To: Diana in Wisconsin
In Greek. Then had to translate it into Phoenician, backwards, using a hand mirror and quill pens.
6 posted on
11/17/2017 8:08:47 PM PST by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
To: tumblindice
Ha! We actually studied it in junior high. 1965
8 posted on
11/17/2017 8:10:23 PM PST by
D_Idaho
("For we wrestle not against flesh and blood...")
To: tumblindice
I’d make a smart-@ss comment, but I was taught to R-E-S-P-E-C-T my Elders. ;)
9 posted on
11/17/2017 8:15:32 PM PST by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
To: tumblindice
When I was 9, I tried to read a Nineteenth Century translation of the Odyssey. 19th Century literary language is very dense and wordy; I managed to get through the first chapter.
23 posted on
11/18/2017 1:48:59 AM PST by
VietVet
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