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Sick of Odyssey discourse? Learn real Homeric Greek. PhD-led, zero fluff, raw hexameter. Building tech-leveraged curriculum in public for busy heroes.

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I need to get the next bit up, on doing the full hexameter lines. But first, it would be awesome to know if things are making sense so far, what is still seeming tricky or confusing, etc. so I can patch that in before we get to the fun of building up the ability to 'sight read' meter. I've also just about got a web app ready for vocabulary acquisition... Getting a few hundred very high frequency words memorized is powerful, and I've got a beta build for some fun ways to go about that.
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I can definitely work on playing with spacing, probably vertical so we can use scrolling to 'hide'/'reveal'. They don't have a flash card function. I do have a webapp I'll be providing access to once we get into proper vocabular and grammar work.
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Larger type please in lesson three. Letters are unfamiliar and difficult to distinguish
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Hi! Thanks for the comment. Sadly, Skool doesn't allow font editing/sizing outside of abusing the 'Heading' feature. A couple of workaround suggestions: 1) a) On a laptop/desktop, most browsers will allow you to use the 'ctrl +' and 'ctrl -' key combinations to zoom/scale your browser content. b) On a Phone, Chrome responds to double-finger tap and pinch motions, or the Safari 'A' icon should let you make the adjustment. 2) Greek looks better/worse depending on what Unicode font your browser is set to use as standard. Typically in Settings -> Appearance -> Customize Fonts (or something similar) you can access different fonts for the browser. I personally like Greek without serifs. I'd love to hear back if any of these ideas works for you.
Lesson 1.6 is up
The new lesson takes what you have learned and shows you how to use it to start 'performing' the Homeric line. (we will get to grammar and translation, but first the fun stuff). The goal is to be able to do it 'live', so follow the directions carefully. We're building a skill, step by step. Trust the process--I've taught many students to do this over the years, and they are always surprised that it 'works'. Remember, we read traditional English poetry left to right without needing to pre-puzzle out the stress accents (think rhyming couplets, limericks, etc.). You can learn to do it with Homer.
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1.5 is up. learn how meter works when dealing with 2 or 3 words next to each other. The full line of verse will be the next step.
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New Lessons coming this week
I'll have new Lessons up this week. We will move towards building the ability to work through the meter of a line of hexameter not just single words, and start basic grammar. I've also been working on digital flashards and ways to make the process of learning the vocabulary fun and interactive. Some version of that will hopefully go live in the next week, and I'll share the web link to the Alpha version of the app.
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Homeschooled pixel-obsessed book-nerd become PhD classicist, autodidact & tech junkie. Myth, sci-fi, philology, philosophy, flow, and former WoW tank.

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