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Using either spaces or miniscule letters, is anachronistic for both classical Latin and Greek. They only had a single case in antiquity and didn't usually mark
by retrac 2mo ago
Using either spaces or miniscule letters, is anachronistic for both classical Latin and Greek. They only had a single case in antiquity and didn't usually mark word boundaries.
For example:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Trajan_inscription_duotone.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Trajan_inscription_duoton... (Latin as typically carved in stone)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Herculanean_Rolls_-_Papyrus_157-152.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Herculanean_Rolls_-_... (Greek as typically written on papyrus)
- mkehrt 2mo agoSort of. Romans didn't handwrite like that. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_cursive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_cursive . Note that the "u" character in both ancient and late ancient Roman cursive is more like the modern "u". (Source: not an expert in any way)
- DFHippie 2mo agoA web interface to classical texts is going to be anachronistic. If its purpose is pedagogical, it should include macrons, spaces, punctuation, case -- the works. Making every word clickable but leaving the reader to guess at vowel length seems like leaving the job half done.