Samhain\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waxing Moon of the Winter Solstice<\/p>\n
In my session with my Latin tutor today, Greg told me I’d made good progress.\u00a0 For the first 4 verses or so, he had no corrections at all.\u00a0 I’m learning something.<\/p>\n
What I’m learning now, peeling back this onion one more layer is this:\u00a0 figuring out the exact or closest to exact english that conforms to the Latin often fails to\u00a0 make much sense.\u00a0 There is a leap, a vault between the world of Ovid and his language and the third millennium English speaking world in which I live.\u00a0 I’ve always suspected\/known this and part of my purpose in setting out on this journey is to learn about that leap. More.\u00a0 To investigate that process in a specific text that matters to me and to my understanding of the world.\u00a0 Metamorphosis is such a text.<\/p>\n
So, I learn the Latin, grammar and vocabulary.\u00a0 Then, I apply what I’ve learned to the Latin text.\u00a0 After I’ve done that, I can begin the task of translation.\u00a0 It is, I suppose, exegesis and hermeneutics, my old friends from seminary classes on the Hebrew and Christian scriptures.\u00a0 Each lesson I take another step on this journey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Samhain\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waxing Moon of the Winter Solstice In my session with my Latin tutor today, Greg told me I’d made good progress.\u00a0 For the first 4 verses or so, he had no corrections at all.\u00a0 I’m learning something. What I’m learning now, peeling back this onion one more layer is this:\u00a0 figuring out the exact … Continue reading Hermes<\/span>