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Originally Posted by Archaea
and have started John in Greek.
Should I also continue the Iliad to learn better Greek or am I screwing up my understanding by reading John?
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First, congrats on teaching yourself Greek. You're an animal (or insane).
You're not going to screw up your understanding, but reading John is going to be a hell of a lot easier than reading Homer. That's why people who take New Testament Greek struggle a bit when they look at "real" Greek (Archaic / Classical stuff), but those who do the harder stuff first seem to breeze through the NT, especially after they've nailed down some basic vocabulary.