/lit/ - Literature

>>21755572
>>21755591
Humorous, thanks
>>21756209
Ah, I see. I seem to be able to corroborate this statement in other places, so I'll go with that option, thank you.
However, I remember reading here once that as for Aristophanes' comedies, the greatest rendition thus far, had been done by Benjamin Bickley Rogers; I could only find it in this edition and a few other self-published Amazon ones.
If you're knowledgeable about Aristophanes, are you perchance in disagreement with this statement?
>>21756369
Somber

>>18420155
>Delphi
You should read the editions shown here (skip first row and ignore the post at the bottom)

>>18128445
this?

>>18117793
>>18119511
This means start with the Presocratics, philosophy-wise.

This chart guy gives good recommendations on non-philosophy reading, i.e. history to give context, Homer, archaic poetry, etc. His advice on not reading the Presocratic fragments is fair considering he doesn't omit them completely and instead recommends reading secondary texts before reading the fragments directly, but secondary texts are worth reading before, during, and after anyways - so you *could* start with the fragments w/ secondary texts then go on to Plato and Aristotle. See also the /lit/ philosophy project for a longer guide - it omits history, poetry, and other non-philosophical literature, but covers all major subsequent philosophical literature.

Also, you can read Aristotle before Plato if you want - that's how the Neo-Platonists did it. Iamblichus' curriculum started Aristotle with the Organon and then covered things like ethics and politics before ending with physics and metaphysics. Then, Plato was covered in a similar manner going from basic/worldly philosophy to the highest philosophy of metaphysics. In fact Iamblichus authored a text simply called 'Introduction' which has an English translation free online. If I wanted to start learning philosophy I would consider reading that, if only briefly, first of all.

>>17903762

>>16498124
Here's your full resolution chart, mate

>>16022135

>>15726057

Any tips for teaching a kid a dead language? I am teaching myself Attic Greek and my 3 year old is showing a major interest. She can read English at about a 2nd grade level, so she's def ahead of the curve and I don't think this isn't a fools errand.

So far I've taught her the Greek alphabet and she can prounce words on her own for the most part. She knows about 20 or so nouns mostly animals and food, 5 nouns and their 1st, 2nd, and 3rd singlural active forms, a handful of adjectives (small, big, red etc). She has said simple sentences like "I want the milk" "daddy is big".

My method so far is reading texts out loud with her in my interlinear Anabasis and New Testament. Sometimes she'll ask me what something is Greek and I'll look it up. I put on modern Greek kids YouTube for her sometimes too.

I'm kind of stuck now because I can read intermediate texts OK but obviously I can't compose a sentence off the cuff, much less converse with her fluently. I feel like my current method is too mechanical, hence the post. Any ideas?

So it be sayin that I have to write comment, sometimes it do be like that

>he didn't start with the greeks

I'm readin the Iliad' right now and it's real good, I've never seen the background of a story filled in by describing character's pasts in such a rapid fire way.
The only other Greek stuff I've read is a little bit of Plato, a lot of 'history of philosophy' books, and Hamilton's Mythology.

Honestly I'm just curious where the phrase 'start with the greeks' came from. I'm reading it for entertainment and to learn about their culture, but I'd like to know what line of thought that meme comes from.
Believe me I understand it's mostly tossed around as a meme, just curious as to where anybody thinks stems from.

TLDR; where does the meme stem from and general Greek discussion

>>14835715
Both suck. Pic related is far better, it's a pity it doesn't get posted more often

>>13946281
And here’s #3