[Archaea]

Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski

This thread is great. "Hey guys, I am going to read the Illiad in Greek, but I am stuck on the second word." That's awesome, Archaea.

Just being ambitious doesn't make one good.

The prose is difficult to grasp. Perhaps I should, but won't, tackle something easier.

Here's the sentence, very first one, Lebowski, with some difficult structure.

Μηνιν αϜειδε θεά Πηληϊαδεω Αχιλῆος
ουλομενην ἥ μῡρί' Αχαιoῖς αλγε' εθηκε
πολλὰς δ' ιφθῑμους ψῡχὰς ΑϜιδι προϊαψεν
ἡρωων αυτοὺς δε Ϝελωρια τευχε κυνεσσιν
οιωνοῖσι τε πᾶσι

Note the second word is a weird imperative of to sing. It doesn't show up in my dictionary.