Subject: Re: Neoteny
From: Jim Rovira (jrovira@drew.edu)
Date: Mon Nov 26 2001 - 16:17:41 GMT
It's a bit of a mistake, generally, to understand current terms through
the lens of their ancient history (anachronism -- what a word or phrase
means today may have nothing to do with its Greek or latin roots), but I
think Robbie's last post did an excellent job, yeah :)
Jim
Scottie Bowman wrote:
>
> Far, far, far & away the most entertaining, enriching
> & compelling book I've bought in the last two years
> is 'Learn Ancient Greek' by Peter Jones (Duckworth:
> paperback, pp 218, price: £9.95)
>
> Funny, reassuring, complete with genial cartoons,
> it has filled my more clouded days, one word at a time,
> with the Attic sun & sparkling, Aegean foam.
>
> Against that background, you can imagine what
> Robbie's explication did for me. Teino. Echo. Neos.
> Ah. Lovely. Yum Yum.
>
> Do you all a lot more good than SOME titles I could
> mention.
>
> Scottie B.
>
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