I read that Heinrich Schliemann, while excavating in Greece,

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2016-07-16 01:46:37 Post No. 8283043
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Anonymous 2016-07-16 01:46:37 Post No. 8283043 [Report]

I read that Heinrich Schliemann, while excavating in Greece, learned Greek by comparing a French book with a Greek translation. He said after the first attempt he knew half the words, and after the second attempt he knew all of them, and that he only bothered to learn a little bit of grammar (he said schoolchildren were taught grammar for 8 years to little or no effect)

Apparently as a businessman he made it a point to learn the language of every country he did business with, and knew over 10 of them.

What do you think of Schliemann's method?

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Anonymous 2016-07-16 01:49:44 Post No.8283048
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Anonymous 2016-07-16 01:49:44 Post No.8283048 [Report]

>>8283043

Schliemann was an eccentric. He actually named his kid Agamemnon.
He was also a notorious liar. The story is probably an exaggeration at best.

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Anonymous 2016-07-16 01:50:48 Post No.8283054
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Anonymous 2016-07-16 01:50:48 Post No.8283054 [Report]

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He also read from Homer during his son's baptism.

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Anonymous 2016-07-16 02:10:33 Post No.8283099
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Anonymous 2016-07-16 02:10:33 Post No.8283099 [Report]

>>8283054

>He also read from Homer during his son's baptism.

What an absolute wanker.

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Anonymous 2016-07-16 02:22:29 Post No.8283120
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Anonymous 2016-07-16 02:22:29 Post No.8283120 [Report]

He was passionate

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Anonymous 2016-07-16 02:47:08 Post No.8283176
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Anonymous 2016-07-16 02:47:08 Post No.8283176 [Report]

it's not so crazy if a) you have a lot of experience in language learning, and/or b) you know linguistics (or, in his day, philology.)

now I'm a little skeptical that he did it French to Greek, bc they aren't all that similar. but it's not impossible, and as a general technique it's actually quite useful.