To: I-ambush
The Pythons were classically educated Oxbridge graduates. If you've ever had to study Greek or Latin in school, that scene is absolutely hilarious.
I had to translate part of a Greek tragedy for a class once. I stumbled over one word and after a couple hours finally figured out the root and found it in the big Liddell Greek-English lexicon. It had one entry referring to the exact line I was looking at with a surmised translation, because that was the only known occurrence of the word in ancient Greek literature.
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05/10/2023 5:48:02 PM PDT by
pierrem15
("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
To: pierrem15
Not a serious Greek scholar so I sold my Scott and Liddell about 10 years ago to someone who could use it for something other than a library decoration, or, of course, a booster seat! :)
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