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Who's stronger than whom.

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Regarding a quote from Sebastian of a Japanese poem...<br /><br />That reminded me of this, from one of my Greek readers, "Stories and Legends, A First Greek Reader" by F.H. Colson, 1939.<br /><br />This is from the fables section. Not sure if it is Aesop.<br /><br />[size=150]ποιητής τις λέγει ὅτι οἱ θεοί, ποιήσαντες τὰ ζῷα, γέρας τι ἑκάστῳ διένειμαν. καὶ τοῖς μὲν ταύροις κέρα ἔδοσαν, τοῖς δὲ ἵπποις ὁπλάς, τοῖς δὲ ὄρνισι πτέρυγας, καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἄλλο τι τοιοῦτον. ἀνθρώποις δὲ οὐδὲν τοιοῦτον ἔδοσαν, ἀλλὰ τοις= μὲν ἀνδράσιν ἀρετήν, ταῖς δὲ γυναιξὶ κάλλος. καὶ τοῦτο ἔχουσα ἡ γυνὴ πάντων κρατίστη ἐστί. οἱ γὰρ ἄνδρες πάντα νικῶσι τῇ ἀρετῇ, αἱ δὲ γυναῖκες νικῶσι τοὺς ἄνδρας τῷ κάλλει.[/size]<br /><br />Sounds like something a poet would say.<br /><br />--<br />wm
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Hey william, <br /><br />I'm running out of advil. Can you render that into Christian script ;) <br />Also, will we be able to see this as real Greek at some point?<br /><br />thanks,<br />-S.

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Elucubrator wrote:<br />I'm running out of advil. Can you render that into Christian script ;) <br />
<br /><br />Christian script?<br /><br />
<br />Also, will we be able to see this as real Greek at some point?<br />
<br /><br />Goodness. I actually do so this as real Greek, now that I've installed SPIonic on my little Mac. I see it as wonky betacode on my Unix machine.<br /><br />--<br />wm
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Hey William,<br /><br />"Christian script" was just a joke based on the fact that on my screen it looked like something from the devil :o namely, whatever that code you're using is. I'm going to run and get the SPIonic fount from the links you guys gave me the other day soon.<br /><br />Do you think it would be a good idea to have a copy of the necessary founts for download here on the site? Then people could just get them right away without having to hunt for them and we could all type Greek that looks real, right here.

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