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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission

Sadly, I cannot read Ancient Greek, but I know a nun who does and she has tutored me a bit. Whenever I want to judge a translation of the Iliad, I go to Book XXI and read of the death of Lycaon. It is simply the most terrifying, but poetically lyrical passage in all of literature, IMHO. Even a poor translation is certain to give you a chill; a good one you will remember for the rest of your life: “…And the silver-sided fish will dart from beneath the shadow of a dark ripple to nip at the white fat of Lycaon”.


23 posted on 05/05/2026 7:15:04 PM PDT by PUGACHEV
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To: PUGACHEV
Well, that applies to a lot of people. You almost have to go to a specialized prep school or college to find Greek being taught.

The Open Society Initiatives that "Thought Leaders" began in the 1930s have de-empahsized Western Civilization courses, including Greek and Latin, and replaced them with Leftist Poly-Sci, Sociology, and small world self discovery curriculum aimed at finding personal "Meaning". In 1945 Harvard had a Curriculum recommendations were about 50/50 Western Civ and Technical. The most recent recommendations do not contain any Western Civ.

24 posted on 05/06/2026 6:52:37 AM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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