8.0039 Rs: Greek Phrase (3/33)
Elaine Brennan (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Sat, 28 May 1994 21:54:46 EDT
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 8, No. 0039. Saturday, 28 May 1994.
(1) Date: Thu, 26 May 94 22:06:24 -0500 (15 lines)
From: "Roger S. Jones" <jones001@maroon.tc.umn.edu>
Subject: Mysterious Greek Flagon
(2) Date: Fri, 27 May 94 8:41:35 BST (13 lines)
From: David Shaw <djs@ukc.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: 8.0038 Q: Help with Greek Phrase (1/11)
(3) Date: Fri, 27 May 94 11:51:11 SET (5 lines)
From: Tommaso Del Vecchio <MH1A@ICINECA>
Subject: Re: 8.0038 Q: Help with Greek Phrase (1/11)
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Date: Thu, 26 May 94 22:06:24 -0500
From: "Roger S. Jones" <jones001@maroon.tc.umn.edu>
Subject: Mysterious Greek Flagon
Be very careful! Because ---
The flagon with the dragon has the potion with the poison,
but the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true.
Roger S. Jones
School of Physics and Astronomy
University of Minnesota
116 Church St. S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455
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Date: Fri, 27 May 94 8:41:35 BST
From: David Shaw <djs@ukc.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: 8.0038 Q: Help with Greek Phrase (1/11)
Douglas de Lacey has already solved his own riddle.
Surely what the inscription says is not
niko laos
but nikolaos
i.e. Nicolaus in Latin,
Nicholas in English.
David Shaw
University of kent at Canterbury.
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Date: Fri, 27 May 94 11:51:11 SET
From: Tommaso Del Vecchio <MH1A@ICINECA>
Subject: Re: 8.0038 Q: Help with Greek Phrase (1/11)
Couldn't it be simply the proper name Nikwlaos?