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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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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.
[Phil] He was brother of Justbekos, a maverick mathematician who rejected this new notion of "proof" that was so favoured by his contemporaries.
Parodes (son of Comedes incidently), a popular playwright.
Giftegeus invented the mirror.
[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.
Honeybees - investigated the geometrical properties of the hexagon.
Aniros - Innovative musical entertainer.
Dos - Inventor of the abacus.
Andantes - A tranquil fellow, known for his leisurely gait.
Nobody liked Mandes.
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.
[SM] Metaphor was his brother though.
Telephone - [Tel-ef-a-knee] Greek goddess of communication
Harmonies - Greek God of multiple tunes.
Thon was the Greek god to whom feats of endurance were dedicated.
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.
The philosopher Coriander propounded the doctrine that gustatory pleasure was the very spice of life.
Machines was misclassified as an early Greek for many years until scholars realised he was actually Scottish.
Joncles - Arguably the greatest of the Greek comic playrights.
Recoupoulos - the founder of modern ideas on insurance. (Kim) Greatest? Maybe the tallest or grumpiest. :-)
Telescope - An ancient Greek philosopher who charted the land using the stars that he saw in the night sky.
Polos - the first real confectioner.
Monsoön - the irascible inventor of meteorology.
Baton lived a precarious existence. Whatever he got his hands on, he gave away to someone else.
Penelope - our very own Greek goddess.
Suicides – Killed himself, and, alas, took several others with him.
Audience
shouts, screams, generally goes wild for 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.
I've just thought of the twin brothers famous for their dancing - Hansnes and Bumsadases
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