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Looking up ancient Greek words

philosophygeek — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:50:19 -0800

What resources are available to investigate the meaning of a philosophical term in ancient Greek? I'm looking for something far more detailed than just a dictionary or a translation of a passage--I'd like to be aware of the shades of meaning and nuances of use, historical baggage, etc. In case some context is helpful, there are a couple of Greek terms that might be useful as metaphors in a dissertation, but I want to make sure that I know all the ways that the terms might be taken when designing the metaphor. The catch is that I don't speak any Greek, either ancient or modern; however, resources in English, French, Spanish, and German are all options.

What sort of glory?

clockzero — Thu, 29 May 2008 02:16:41 -0800

The etymology of Greek "glory" names... I'm just wondering what the sense of names like "Heracles," "Cleopatra," and so, is. How is Heracles, the son of Zeus and apparently perennial irritant to Hera, associated with her and glory, for example? Is there an explanation, or am I being presumptuous?

Philo what? Well I never!

oddman — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:32:46 -0800

Can someone provide an Ancient Greek translation for "love of style?" Actually I'm not really looking for the Ancient Greek wording. I'm looking for a transliteration from Ancient Greek to English.

Basically I'd like an English word (that you make up if necessary) that means "love of style" just like "philosophy" means "love of wisdom," and is taken from the ancient Greek just like "philosophy" is taken from (the roughly Greek words) philo and sophia.

Bonus points if you can give a properly declined Latin phrase meaning "love of style."

In this context style refers to personal style, including but not limited to fashion. If you feel that "pursuit" or "passion" (or similar) provides a nice word than "love" feel free to suggest that too.

ancient greek lexicon and grammar

Frankieist — Sun, 06 Mar 2005 19:57:22 -0800

Language-filter: I'm looking for a no-nonsense ancient greek lexicon and grammar... any suggestions? [MI] I'm aware of the perseus project and what-not, but would prefer something similar in book format. Thanks!