4 Hilarious Names of the Greeks Puns

What's the name of the machine the ancient greeks used to calculate how best to fight hybrid monsters?

The antichimera mechanism.

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📅︎ Feb 25 2019

Since Ilium was another name of Troy, and -ad means "story of" in Ancient Greek, the correct translation of Iliad would be:

Troy Story.

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👤︎ u/panic_monster

📅︎ Feb 05 2019

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The carat, a unit of mass for gemstones, and a measurement of purity for gold, takes its name from the Greek word for a carob seed from the Legume family.

No wonder they are called the Pirates of the Carob Bean.

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👤︎ u/explosivelydehiscent

📅︎ Feb 08 2019

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Food jokes as well as a pop-culture reference.

Dad: What do you want for supper?

Me: Do we still have the Greek food?

Dad: It's not Greek, Meaghan. It's Chicken Souvlakian.

Dad: Did you hear Black Diamond moved their headquarters to the Middle East?

Me: No...what?

Dad: Yeah, and they changed their name to Cheezus of Nazareth.

Me: Are you going for a run?

Dad: Yeah. You see...I'm sexy and I know it. I work out. Now all I need is those leopard print pants.

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👤︎ u/NOTORIOUS_BLT

📅︎ Aug 30 2013

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