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Sunday, February 27, 2022

Knitting -- around the worsted corner

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I'm late with this because it took me so many attempts to get something right. Well, almost. Many years ago I showed you short rows for ...
Tuesday, February 22, 2022

21st Century Classical Greek -- purpose clauses

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Book I section 19. καὶ οἱ μὲν Λακεδαιμόνιοι οὐχ ὑποτελεῖς ἔχοντες φόρου τοὺς ξυμμάχους ἡγοῦντο, κατ᾽ ὀλιγαρχίαν δὲ σφίσιν αὐτοῖς μόνον ἐπι...
Friday, February 18, 2022

Fact-Checking the Torah -- aggadah as oral tradition

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So bit by bit I'm going through the Williamson Talmud and I get to this . We started on daf 3b with Mosheh saying the firstborn would di...
Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Gibbon -- the urban legend, pt. 8

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So by this point, you are reading Gibbon because I am ignoring all his tabloid trash and only writing about new issues he raises. Last time ...
Tuesday, February 15, 2022

21st Century Classical Greek -- hopos

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Book I section 19. This is short but has a couple of new grammar points in it. καὶ οἱ μὲν Λακεδαιμόνιοι οὐχ ὑποτελεῖς ἔχοντες φόρου τοὺς ...
Tuesday, February 8, 2022

21st Century Classical Greek -- diastaien

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Book I section 18. [2] δεκάτῳ δὲ ἔτει μετ᾽ αὐτὴν αὖθις ὁ βάρβαρος τῷ μεγάλῳ στόλῳ ἐπὶ τὴν Ἑλλάδα δουλωσόμενος ἦλθεν. καὶ μεγάλου κινδύνου ...
Wednesday, February 2, 2022

Gibbon -- the urban legend, pt. 7

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Last time Gibbon proved he didn't understand the issues of debasement of the coinage or of the inflation that goes with it. This time he...