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Originally Posted by All-American
It's the text we're using for our Gospel of John class-- and he's the professor, as luck would have it. A similar book is in the publishing stage for the gospel of Mark, and he's putting the finishing touches on Matthew at the moment. It's good stuff.
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I wish such a detailed book existed for Homer, as it would make my life easier.
I've learned the basic verb tenses, mood and conjugations, the first and second declensions for female nouns, first for male nouns and am working on the others.
I get mixed up on alpha and eta transitions from Doric to Attic or vice versa, but there's so much to keep straight.
What software can I use or download to type Greek type especially with accents? I'm not good on accents. Even on First Declension Female Nouns I get the accents screwed up in my head. I just think aigu instead of circonflex. And circonflex means short not falling rising like unto Mandarin.
BTW, my son is giving his presentation on the Iliad, by doing this
First, he's acting out the first lines of Book 1, by memorizing and reciting in Greek (nobody will know how bad his pronunciation is),
Second, he will describe, thanks to AA, how Achilles represents the will of the people, standing up against the tyranny of a bad ruler.
Third, he will show how Achilles responded to the needs of the people and for the grief of a friend. (When I explained pedarasty to the boy, he responded with "ew, but not the Spartans, because they didn't view women with the traditional Greek view." I responded, we'll have to research that)
Finally he made some props, including 9th century armor for the armor of Achilles.
He's having a lot of fun with it and next wishes to work on Gilgamesh.