Quite a Lot About Greek

Wednesday, October 4
First 3-hour Greek seminar on Plato, Phaedrus. I was terrified. ( Read more... )

Today, Or, in which I Am Interrogated by the Police. ( No, seriously! )

I have come to the realization that I treat most toi, gar, ye, dee and ouns as colloquial content-less expressions equivalent to “like”. So, for example, Plato’s Phaedrus (228a1-5).

Phaedrus: “Whaddaya mean, Soc, buddy ol’buddy? Do you think that I, being, like, a total amateur, can recite off by heart those things which Lysias, being the most clever of those now writing, put together in a long time and at leisure, in a way worthy of that man? I’m, like, totally lacking. By a lot. Although I would SO love to be, like, able to. Even more than I want that, like, a whole lot of money should come to me.”

Socrates: "Yeesh. What a tool."

Don’t stone me for butchering Plato now. Stay tuned in the following weeks for more Valley Girl!Phaedrus. I'll be seeing a lot of him.

Quite a Lot About Greek

Wednesday, October 4
First 3-hour Greek seminar on Plato, Phaedrus. I was terrified. ( Read more... )

Today, Or, in which I Am Interrogated by the Police. ( No, seriously! )

I have come to the realization that I treat most toi, gar, ye, dee and ouns as colloquial content-less expressions equivalent to “like”. So, for example, Plato’s Phaedrus (228a1-5).

Phaedrus: “Whaddaya mean, Soc, buddy ol’buddy? Do you think that I, being, like, a total amateur, can recite off by heart those things which Lysias, being the most clever of those now writing, put together in a long time and at leisure, in a way worthy of that man? I’m, like, totally lacking. By a lot. Although I would SO love to be, like, able to. Even more than I want that, like, a whole lot of money should come to me.”

Socrates: "Yeesh. What a tool."

Don’t stone me for butchering Plato now. Stay tuned in the following weeks for more Valley Girl!Phaedrus. I'll be seeing a lot of him.