Greek woes

[theyellowhobbit]

I started Greek class last night. There are 4 books we need (2 workbooks, a New Testament in Greek, and a dictionary, though the latter 2 are optional) and so I decided to order them online since it would be cheaper, except for the workbook which we needed right away. It's A Primer of Biblical Greek by N. Claton Croy, henceforth referred to as "Croy."

So I went to the Coop to buy a copy of Croy, but they were all out. They said they could order it, but if I was going to order it, better to do it from the internet, where I can find it for cheaper. There's also a foreign bookstore on Mt. Auburn Street which I stopped into, thinking that if they didn't have it I would take out the copy in Andover library. Lo and behold the bookstore had one copy, which I bought.

So I got home and had dinner and then started working on the homework. I flipped ahead to see what the next few chapters looked like, and much to my dismay, found that in a certain section, every other 2 pages are missing. This is stuff that we're going to be doing in class tomorrow night! I need those pages by then!

I called dsKC, since he's also in my class. He has the books. I told him what had happened, and he said I could find him tomorrow in the library and make copies of his book(s). But the library still has them (there's another book we also have homework in which I was planning on borrowing until my copy came) and since it was closed by the time I called dsKC, that means if I get there at 9 the books should be there. If not I'll make the copies from dsKC's books, since he'll be there by then.

Unfortunately, I have to wake up early to do all this, and I also have to go tomorrow and return the copy of Croy that I bought today. But on the plus side, I got it for cheaper, (even including shipping) and so I'll be gaining a few dollars back.

Comments

[eponis.livejournal.com]

Have you already bought it from the Internet? Because I have a virtually unmarked copy that I'd be happy to lend you for the summer, if you like.

[sen-ichi-rei.livejournal.com]

Meep. Unfortunately yes, I did already buy it off the internets. But it wasn't so expensive so it's all good. Thanks for the offer, though.

[eponis.livejournal.com]

Ah well. It's probably easier this way, as I would've needed it back in the fall (so I can flail my way through Greek exegesis :-) ). Good luck in the class! There's one particular set of exercises, as I recall, that gets decidedly Good Omens-y.