Ides of March Contest ... let's wrap this up!

Jeff Tirey · Post by **Jeff Tirey** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 1:56 pm

Hi Everyone,

I made a HUGE mistake with the Ides of March contest. I thought it would be very cool to run the contest for a full year. The contest closed on the Ides of 2005 and we had thousands of entries.

But where I went wrong was with not taking into account how quickly email addresses expire. It has been a very bad experience to contact winners. I recall that no winners replied to any lots except for one for the first round of notifications. I would have to wait to give the winner fair time to reply and then award a new winner. There are some lots that after 5 rounds I simply gave up on.

Where we are at now is that most of the lots have been awarded and I really need to post the winners. BUT I still have books remaining.

Here's what I will do. We are having a run-off contest in this thread. Simply reply and say either 'Greek' or 'Latin' and you'll be entered. We'll let this run until midnight of the 15th of this month. I'll randomly select a winners.

Again, sorry this contest has been so sluggish. I have learned my lesson and for next year I'm going to simplify the contest by having just one winner.

Here's what's up for grabs:

GREEK LOT
- New Introduction to Greek, Chase and Phillips
- A Greek Reader For Schools, Freeman and Lowe
- Elementary Greek Translation, Hillard and Botting
- Apology and Crito Greek Reader, Ginn Series - Dyer
- Homeric Greek, Pharr (new)
- Athenaze Book I (new)
- Oxford Grammer of Classical Greek (new)

LATIN LOT
- Comprehensive Guide to Wheelock's Latin (new)
- Vergil Aendeid Book V, Whiteley

Andrus · Post by **Andrus** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 2:00 pm

LATIN

Great, Caesar dies two times this year

Andrus

William · Post by **William** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 3:14 pm

GREEK

Thanks,
WB

Geoff · Post by **Geoff** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 3:22 pm

Greek

Wow, thanks Jeff!

Adelheid · Post by **Adelheid** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 3:39 pm

GREEK

psilord · Post by **psilord** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 7:38 pm

Greek.

Deses · Post by **Deses** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 7:43 pm

Greek

Rhuiden · Post by **Rhuiden** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 7:45 pm

latin

Brennus · Post by **Brennus** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 9:31 pm

Greek

Carola · Post by **Carola** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 9:43 pm

GREEK

Kasper · Post by **Kasper** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 9:52 pm

Greek

blue · Post by **blue** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 10:59 pm

greek

FiliusLunae · Post by **FiliusLunae** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 11:29 pm

Latin!

~FILIUS

Eureka · Post by **Eureka** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:09 am

GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK GREEK

GlottalGreekGeek · Post by **GlottalGreekGeek** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:22 am

Greek.

wm33 · Post by **wm33** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:13 am

LATIN

lautiores flavas nigris anteponunt.

wm33

leoninus · Post by **leoninus** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:46 am

Latin

Detlev · Post by **Detlev** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 3:21 pm

Greek

TADW_Elessar · Post by **TADW_Elessar** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 3:34 pm

Greek.

Kopio · Post by **Kopio** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 7:49 pm

Greek

mariek · Post by **mariek** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:32 pm

LATIN

Misopogon · Post by **Misopogon** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:13 pm

GREEK
Misopogon

wongallo · Post by **wongallo** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:48 pm

Greek

Bert · Post by **Bert** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 1:55 am

Greek

allegory · Post by **allegory** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 1:25 pm

latin

zendil · Post by **zendil** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 6:27 pm

Greek

zendil · Post by **zendil** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 6:28 pm

Greek

ndansmith · Post by **ndansmith** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 9:08 pm

Greek

MDS · Post by **MDS** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 2:59 am

Greek!

1%homeless · Post by **1%homeless** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 4:26 am

GReek!

Um, are you going to notify the winners through PM, this thread, or email again?

riansnider · Post by **riansnider** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 8:30 pm

Greek

Amaranta · Post by **Amaranta** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 9:30 pm

Whee! Latin.

Ridan · Post by **Ridan** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 12:21 am

Greek!

auctor · Post by **auctor** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 2:41 pm

Greek please Jeff

Paul

rad · Post by **rad** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 4:32 pm

What luck!

Greek.

Jean

Jeff Tirey · Post by **Jeff Tirey** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 12:50 pm

This contest is now closed. Winners notified. I should hear back soon with confirmations and then I can announce the full winners list. Thanks to all for submitting books and for playing.

Jeff

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