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Re:Latin by the Dowling Method by dhosek on Sunday October 24, 2021 @09:10PM (#28983511)
I remember my college Latin prof saying that if you ever wanted to feel good about your Latin skills you should read the Vulgate Bible. I've been working (very slowly) at translating it chapter by chapter (I'm up to Genesis 9). It does feel much more approachable than most Classical authors.

For learning classical Greek, I recommend beginning with a Biblical Greek text. In general the pedagogy from the Biblical people for Greek is so much better developed than what the classicists use.

Re:Latin by the Dowling Method by nimeni on Monday October 25, 2021 @01:08AM (#28984641)
For the HN crowd, I'd suggest starting from Euclid's elements. Really narrow vocabulary, and it's even illustrated.
Re:Latin by the Dowling Method by dhosek on Monday October 25, 2021 @02:24PM (#28991321)
Ooh, I hadn't thought of that. Now to find a good Greek edition of Euclid.