Did you know that ancient Greeks would shave their heads before the Olympics to run faster?

Modern historians call it balderdash.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/dothemagic
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An ancient Greek walks into his tailor’s shop with a pair of torn pants.

β€˜β€™Euripides’’ says the tailor. β€˜β€™Yeah, Eumenides?’’ replies the man.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/lastatlongbourne
πŸ“…︎ Aug 30 2020
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Which ancient Greek Philosopher had a foot fetish?

Play-toe.

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...or was it Sock-rates?

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πŸ‘€︎ u/KW-DadJoker
πŸ“…︎ May 22 2020
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My son claims that he identifies as an ancient Greek string instrument.

Frankly, I think he's a lyre.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/SayLittleDoMuch
πŸ“…︎ Aug 09 2019
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My son, who's studying ancient Greek culture in school, got me again.

In the kitchen this morning, he tells me: "Dad, you know the Spartans were really fierce, and they'd throw away old weapons. They thought that if it wasn't sharp, it didn't have a point."

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πŸ“…︎ Jan 31 2017
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An ancient Greek walks into a tailor with torn pants...

He puts them on the counter of the store and the tailor looks at them.

"Euripedes?" he asks.

"Yes," says the man. "Eumenides?"

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πŸ‘€︎ u/madazzahatter
πŸ“…︎ Sep 30 2017
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What's the name of the machine the ancient greeks used to calculate how best to fight hybrid monsters?

The antichimera mechanism.

(I don't know how obscure this is, but if it doesn't make sense click this link)

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πŸ‘€︎ u/Asmor
πŸ“…︎ Feb 25 2019
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I have a friend who told me he collects large ancient Greek instruments in his free time

What a massive lyre

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πŸ‘€︎ u/bertmaclin69
πŸ“…︎ Jul 02 2019
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An ancient Greek playwright was suffering writer’s block. Kept scribbling down lines and then tearing up the pages.

Picking up the torn pages, his friend asked, β€œWhy Euripides?”

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πŸ‘€︎ u/pirate-fool
πŸ“…︎ Jan 11 2019
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When Ancient Greeks used to mix the clay for their dwellings a rule of thumb was to mix it until it was the texture of Hummus before putting it on the interior walls

It’s quite well known that the Ancient Greeks championed Hummus Texturality

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πŸ‘€︎ u/Irv-Elephant
πŸ“…︎ May 02 2019
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If you don’t have a lot of figurines from Ancient Greek mythology,...

I can give you a mini tour.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/porichoygupto
πŸ“…︎ Apr 27 2019
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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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πŸ‘€︎ u/panic_monster
πŸ“…︎ Feb 05 2019
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Who was the most succint and to the point ancient Greek philosopher?

Pithagoras

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πŸ‘€︎ u/Rannak
πŸ“…︎ Jun 12 2018
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What was a popular ancient Greek breakfast cereal?

Heli-Os

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πŸ‘€︎ u/rezerox
πŸ“…︎ Aug 17 2018
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I know a lot about ancient history, except for Greek Mythology.

It's my Achilles Knee.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/_redditr
πŸ“…︎ Jan 22 2017
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What do you call an ancient Greek building demolition firm?

Edifice Wrecks.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/vilecello
πŸ“…︎ Dec 30 2016
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An Ancient Greek walks into his tailor’s shop with a pair of torn pants

β€œEuripides?” says the tailor. β€œYeah, Eumenides?” replies the man.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/AlabamaMayan
πŸ“…︎ Nov 12 2019
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An Ancient Greek walks into a tailor shop with a torn pair of pants.

β€œEuripides?” Asks the tailor

β€œYeah. Eumenides?” Replies the man

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πŸ‘€︎ u/PurpleMonkeyFeet
πŸ“…︎ Jun 30 2018
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An ancient Greek walks into his tailor's shop with a pair of torn pants.

"Euripides?" says the tailor. "Yeah, Eumenides?" replies the man.

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πŸ“…︎ Aug 16 2018
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An Ancient Greek walks into a tailor shop with a torn pair of pants. The tailor asks, β€œEuripides?” The man replies, β€œYes. Eumenides?”
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An Ancient Greek walks into a tailor’s shop with a pair of torn pants.

β€œEuripides?” asks the tailor. β€œYeah. Eumenides?” replies the man.

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