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Me cayó el veinteInspiring the desire to discover the language that has contributed to the brilliance of ancient Greek literature has been the desire of the authors of this book. Through these eight lessons on ancient Greek, the reader will better understand why this language is, even today, at the base of our intellectual arrangements and forms the core of the scientific vocabulary of Europe.
A language is much more than a sum of grammatical rules: it is a mixture of customs and values; it is also the fruit of a long maturation in which successive elements add to the richness of the whole.
Jacqueline de Romilly
Dans le jardin des mots (2007)
