tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1291147930399569160.post173572708827161274..comments2024-03-21T09:39:36.523+11:00Comments on Ἡλληνιστεύκοντος: Lerna IIId: Why we do not count lemmataopoudjishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02106433476518749382noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1291147930399569160.post-5794751948553671352009-09-16T20:43:51.538+10:002009-09-16T20:43:51.538+10:00Thanks Nick, that's an excellent post. So much...Thanks Nick, that's an excellent post. So much information... at the end I was lost in the words of Feynman and the history of solving polynomial equations.Thanassishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10416797519129982624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1291147930399569160.post-68168111340457428532009-06-15T14:01:53.110+10:002009-06-15T14:01:53.110+10:00George B. rightly pointed out to me I've gloss...George B. rightly pointed out to me I've glossed μεράκι too loosely: he words it as "a continuous effort, even if fruitless, to create something—or simply building on others' creation—in a specific direction." It's the passion of craftsmanship, in other words.opoudjishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02106433476518749382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1291147930399569160.post-18894685150109148432009-06-11T05:55:51.158+10:002009-06-11T05:55:51.158+10:00Bless you for your sanity, Nick! There's a goo...Bless you for your sanity, Nick! There's a good deal of elementary questions Lernaeanists don't even bother to ask, such as whether "Ancient Greek has 90 gazillion words" really is a meaningful sentence. Exactly what do we mean by "Ancient Greek"? The Iliad is in "Ancient Greek", but so is Aeschylus, Aristophanes, Plato, Plutarch, Nonnus... To take the sum of all the words used in all Greek texts from, say the 8th century BC down to the 6th century AD, and then pronounce Greek the world's richest language is so elementary an error as to defy belief.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1291147930399569160.post-20064612568231572392009-06-08T01:40:43.957+10:002009-06-08T01:40:43.957+10:00Yes, I thoroughly enjoyed it, and I hadn't pre...Yes, I thoroughly enjoyed it, and I hadn't previously encountered the Lerna nonsense.Languagehathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13285708503881129380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1291147930399569160.post-48805919817408955272009-06-07T02:12:28.799+10:002009-06-07T02:12:28.799+10:00What an excellent series of posts and a sublime en...What an excellent series of posts and a sublime ending, thank you very much! Have to re-read it, though, to visit all the links etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com