Guilty pleasures are the best kind....

[fluxofconflict]

So, a wonderful package came in the mail today. I knew about it before I came home, since I'm a compulsive "order status" checker. Its contents are most likely appreciable by only a few of the classicists on my list, since it's very dry subject matter for all but a few: GREEK PARTICLES!!!!!! I bought Denniston's 742 page behemoth on the subject

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[choephora]

What is really sad is that I knew it was Denniston before I even got down to the name.

I told Mike, and he said "Now THAT is a committed Classicist!"

[helixaspersa]

me too - knew that it was Denniston I mean. I am envious. I have books on 'The Greek Verb', 'Greek Metre' and 'Greek Accentuation' but sadly not yet Denniston. Possibly my next book grant though . . .

[fluxofconflict]

The Denniston was on Clearance(!), thus I could justify the purchase. Might the metre book be West's? If so, I'm jealous.... West has a talent of making any topic interesting. Conversely, his translations are always trivializing. Interesting man to meet, I'm sure.

[fluxofconflict]

Most shipping companies like to fly it through their "hubs" of distribution. Mainly because, like Sears, they have a static distribution system. But it makes for a great novelty.