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Ekho@ekholangJan 16
Where do you go if you want to hear what Plato sounded like? Or if you want to listen to a Beowulf recitation like you're a thane in a mead-hall? Today's the day! Ekho is here.
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Feminism, Sexual Communism, and Philosopher Kings, feat. Daniel O’Toole | Episode CXIX Three waves: first, equality of the sexes; second, the abolition of the family; and third… rule by philosopher-kings? In Book V of Plato’s Republic, Socrates guides his interlocutors through three “waves” of objections, each more shocking than the last. Hillsdale philosophy professor Daniel O’Toole joins Jonathan and Ryan to explore what many consider the most radical book of the Republic, from its feminism to its sexual communism. Along the way, they take up the questions that stump nearly every student of Book V: Why does the dialogue take such a dystopian turn? What does equality between men and women have to do with the rule of the wise? And why do the men and women of the city exercise in the nude?
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While on Ekho, you can now log into your Kevilex account and access your saved words and text progress. Thanks @kevinpalbrecht!
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Witodlīċe!
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Want to mull over what you just heard? Want your audiobook to stop when it gets to the end of a chapter? Just hit the Timer button at the bottom of the screen and select "End of chapter."
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@ekholang is there any way stopping autoplay between chapters of a book?
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I think First Steps is fantastic and I’ve found it massively useful (alongside Ōsweald Bera!).
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Charondas, one of the great lawgivers of ancient Greece, famously took his own life on the spot, when he realized he'd broken his own law by unintentionally bringing a dagger into the Assembly. But Charondas' life and legislation are full of other colorful anecdotes, including his ancient analogue to Chesterton's Fence: Anyone proposing a change in the law must place his head in the noose, and if his proposal is not accepted, he is to be hung. New Humanists+ episode on Underrated Greek Lawgivers in the Bibliotheca Historica of Diodorus Siculus app.ancientlanguage.com/tabs…
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Later, Ælfric's pedagogical Latin was glossed in Old English, so the dialogue functions like a medieval Loeb: written in Latin but translated into (Old) English. Sweet's version in First Steps is just the (Old) English simplified for the (Modern) English student.
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And you can read along on Ekho via @kevinpalbrecht's Kevilex, an outstanding platform with clean, attractive presentation of Old English (and Ancient Greek!) texts, with vocabulary and grammar look-ups built in. app.ancientlanguage.com/tabs…
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If you want to take a look at First Steps in Anglo-Saxon in its entirety, here's a scan of the 1897 first edition. It cost 2 shillings and sixpence! archive.org/details/firstste…
First Steps in Anglo-Saxon

First Steps in Anglo-Saxon

Book digitized by Google and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.

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The first text, Be þissum middanġearde (Concerning This Middle-Earth), is an adaptation of Ælfric's De temporibus anni, a short work on astronomy and the calendar. Sweet's version starts quite simply: "The sun travels between heaven and earth..."
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The second, Be manna cræftum (Concerning Mens' Trades), is an adaptation of the lovable and memorable "Colloquy on the Professions," a dialogue Ælfric wrote in Latin to help Anglo-Saxon monks learn the language of the church.
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After a very brief introduction to his pedagogical method and then to the grammar of Old English, Sweet gets to the good stuff: approachable Old English prose. The book has three pedagogically constructed texts, all adaptations of authentic Old English.
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Henry Sweet was one of the most groundbreaking Old English teachers in history. His 1897 textbook, First Steps in Anglo-Saxon, embodies many of the pedagogical insights that contemporary "direct" or "CI-based" methods are built on.
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Χαρακτήρες is now on Ekho! This Attic Greek prose work by Theophrastus caricatures a series of different human types.
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Theophrastus himself was perhaps Aristotle's greatest student, and succeeded him as the head of the Lyceum. The Characters is also relatively accessible, and is thus an excellent text for late-intermediate students of Ancient Greek looking for an introduction to Attic prose.
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Characters | Ekho

Characters | Ekho

This Attic Greek prose work by Theophrastus caricatures a series of different human types. Its appeal is both universal and particular—universal because it catalogs recurring character types, and...

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