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"for my daughter"



On Sat, 28 Oct 2000 15:57:18 -0500 judith sebesta <jsebesta@usd.edu>
writes:
>A friend has a children's book on the story of Persephone that 
>contains some Greek in the illustrations.  One Greek phrase/sentence 
>that is puzzling is
>
>GIA THN KOPH MOU
>
>The "G" may be a gamma or could it be an archaic delta?
>
>Why do THN and KOPH not agree?
>
>Why the genitive MOU?
>
>There are no accents.
>
>Thanks, in advance, for all suggestions/answers.
>
>-- 
>Prof. Judith Sebesta, Chair
>East Hall 204
>Dept. of History
>414 East Clark St.
>U of South Dakota
>Vermillion SD 57069
>
>FAX: 605-677-5568       Phone: 605-677-5218
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>
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