Greek (modern/classic (i dont see why this counts as 2)) or Russian? Which one would be more useful to learn for reading literature? I like the symbols of their alphabets.
I want a novel where it's me having animalistic sex with Reze every day and every night
>>24883649You need to write that yourself
>>24883621There is a lot of nice things you can read if you learn Greek. Modern Greek is almost identical to the ancient koine dialect (the dialect the bible is written with). There are also many interesting modern Greek authors like Kazatzakis and Cavafis. Most ancient Greek books are written in the Attic dialect. It has similar words but vastly different grammar. And most translations to modern greek dont differ that much with the originals. Still it is kind of understandable if you know modern Greek. Greek overall is a difficult language but i would still recommend you to give it a try.t. greek
Don't learn either, you need to learn Classical Chinese and Sanskrit instead
>>24883657I went to Greece once and it was pretty cool. I didn't like Santorini though, it was too remote for me. I think I'll do like 10 hours of both Greek and Russian and see which one I like more from there>>24883671>SanskritI'd rather learn cuneiform
>>24883681Ok then study Akkadian That sounds like a great idea
>>24883657>Modern Greek is almost identical to the ancient koine dialectLol no it's not
>>24883621If by literature you mean novels then Russian. If you are interested in philosophy nothing compares with Attic.
>>24883621If your mother language is one from family of roman languages, then the greek is going to be easier to learn, coming from the same family.
>>24883621If you live in Europe, learn Russian, it'll come in handy if they invade/occupy the continent. You may also expect mass-migration of westerners/Christians to the third world countries as a result of upheavals. Learning Russian, Chinese, & Arabic will probably be more useful in the long run. Only valid reason to learn ancient Greek is to study Greek philosophy, which was considered a preliminary to understanding Christianity.
>>24883963it literally is.It is so similar that in school they used to give us new testaments only in the koine dialect and we would read them despite not studying it before>>24883681Santorini and Mykonos are too touristic for me
