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Post by HC92 on Apr 5, 2020 14:54:52 GMT -5
I checked the Greek with a friend who's a Classics professor at U of L. It translates as follows: "A thunderous basket by Jehyve Floyd, from Holy Cross, which turned down not one but two invitations to join the Big East" . . . And is now the worst team in the worst conference in America with no hope for redemption.
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Post by hchoops on Apr 5, 2020 16:18:37 GMT -5
I thought you guys from the 60's had to take Latin and Greek and thus wouldn't need a translation from a "youngster" like '92 with an assist from Google Translate! What I remember from having to memorize this at Brooklyn Prep : transliterated Andra Moi enepa mousa poluprotron hos mola pola plancthae epetroiae heoron teleron epersa. anyone identify where this comes from ? hint: we had to sing it I recall nothing from the Greek at HC This post could win the booby prize prize for taking a thread furthest afield from the topic.
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Post by Xmassader on Apr 5, 2020 21:18:14 GMT -5
hchoops. First several lines of the Odyssey.
“Speak to me Muse of a man, resourceful (never at a loss) who suffered many terrible things...”
Like you, I was asked to memorize the first ten lines. Greek teacher in HS (Mr. Majzler S.J.) said it would be a great opener at a cocktail party. Never used it there myself but, within the last year, helped me negotiate a favorable settlement with a Chicago attorney of Greek descent where my client had limited leverage after missing a deadline to renew a commercial lease.
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Post by hchoops on Apr 5, 2020 21:28:14 GMT -5
We have a winner Fr. Harry Oppido S.J.(aka Harry the Hoplite) at Brooklyn Prep gave us that for life. As a 53 year teacher of mostly Western Civ/Global History, I have used that line at the start of the first class on Ancient Greece every year I have taught the subject. As I wrote above, because it was originally sung to a lyre, we had to sing those lines. We asked Harry to what tune. He said that the tune was not written down, so sing to whatever you choose. The first student to go sang it to Row, Row, Row your boat. So the rest of the class used the same.
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Post by sarasota on Apr 5, 2020 21:57:11 GMT -5
hchoops. First several lines of the Odyssey. “Speak to me Muse of a man, resourceful (never at a loss) who suffered many terrible things...” Like you, I was asked to memorize the first ten lines. Greek teacher in HS (Mr. Majzler S.J.) said it would be a great opener at a cocktail party. Never used it there myself but, within the last year, helped me negotiate a favorable settlement with a Chicago attorney of Greek descent where my client had limited leverage after missing a deadline to renew a commercial lease. Recent posts are the kind of conversation one can only have among Jesuit educated men. Congratulations and may it always be so. σοφία ομορφιά Έρως
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