----- Original Message ----- From: "Carrol Cox" <cbcox at ilstu.edu>
And so the Trojans buried Hektor, breaker of horses.
------- Yeah. That's pretty fucking good!
When you learn Greek, you have to learn a different language practically for each author. One for Homer, one for Plato, one for Thucydides, etc.
My study was brief, but I will vouch for the fact that he was an amazing poet. He didn't shit marble. And his epic style has an exquisite lyrical, melancholy undertone.
Joanna