We had a game once upon a time where we catalogued the names of some of the lesser-known Knights of the Round Table, such as Sir Kit Breaker, Sir Gycal Truss, Sir Monon de Mounte and so forth. I thought it might be educational to go further back, to Greek times, and list a few of them. John Cleese, Androcles and Pericles may be quite well-known, but what about the tailors Euripides and Eumenides, for example? Extra points will be given for providing some biographical details on these long-forgotten fellows.

(Winning move unaltered.)

Expose more Expose all
Phil - Noknes the second Greek to abandon the traditional Greek toga and wear shorts in summer, after Nobblines
Simons Mith - Bandages Developed the eponymous cloth wound covering that we still use to this day.
Rosie - Priktes - an intellectual, arguing cogently against the need for feminism. (Raak) Top drawer.
Raak - Cocöon invented the 5-season sleeping bag.
Phil - Aristweedines - invented 'plus fours'
Raak - Bel-tsander invented many ingenious machines for woodworking.
Kim - Sausages, inventor of an early method for preserving left-over horsemeat.
Phil - Anaeamis, pioneer of Greek air traffic control.
Simons Mith - [Kim] That's my favorite one yet!
Raak - The Greeks had legends of a warlike people on an island at the edge of the world, whose men painted themselves blue and wore skirts: the Robroi.
Raak - [Phil] The penny has just dropped on yours.
Raak - Haites introduced the custom of a light cooked meal around 5pm, followed by cakes and pastries.
Phil - Mnemonikos Mathematician: notated experimental method of new intricate knowledge occupying synapses.
[Raak] A veritable compliment. Thank you :-)
Kim - It is said that the Kuddlitoi held a smaller-scale, local form of Olympic-style Games, but weekly, instead of every four years. Successful competitors could win fabulous prizes and their success was broadcast throughout the land.
CdM - [Phil] He was brother of Justbekos, a maverick mathematician who rejected this new notion of "proof" that was so favoured by his contemporaries.
cfm - Parodes (son of Comedes incidently), a popular playwright.
Quendalon - Giftegeus invented the mirror.
Kim - [CdM] It's recorded that his younger brother was an early visitor to the Roman town of Londinium. Mabeitsbekos was so taken with the place, he decided to settle there.
Rosie - Honeybees - investigated the geometrical properties of the hexagon.
Rosie - Aniros - Innovative musical entertainer.
Rosie - Dos - Inventor of the abacus.
Rosie - Andantes - A tranquil fellow, known for his leisurely gait.
Raak - Nobody liked Mandes.
Simons Mith - Similes was widely known as a one-off; everyone agreed that while a few people came close, there was no-one else quite like him.
Raak - [SM] Metaphor was his brother though.
Giertrud - Telephone - [Tel-ef-a-knee] Greek goddess of communication
kagomeshuko - Harmonies - Greek God of multiple tunes.
Raak - Thon was the Greek god to whom feats of endurance were dedicated.
Kim - Little is known of the Awgöongöon, a tribe originating from a small enclave in Northern Sparta. Archaeological remnants indicate that they abandoned their ancestral home of Κραγγι, and, guided by their inspirational leader Τεδ, settled on a remote island somewhere off the west coast of Ireland.
Quendalon - The philosopher Coriander propounded the doctrine that gustatory pleasure was the very spice of life.
Simons Mith - Machines was misclassified as an early Greek for many years until scholars realised he was actually Scottish.
Kim - Joncles - Arguably the greatest of the Greek comic playrights.
Rosie - Recoupoulos - the founder of modern ideas on insurance. (Kim) Greatest? Maybe the tallest or grumpiest. :-)
kagomeshuko - Telescope - An ancient Greek philosopher who charted the land using the stars that he saw in the night sky.
Rosie - Polos - the first real confectioner.
Quendalon - Monsoön - the irascible inventor of meteorology.
Raak - Baton lived a precarious existence. Whatever he got his hands on, he gave away to someone else.
Kim - Penelope - our very own Greek goddess.
Simons Mith - Suicides – Killed himself, and, alas, took several others with him.
Audience
*shouts, screams, generally goes wild for Simons Mith*
Simons Mith - I've been struggling to think of one last -es name for days. Once I finally got one, I had little choice but to play it with some extra collateral damage.
Simons Mith - I've just thought of the twin brothers famous for their dancing - Hansnes and Bumsadases
This is the end of the line. There is no more.