Stock: Ancient Greece and Rome (42)

May 14, 2010 01:21

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erised_dream May 14 2010, 09:54:13 UTC
Gorgeous, as always! ♥ Took several and will credit when using. Thanks for sharing the beauty! :)

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ladyelleth May 15 2010, 15:50:36 UTC
You're welcome. <3

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klose May 14 2010, 13:48:46 UTC
These are great! Can you read ancient Greek?

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ladyelleth May 15 2010, 16:00:58 UTC
Thanks! :) I can transliterate it, which is semi-required by the Archaeology department of my Uni. Of the actual language I know very little, but I can tell you that this is the beginning of the Iliad, Mēnin áeide, theá, Pēlēïádeō Akhilēos, 'of the wrath sing, goddess, of Peleus' son Achilles'.

If you were curious, that. /dork. ;)

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klose May 15 2010, 17:54:41 UTC
Oh wow! That is so cool. :D (And I shall steal that transliterated quote being a big fan of the Iliad and one day hoping to learn something about the actual language behind it. :D)

Actually, I have a question, and I hope you don't mind me asking. There's a word in the Iliad for 'fair-cheeked' (καλλιπάρηοv) which I'm trying to find the transliteration (?); I've seen it alternately as kallipare/on versus kallipare-ion. Do you have any idea of how I might correctly write it? :S

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ladyelleth May 18 2010, 17:32:04 UTC
Sorry this is late, I tried to figure out if these may have been different adjective cases or merely spelling variants - and still can't tell you that. But I know by now that καλλιπάρηος is the fem/masc nominative singular, so you might want to use that instead?

(And hee, Briseis!)

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threeoranges May 15 2010, 14:03:27 UTC
Yum! What a treat to see your latest work!

took #2, will credit when used - many thanks!

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ladyelleth May 15 2010, 16:01:50 UTC
Glad you like it! :) And thanks for commenting. ^^

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