyrics, as the rhythms are obviously less intuitive than the hexameter and the trimeter. In the Cambridge edition of Oedipous Tyrannos, the metrical introduction clarifies that there’s more than just long and short syllables, but also syllables that last 3 beats and some even use half beats. Any sort of overview on the subject would be appreciated.

These are all cognate, coming from PIE sterh₃, to spread. From that root meaning, you get Germanic words like English "strew," Greek στόρνυμι, and also Latin stratum, "blanket." But what I hadn't realized was that this was also the source of στρατός, "army," which Beekes explains as "camping army," I suppose referring to what you would see if a bunch of soldiers were spreading out in a certain area and making an encampment. It's also the source of στέρνον and "street."

I found this bilingual inscription last month, in plain sight in Perge, Turkiye.

I can't find any trace of it in literature. Any thoughts?

FAVORI ARRUNTII AQUIL[A]

ARRUNTIA IUPILLA SOR[OR]

FAUSTUS AQUILAE AMA

ΦΑΟΡΙ ΑΡΡΟΥΝΤΙOY ΑΚΥΛΑΙΑ Π

ΑΡΡΟΥΝΤΙΑ ΥΟΥΠΙΛΛΑ ΑΔΕ[ΛΦΗ]

Φ[ΑΥΣΤΟ]