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It's all Greeks to Me
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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.

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[Kim] For a moment there I thought you were talking about Maserates, the famous chariot racer.
I can barely bring myself to mention the inexorable vileness that was Stoktonontes.
Much has been written about the Chorus in Greek plays, rather less about the accompanying interpretive dancers, the bolshoi.
(Reusing a move from another game a long time ago alert:) Isosceles was a Greek sorcerer executed for heresy by impalement on a narrow, triangular block of wood, to the shape of which his name has since been given.
Tossos - an island named after the staggering ineptitude of its inhabitants.
Let's not ignore the magnificent contribution to the world of cartography made by Sephenses
[Phil] Didn't he also do important work in the development of vitamin supplements?
[Kim] Indeed he did, often in conjunction with the Roman physician Centrum
Nobblines, the first Greek to abandon the traditional Greek toga and wear shorts in summer.
Helpmaboab Itsthepolis was an ancient Greek bovver boy.
The narrative multi-panel paintings by Greek artist Miniceres are precursors to the contemporary graphic novel.
Anchoves was probably one of the most modest fishermen ever to live. His most extravagant claim was of catching a fish nearly 5½ inches long - although admittedly, he did bore everyone to death with how tasty it was.
Glycerides - a purveyor of cooking oil.
Hypochlorites - Always dressed in purest white. That's enough chemistry. Ed.
Gee-gees - Introduced the sport of horse racing.
Apogees - A high-jumper of startling ability.
Apologes - widely known as The Contrite.
Ταχμαν was a deity to whom every adult citizen had to promise one-third of his income on the first day of spring.
[Raak] I'm sorry but I have to: ταξμαν :-)
Beeges - siren-voiced gold medallion-wearing demi-gods of ancient times.
Antiphres invented the use of straw lagging for water pipes.
Noknes the second Greek to abandon the traditional Greek toga and wear shorts in summer, after Nobblines
Bandages Developed the eponymous cloth wound covering that we still use to this day.
Priktes - an intellectual, arguing cogently against the need for feminism. (Raak) Top drawer.
Cocöon invented the 5-season sleeping bag.
Aristweedines - invented 'plus fours'
Bel-tsander invented many ingenious machines for woodworking.
Sausages, inventor of an early method for preserving left-over horsemeat.
Anaeamis, pioneer of Greek air traffic control.
[Kim] That's my favorite one yet!
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.
[Phil] The penny has just dropped on yours.
Haites introduced the custom of a light cooked meal around 5pm, followed by cakes and pastries.
Mnemonikos Mathematician: notated experimental method of new intricate knowledge occupying synapses.
[Raak] A veritable compliment. Thank you :-)
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.
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