1722 verses of the Odyssey are now in my active recall testing system. This means that I have more or less firmly memorised about 14.2% of the epic. Last week I transcribed 827 verses from memory, from γ17 to δ346 (lines 896-1722). diff diagnosed some fault or other in 26 of those lines, therefore […]
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Missing μέν
This week's Odyssey recall exercise was a resounding success! In an excerpt containing 5897 words, just two were recalled incorrectly, whereas in most weeks I would make ten or so such mistakes. Of course, there were a couple of dozen other, less serious errors such as incorrect case and […]
Dressing them up
The other day when practising recalling the Odyssey, I repeated a familiar mistake near the end of book 3. This is where Polycasta wraps (βάλεν) a mantle and tunic around (ἀμφί) Telemachus after bathing him: γ467: ἀμφὶ δέ μιν φᾶρος καλὸν βάλεν ἠδὲ χιτῶνα, With the book closed, I was uncertain […]