My one year effort to read the epic poem in the original ancient Greek
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Reading Xenophon's Hellenica
My favorite word so far is μιξοβαρβαροι (half-breeds), which he uses to describe the inhabitants of Cedreiae, on the Ceramic Gulf in Ionia. (see II.I.15)
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