[OS X TeX] hebrew?

[David Derbes]

On Jun 11, 2010, at 6:02 AM, Themis Matsoukas wrote:

> On Jun 11, 2010, at 6:37 AM, David Derbes wrote:
> 
>> The claim is usually written in Greek as \selectlanguage{greek}\textporson{D'os moi po~u st~w ka`i kin~w t`hn g~hn} \selectlanguage{english}
>> (\emph{Dos moi pou st\={o} kai kin\={o} t\={e}n g\={e}n}: Give me a place to stand, and I will move the earth.)
> 
> I know this quote as Δός μοι πά στώ καί τάν γάν κινήσω. :-)

No fair, you're Greek! :-)

(I quote the version from E. J. Dijksterhuis; I assume it's Attic but maybe it's Ionic. It bothers me that the verb is expressed in the present,
not as your future. But what the hell do I know about it?)

David Derbes

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