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How Ancient Greeks Named Their Puppies
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Posted on 07/16/2012 10:00:55 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: Joe 6-pack
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07/17/2012 6:23:51 PM PDT
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Redcitizen
(bumper sticker- 4 out of 3 people can't do math.)
To: AnAmericanMother
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."
To: Verginius Rufus
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.
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07/18/2012 4:46:38 AM PDT
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AnAmericanMother
(Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGS Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
To: Joe 6-pack
Hi, could you remove me from the ping list please? I love the pings, but that graphic just kills me. Thanks.
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07/18/2012 7:06:51 AM PDT
by
kimmie7
(I do not think BO is the antichrist, but he may very well be 665.)
To: AnAmericanMother
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).
To: Krankor
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07/19/2012 8:19:12 PM PDT
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tob2
(November can't come soon enough for me.)
To: Krankor; MtBaldy
"i wonder what cave dogs looked like"
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08/27/2012 9:18:37 AM PDT
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Cronos
(**Marriage is about commitment, cohabitation is about convenience.**)
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