Yesterday the presentation has been done by our director Mr. K. Karkanias in the Library. A main part of the presentation was based at the first three verses of Odyssey which, although it refers to the Trojan War (13th century A.D. ) and is the older greek poem contains words that were easily recognized from our beginner students.The verses are (ancient and modern Greek plus an English translation)
Άνδρα μοι έννεπεν μούσα πολύτροπον ός μάλα πόλλα
Για τον άνδρα πες μου μούσα τον πολύτροπο , ό οποίος πάρα πολλά
Oh! Muse, speak to me about the clever man, who a great lot
Πλάγχθη επεί Τροίης ιερόν πτολίεθρον έπερσεν
Έπαθε αφού επόρθησε της Τροίας την ιερή πόλη
suffered after the holy city of Troja has conquered
Πολλών δ’ ανθρώπων ίδεν άστεα και νόον έγνω
Πολλών δε ανθρώπων ίδε τις πόλεις και την νοοτροπία τους γνώρισε
He had seen the cities of a lot of people and their way of thinking he has understood
