Oct. 27, 2009 at 4:12pm with 5 notes View comments
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‘Punning’ is, it is true, an unfortunate description, because it connotes for us a humorous intention, while by the Greeks it was frequently regarded as a means of attaining truth, or as aesthetically valuable in itself.
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Excerpts from JD Denniston’s Greek Prose Style, from Laudator Temporis Acti.

Just another reason why reading Greek needs a completely different mindset sometimes.

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