tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36592052.post7690693847692679838..comments2023-10-26T20:40:47.532+11:00Comments on opɯdʒɯlɯklɑr: Acado-Russian Dollsopoudjishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02106433476518749382noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36592052.post-49557678280617656522009-08-31T10:49:02.070+10:002009-08-31T10:49:02.070+10:00I, even more maliciously, think of the proverb “τί...I, even more maliciously, think of the proverb “τίς πατέρ’ αἰνήσει, εἰ μὴ κακοδαίμονες υἱοί;” I've never been brave enough to wave that in front of a modern Greek claiming co-identity with the Ancient Ancestors.<br /><br />In my defense, I also get cross at my fellow Americans who use the words "we" and "the founding fathers" in the same breath. "Really? Which part of the Bill of Rights did you compose?"Wmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10894049524583247454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36592052.post-6235479387753686232009-08-30T20:48:52.517+10:002009-08-30T20:48:52.517+10:00@ William: in response to which, I can only cite a...@ William: in response to which, I can only cite approvingly <a href="http://hellenisteukontos.blogspot.com/2009/06/lerna-iiid-why-we-do-not-count-lemmata.html" rel="nofollow">Richard Feynman's</a> verdict (end of my linked posting). <br /><br />There's a real sadness to that, a real sense of never measuring up to the marble the Ancient left around the countryside. (The folk traditions talked of Hellenes as pagan superhuman giants, who toppled over like dinosaurs: my peasant ancestors knew what the marble told them too.) <br /><br />That sentiment translates all too often into braggadocio—which a people confident in its achievements doesn't need to resort to...opoudjishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02106433476518749382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36592052.post-35149687928073940942009-08-28T07:22:56.366+10:002009-08-28T07:22:56.366+10:00I'm Grecophone, You're Less Burdened With ...<i>I'm Grecophone, You're Less Burdened With the spectre of Our Ancient Ancestors</i><br /><br />Ok, that made me laugh genuine lols — several times.Wmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10894049524583247454noreply@blogger.com