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    • August 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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    γλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s, “sweet”)

    And that's where we get glucose from in English.

    From Etymology Online: name of a group of sugars (in commercial use, "sugar-syrup from starch"), 1840, from French glucose (1838), said to have been coined by French professor Eugène Melchior Péligot (1811-1890) from Greek gleukos "must, sweet wine," related to glykys "sweet" (see gluco-). It first was obtained from grape sugar. Related: Glucosic.

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    • December 7, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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    A helpful tutorial on Greek numerals.

    PS. And note their use in the list of books of Epicurus (DL 10.28)

    Τιμοκράτης γ᾽. (Timokrates 3 (books))

    Μητρόδωρος ε᾽. (Metrodoros 5 (books))

    Ἀντίδωρος β᾽. (Antidoros 2 (books)

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    I don't know who needs to know this, but:

    Leía means "booty" in ancient Greek.

    May the Force be with you.

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    Bonus Fact! Légō can mean "picking out stones for building".

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    • April 27, 2026 at 6:38 AM
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    Just saw this recitation of the beginning of the Iliad on YouTube. Imagining this as an ancient rhapsode performing at a banquet is pretty easy. I found it intriguing.

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    • April 27, 2026 at 8:05 AM
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    Very dramatic!

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    • April 27, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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    This gives you 40 seconds of the opening of the Letter to Menoeceus:

    the Letter to Menoeceus • Epicurus • spoken AncientGreek.eu

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    • April 27, 2026 at 10:37 PM
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    This gives you 40 seconds of the opening of the Letter to Menoeceus:

    https://ancientgreek.eu/audiobooks/epi…-menoeceus.html

    That one I actually bought. I need to get back to that at some point.

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    Just saw this recitation of the beginning of the Iliad on YouTube. Imagining this as an ancient rhapsode performing at a banquet is pretty easy. I found it intriguing.

    I was personally blown away by this video. I'm sharing this without any commentary on the figure reciting the verse. Like I said ... totally surprised (refreshingly surprised). Skip to 0:59.

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    • May 1, 2026 at 10:36 AM
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    I was personally blown away by this video. I'm sharing this without any commentary on the figure reciting the verse.

    :thumbup: However, I also recommend watching it with the auto-generated captioning. It is hilarious!! (More wonders of AI :D)

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    A true masterpiece. :D

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    Part of Lucretius' Book 3 Proem sang in classical Latin pronunciation to some medieval-like music. Lovely stuff.

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