Born in 1982 to a polyglot father and a multi-cultured mother, it is only natural that I grew up with a fascination for different languages and cultures. In junior high and in high school I began experimenting with writing my first short stories, and my love for languages and of literature earned me the Second Place Award in all of Ankara. My first translations were published in various magazines and student journals during the same time period. Following graduation from high school my family sent me to Austria and France to experience European culture. This trip, which began as a three month vacation, turned out to be much more than that for my future: it was after seeing the roots of European history and culture that I decided to study ancient languages, and what better way could there be of learning about the civilization of mankind than studying Ancient and Modern Greek?
The Faculty of Languages and History - Geography in Ankara provided me with that opportunity. I’m doing my masters at the moment, in the Department of Ancient Greek Literature and Culture and the subject of my masters thesis is “Flavius Josephus” and his book “Contra Apionem (Against Apion). There was, and is so much to read and study: every book, every article has been a new adventure for me, so I thought I should share my experiences with the other students and researchers, let’s say my “Odyssey of Josephus”. This blog is created with this aim in mind.
I am writing my thesis under the guidance of Tansu Açık, Associate Professor of Ancient Greek in Ankara University, I will quote a passage from the letter of Arrianus at this point, writer of “Alexandri Anabasis”, pupil of Epiktetos and the composer of his works. “… whatever I heard from his own mouth, that I tried to set down in the very same words, so far as possible, and to preserve as memorials for my own use, of his manner of thinking, and his frank utterance.” I have been and am trying to do the same thing for four months now, note down my professor’s words, our “discourses” and the sources he guides me towards to read and to research.
“The official language” of my blog is Turkish, at least for now, but I will sure add some English and Greek notes for the enthusiasts.
Enjoy.
The Faculty of Languages and History - Geography in Ankara provided me with that opportunity. I’m doing my masters at the moment, in the Department of Ancient Greek Literature and Culture and the subject of my masters thesis is “Flavius Josephus” and his book “Contra Apionem (Against Apion). There was, and is so much to read and study: every book, every article has been a new adventure for me, so I thought I should share my experiences with the other students and researchers, let’s say my “Odyssey of Josephus”. This blog is created with this aim in mind.
I am writing my thesis under the guidance of Tansu Açık, Associate Professor of Ancient Greek in Ankara University, I will quote a passage from the letter of Arrianus at this point, writer of “Alexandri Anabasis”, pupil of Epiktetos and the composer of his works. “… whatever I heard from his own mouth, that I tried to set down in the very same words, so far as possible, and to preserve as memorials for my own use, of his manner of thinking, and his frank utterance.” I have been and am trying to do the same thing for four months now, note down my professor’s words, our “discourses” and the sources he guides me towards to read and to research.
“The official language” of my blog is Turkish, at least for now, but I will sure add some English and Greek notes for the enthusiasts.
Enjoy.
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An interesting work and personality. l think l had recovered this personality many years ago... But l am not sure if the owner of this text is the same person that l am thinking about?
Sanırım...!
İnsan doğasının gücü ve ilginçliğine bir kez daha şahit oluyorum. Adalar, ayılar ve buzlar coğrafyasında, bilinçaltına kazınmış, duygularda iz bırakmış imgeler... Hiç beklemediğim an ve yerlerde, bütün beraklığıyla gün ışığına çıkan, inatla 'beni gör, ben burdayım' diyen imgelere karşı olan hayretimi bu satırlarla buraya not düşme gerğini hisettim...
...nor "recovered" of course, l had discovered it, but never recovered again...
Mezun oldugum bolumde Josephus uzerine bir calisma yapmaniz beni gercekten cok sevindirdi... ben de Roma Donemi Cilicia'sinda Yahudiler uzerine yaptim. Sizinle tanismak isterim. Blogunuzda email adresinizi goremedim.
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Sevgili Salih (yes it's me!) ve Sevgili Sevim,
ilginize teşekkür ederim, günceme mail adresimi ekledim iletişimi kolaylaştırmak için, konuşulacak, paylaşılacak ne çok şey var!
Ben de sizinle görüşmeyi çok isterim Sevim, yazık ki mail adresinize ya da güncenize ulaşamıyorum, iletişim bilgilerinizi yazarsanız Antik dünyanın bu en yanlış anlaşılmış kavmi üzerine konuşacak çok şey bulacağımıza eminim.
İkinizle de en yakın zamanda görüşmek dileğiyle, sevgiler.
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