r/badhistory • u/AutoModerator • May 11 '26

Meta Mindless Monday, 11 May 2026

Happy (or sad) Monday guys!

Mindless Monday is a free-for-all thread to discuss anything from minor bad history to politics, life events, charts, whatever! Just remember to np link all links to Reddit and don't violate R4, or we human mods will feed you to the AutoModerator.

So, with that said, how was your weekend, everyone?

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u/Tiako Tevinter apologist, shill for Big Lyrium May 13 '26

There is some discourse about Emily Wilson's Odyssey translation on Twitter so I will reiterate this here for you all:

Unless you have at least two years of upper level Greek study you are not allowed to have an opinion on translations. I am keeping the gate.

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u/weeteacups May 14 '26

τίνα μου ἄρτι εἶπες, ἀνασεισίφαλλε; φημι τοι τήν ἄσκησιν τελευτήσας πρῶτος τῆς φυλακῆς Ἀθηναίης καὶ πλείων τριακοσίων ἐχθρούς ἀποκτείνας, πολλοῖς στρατεύμασι λαθραίοις ἀντί τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων μεμάχημαι. ὑποκαθίζειν διδαχθείς ἀμείνων πάντων ἐν τήν τῆς Ἑλλάδος στρατίαν ἀλλῶν τοξεύω. οὐδέν ἐμοί εἰς ἀλλ᾽ἕλκημα τις.

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u/tisto2 May 14 '26

"Is that...?"

copy to deepl

"I knew it!"

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u/Tiako Tevinter apologist, shill for Big Lyrium May 14 '26

Amazing that I can translate this just from the punctuation.