Dr. Valerie
@drvalerieisin
Classicist researching the points of contact between Ancient Greek and Bedouin poetry. Arabic For Philologists Summer Term loading…
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The Mouse was waiting in a long line for rice. She was crying. She thought it might run out before she reached the front. No-one left even a grain behind from their portions. The sun was relentless and her feet hurt. Dizzying, fevered thoughts flowered and faded like Damask roses…
If you have to learn Arabic, Russian, or Ancient Greek ASAP or you need to read sources in those languages + don’t have anyone to help you when you get stuck, DM me - we’ve got your back!
Nothing quite like a good ablative of penalty!
I've counted 22.
—Cats and Dogs— 🦁🐕 Don't trust anyone— keep your distance and never let your guard down. Everyone's a dog on a lion hunt— until, that is, they find a lion. —Ibn Quzmān (Andalus, d. 1160)
A neat parallel semantic development: (1) διατριβή, pastime, waste of time > discussion > study, teaching, lecture > school, a pejorative perhaps reclaimed by Socrates, and (2) σχολή, leisure > discussion > study, lecture > school, apparently secondary and preferred by Aristotle.
the Romanian word for "crap" 💩 also means "Turkish delight" and comes from the Arabic word for "comfort" let me explain:
“In my dream, I carry a loaf of bread But when I wake, I was carrying a small coffin”
أحملُ رغيفًا في الحلم، وفي الصحو... أحملهُ نعشًا صغيرًا.
"Grinding" in English implies working hard, but in Ancient Greek it had the connotation of wasting time on useless pursuits. It's also the origin of the word diatribe (a long-winded, usually political, speech which is a waste of time to listen to). Much to consider here...
in addition to 𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐜ă Romanian also has 1) 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐛ă from Slavic *treba - "necessity" 2) 𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐫𝐮 from Latin lucrum - "profit" not quite as grim
two Hungarian words for "work": 1) 𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠 comes from Slavic *dъlgъ - "debt" 2) 𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐤𝐚 comes from Slavic *mǫka - "torture" what did they mean by this
Do you know how Alcaic verse metre goes? Niche thought, but some might like to expand on it. open.substack.com/pub/armanddang…
The astounding story of how that most fascinating of scripts, Linear B, was painstakingly decoded in the mid-20th century, revealing at last the life of the Mycenaeans in technicolour: antigonejournal.com/2024/01/deciph…
Yet another overview of Ancient Greek prepositions.
non debet sapiens animum demittere maestum #hexameter A wise person should not let his mind be dejected
Dedecet philosophum abjicere animum — “It dishonors a philosopher to be disheartened” (Cicero).
A very good boy guarding his family home for 2,000 years! 🐾 Roman mosaic in the entrance passage of the House of Paquius Proculus, Pompeii. 📷 by me #MosaicMonday #Archaeology
Distracted during prayer 👀🤲 I pray, but when I think of her, I forget if I prayed two rakʿahs this morning, or eight. Dhū l-Rummah (d. 117/735), Dīwān, ed. Abū Ṣāliḥ, 2:1309; ed. Ṭarād, 451, meter: ṭawīl.
Born in Pella under the stars, destined to reach the edge of the world. On this day in 356 BC, Alexander the Great was born. 📍Ruins of Pella, administrative region of central Macedonia, Greece
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