Not only the language has changed alot during the last 2500 years (especially during the cancer occupation) this mofo was probably pronouncing the words with that reta**ed Erasmian pronunciation and british accent. Good luck understanding wtf he is saying…
Thereβs a story Dido Sotiriou narrates in her book βFarewell Anatoliaβ
In the early XX century, a foreigner shows up in a Greek village nearby the ruins of Ephesus, asking people for βonosβ so they offered him wine (βoinosβ in Greek), he said βno, no, onos, onosβ nobody could figure it out, so they go fetch the local teacher.
The local teacher comes, talks with the stranger in a language nobody could understand, walks away, brings a donkey and gives it to the foreigner, who gives the teacher some money and leaves on his merry way to explore Ephesus ruins riding the donkey.
The villagers ask the teacher βwhy was he asking for wine if he wanted a donkey?β The teacher replied βhe was asking in classical Greekβ.
Apparently these kind of incidents happened very often, foreigners would visit, recite some Homer and be disappointed when the villagers didnβt understand.
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Not only the language has changed alot during the last 2500 years (especially during the cancer occupation) this mofo was probably pronouncing the words with that reta**ed Erasmian pronunciation and british accent. Good luck understanding wtf he is saying…
This meme as a Youtube video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_AN792ruJA
Thereβs a story Dido Sotiriou narrates in her book βFarewell Anatoliaβ
In the early XX century, a foreigner shows up in a Greek village nearby the ruins of Ephesus, asking people for βonosβ so they offered him wine (βoinosβ in Greek), he said βno, no, onos, onosβ nobody could figure it out, so they go fetch the local teacher.
The local teacher comes, talks with the stranger in a language nobody could understand, walks away, brings a donkey and gives it to the foreigner, who gives the teacher some money and leaves on his merry way to explore Ephesus ruins riding the donkey.
The villagers ask the teacher βwhy was he asking for wine if he wanted a donkey?β The teacher replied βhe was asking in classical Greekβ.
Apparently these kind of incidents happened very often, foreigners would visit, recite some Homer and be disappointed when the villagers didnβt understand.
The phihellenes were weebs before it was cool