From annis@chopin.co-prosperity.org Wed Jun 4 07:03:07 2003 Received: from mxu7.u.washington.edu (mxu7.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.165]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW03.04/8.12.1+UW03.02) with ESMTP id h54E361M037458 for ; Wed, 4 Jun 2003 07:03:06 -0700 Received: from chopin.co-prosperity.org (24-196-66-98.mad.wi.charter.com [24.196.66.98]) by mxu7.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW03.04/8.12.1+UW03.02) with ESMTP id h54E35f8023220 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 4 Jun 2003 07:03:06 -0700 Received: from chopin.co-prosperity.org (chopin [127.0.0.1]) by chopin.co-prosperity.org (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id h54E08PC011649 for ; Wed, 4 Jun 2003 09:00:08 -0500 From: annis@chopin.co-prosperity.org Received: (from annis@localhost) by chopin.co-prosperity.org (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id h54E08GN011646; Wed, 4 Jun 2003 09:00:08 -0500 Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 09:00:08 -0500 Message-Id: <200306041400.h54E08GN011646@chopin.co-prosperity.org> To: classics@u.washington.edu In-reply-to: (message from James Butrica on Wed, 4 Jun 2003 09:04:54 +0100) Subject: Re: Declining Western Civ. References: <1204f1f12054d0.12054d01204f1f@homemail.nyu.edu> <496730534.20030603211005@idirect.com> >From: James Butrica > >>David - it's obvious! The 5th Harry Potter book will never be written! > >But will any of them still be translated into Latin -- or Attic Greek? >Surely *that's* the test of decline and fall. The Latin version is expected this month. I have my order in. I've avoided reading the books since I find the Harry Potter marketing juggernaut repellent. But, as an unabashed Hellenophile I find that while I have no particular interest in Latin, it sure would make reading old editions of Greek works easier. I take this book as a chance to brush up. The Attic Greek edition will have to wait another year, I believe. -- wm .