I doubt anyone would disagree "the world's foremost authorities" on classical lit need to know greek/latin. But carefully reading and comparing several transla

I doubt anyone would disagree "the world's foremost authorities" on classical lit need to know greek/latin. But carefully reading and comparing several translations while following centuries of commentary can surely make one an expert on, say, themes in Greek epic poetry. I mean, if it doesn't then I'd just want to introduce into our conversation a distinction or two in the area of "knowledge use" and just stipulate which branch I'm intending by "expert"... (This doesn't really matter for the previous point, but I actually think this just follows from agreeing with you and then taking even more seriously "how much interpretation happens".)