How Ancient Greeks Named Their Puppies

The Smithsonian ^ | 7-9-12

[Redcitizen]

Thats cute. =)

[Verginius Rufus]

I was trying to make a pun but it was a bit too obscure.

Plato's dialogue about Socrates' last day and his death is called the Phaedo after one of the men present on the occasion who is later reporting what Socrates said--in Greek the diphthong in Phaedo/Phaidon would sound like English long "i." The usual English pronunciation of "Phaedo" is "feedo" rather than "fido."

[AnAmericanMother]

I got it. I was just pulling your chain a little bit.

4 years of Classical Greek, for my sins. Lowest grades I got in college.

[kimmie7]

Hi, could you remove me from the ping list please? I love the pings, but that graphic just kills me. Thanks.

[Verginius Rufus]

Only two years as an undergraduate here, but we read the Phaedo in the original in the fourth semester.

Dareiou kai Parysatidos gignontai paides dyo... (opening line of Xenophon's Anabasis, the first text we read).

[tob2]

Screaming with fright!

[Cronos]

"i wonder what cave dogs looked like"