< Ancient language scholarship
My main interest is in the Byzantine era, so Koine it is for me :) Of course there are books for all kinds of periods, I found resources such as: Greek for Euclid, A reading course in Homeric Greek, and a lot of books for New Testament Greek, which is likely the best place to start for me.
Right now I am learning Greek vocabulary by proxy, that is, by learning the etymologies of the words I come across which have a greek origin, for example spagyria, "Originally coined by Paracelsus, the word comes from the Ancient Greek σπάω spao ('to separate, to draw out') and ἀγείρω ageiro ('to combine', 'to recombine', 'to gather')." (from Wikipedia)
Getting more and more into western esotericism and the like, I am ever more stimulated to start getting serious with Greek, but at the same time I have already my hands full, and I have neglected the Classical Chinese. It's hard being interested in everything under the sun.
It's hard being interested in everything under the sun.
That's the truth! Definitely something I struggle with as well.
Learning by proxy seems like as good a method as any for right now, and I know for me, something like that would help new words stick better anyway.
Speaking of which, a couple questions, if I may:
1. What resources have you found for Classical Chinese? That's something I've been interested in for awhile, but have had a hard time finding books on it that aren't in Mandarin.
2. More generally, what's your preferred method for memorizing vocabulary? This is an area in which I struggle a great deal, and am yet to find anything that really works for me.