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By T67M
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#1569290
Bill Haddow wrote: Ὦ ξεῖν', ἀγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ὅτι τῇδε κείμεθα, τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι.


Surely that should be "Ὦ ξεῖν', ἀγγέλλειν Ουρανόςδαίμονας ὅτι τῇδε κείμεθα, τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι? :wink:
By ChrisRowland
#1569312
Chris Martyr wrote:
ChrisRowland wrote:If all else fails copy the quotation into Google, it's quite appropriate for Remembrance day.


Well , I would do Chris , but "my keyboard" isn't bright enough to do it .. :oops:


Select the text using the mouse.
Copy. Ctrl-C will do this.
Select the search text box.
Paste, Ctrl-V will do this.

Simple.
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By kanga
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T67M wrote:..
Surely that should be "Ὦ ξεῖν', ἀγγέλλειν Ουρανόςδαίμονας ὅτι τῇδε κείμεθα, τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι? :wink:


but that wouldn't scan as dactylic hexameter .. :)

[my school was old-fashioned enough that all pupils had to be able to compose original verse in classical metres in Latin, and, for those doing Greek, also in Greek .. I enjoyed it :roll: ]
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By RichardPearse
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T67M wrote:
Bill Haddow wrote: Ὦ ξεῖν', ἀγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ὅτι τῇδε κείμεθα, τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι.


Surely that should be "Ὦ ξεῖν', ἀγγέλλειν Ουρανόςδαίμονας ὅτι τῇδε κείμεθα, τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι? :wink:


I wouldn't know. It's all Greek to me.
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By Paul_Sengupta
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#1569727
The Westmorland Flyer wrote:Dactylic, Paul, not electrolytic.


So the six ammeters thing is ok? :clown:

Dactylic? Sounds like a bit of a terror.