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No? Because I'm polluting .. uh... the ever-so-clean WoT with this self-benefitial thread. Yep. that's right. Help me so it goes away. :- (or if a mod is awake. egads.)

 

If anybody knows ancient greek and can tell me what these passages mean:

 

στρατηγοι γαρ τιωες αυτον ερριψαν αισχρως ουτω ερημον, αγρια νοσω καταφθινοντα.

 

ομως τα χρεια τοξα

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From babelfish:

 

generals gar tjwes this errjban ajshpws so deserted, wildy nosw katafcjnonta. however the hreja arcs of - Irakleoys arcs - aytw estj and....

 

Glad I could help.

 

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Okay, I just got here and I'll check into it immediately. Let's see how fast I can exercise my Attic Greek muscles.

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Well my own efforts have so far yielded:

 

"For the generals cast him out shamefully and devastated him thus.... (blank)"

 

and

 

""Nevertheless, the bow is needed - the bow of Heracles - and..."

 

but I"m not too sure.

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It's pretty cool, I'd say it was harder to learn than French, though, thanks to all the verbs conjugating like nouns and all.

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Too bad, if it was modern greek, I could have helped you...

 

Where did you find this passage? Are you doing this for your studies?

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τιωες - I'm having a hard time finding the root for this word. Is it some form of of τιω?

 

αισχπως - I'm taking this as shame. Once again, I can't seem to find this word, although αισχως is shame or deformity seem close. Also, αισχρως - is shameful or shame-causing.

 

ερριψαν - is just the 3rd person aorist of "to throw or cast"

 

Okay, I'm going to give my best shot at a translation. Be forewarned, however, I'm simply not sure about this translation.

 

"For some generals cast him out shamefully thus to desolation, the wilderness bringing [him?] to an end in sickness.

Just as there are also here the necessary weapons [bows] - the weapons of Heracles."

 

Sorry, Tigranes, but that's as good as I can do right now. I can look into it later and get back to you this afternoon. I'm sure there are mistakes in all that. The only question is, do the mistakes actually change the basic meaning?

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toxa is actually neuter, which means the verb will be singular. Welcome to ancient Greek. Regular verbs can be pretty hard to find.

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Is this about Troy? I remember something about Herakles' bow being needed in the Trojan war.

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Achilles enjoyed manmeat. :) For some reason :thumbsup: this wasn't shown in Troy :angry:

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DENMARK!

 

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Everyone except Hektor enjoyed manlove in Troy. They just didn't show it.

kirottu said:
I was raised by polar bears. I had to fight against blood thirsty wolves and rabid penguins to get my food. Those who were too weak to survive were sent to Sweden.

 

It has made me the man I am today. A man who craves furry hentai.

So let us go and embrace the rustling smells of unseen worlds

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:thumbsup:

 

Hektor was cool though. Only character I liked in the film. :)

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DENMARK!

 

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Pretty much yeah.

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I was raised by polar bears. I had to fight against blood thirsty wolves and rabid penguins to get my food. Those who were too weak to survive were sent to Sweden.

 

It has made me the man I am today. A man who craves furry hentai.

So let us go and embrace the rustling smells of unseen worlds

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The paragraph is from Iliad I think. It's where they leave Lemnos and take this guy called Philoktetes nobody likes, cause he has Heracles' bow: then they leave him to rot for a while.

 

Eldar: that was my spelling mistakes, tines not tioes and aiskros not aiskpos. Nevertheless, double-checking with that I seem to have got it now:

 

(For) the generals threw him out shamefully and devastated him thus, and he is wasting away with a fierce disease.

 

Still, he has the bow we need

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Mus, is that from Supreme Commander?

Well, what do you think? :thumbsup:"

 

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kirottu said:
I was raised by polar bears. I had to fight against blood thirsty wolves and rabid penguins to get my food. Those who were too weak to survive were sent to Sweden.

 

It has made me the man I am today. A man who craves furry hentai.

So let us go and embrace the rustling smells of unseen worlds

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