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Originally Posted by AzaISaZELDALORD
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Originally Posted by Power Shot
Let the Greek handle this one...
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yup Classical Greek all the way as far as i am concerned - Oedipus Bazileus and for that matter all of Greek tragedy loses a lot in the translation to english - in particular the poetry of the original |
Why in the world would anybody transcribe a classic Greek sigma into English as a Z? o.O
Also, you do realize that the Greek title is actually Oἰδίπoυς τύραννoς, or Oedipus Tyrannus, right, and that a tyrannos and a basileus are entirely separate people? o.O
Do you... even know ancient Greek, sir? o.o In which case, why are you talking about something as if you know anything about it - read: the equivalent of me pretending that my blood magically carried the power to let me translate and perfectly understandstand such beautiful and ancient works as the
Charter of Cnut. :O