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Hmm. How can I tell if a book is in modern Greek or ancient Greek? -- nm

Posted by mara Mar 9 '11, 08:12

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I imagine it's tricky without an actual greek speaker. what book? -- nm - mafic Mar 9, 08:22 8
- The question has become moot, since I decided to withdraw them, but one is: -- (link) - mara Mar 9, 08:40 4
  - Holy crap, I just saw the price on the used copies. -- nm - mara Mar 9, 08:45
  - if it's stuff like that, I'd say most likely ancient. -- nm - mafic Mar 9, 08:42 2
    - Yeah, that was my assumption too. The other one is Aristotle. -- nm - mara Mar 9, 08:44 1
      - I was going to say if it was something like homer, plato, or aristotle then almost certainly ancient. -- nm - mafic Mar 9, 08:46
- I'm trying to recall if there are any "new" letters in the Greek alphabet that wouldn't appear in an ancient text, like j or z in English. -- nm - zork Mar 9, 08:30 2
  - I'm fairly certain the alphabet is unchanged. I know pronunciation is different, and I think classic greek has more declensions. -- nm - mafic Mar 9, 08:33 1
    - There is a much smaller difference than I thought, so this has actually been very helpful. -- nm - mara Mar 9, 08:41
the ancient Greek will complain that it's pressing against his prostate -- nm - zork Mar 9, 08:20 2
- and the modern Greek will riot if they don't get 4 hours for lunch -- nm - Beaker Mar 9, 08:22 1
  - You. Are dressed. Like a prostitute. -- nm - YaYa for Athenos Hummus Mar 9, 08:25
The obligatory "it's all Greek to me" post. -- nm - TWuG Mar 9, 08:14

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