Friday, January 10, 2014

 

An Analphabet

Herodas, Mimes 3.22-23 (tr. I.C. Cunningham):
He does not even know how to recognize the letter A, if one does not shout the same thing at him five times.

ἐπίσταται δ' οὐδ' ἄλφα συλλαβὴν γνῶναι
ἢν μή τις αὐτῷ ταὐτὰ πεντάκις βώσῃ.



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