Monthly Archives: June 2012

Greek Word of the Day – Cyber

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The original word is κυβερναω (kybernaw) “to guide, steer, govern.” The most common Greek form is the noun κθβερνητης, meaning “pilot, helmsman.”

The Latin & English root is “guberno,” from which we get “gubernatorial,” and “governor.” (There’s something called Grassman’s Law, that, in following the Indo-European languages, defines certain patterns/relationships. Thus Greek K frequently comes up in English as G. And Greek Y ends up U.)

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On Studying Ancient Greek

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I have been working on Ancient Greek for over five years, starting in late 2006 with Mastronarde’s Attic grammar. Now, having just read this useful, instructive post on Textkit, I want to reconsider my own approach to learning. In brief, that guy, “Chad,” recommends a detailed, methodical approach, with a goal of reading Attic texts “straight through.”
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