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Χαίρετε! οὐ πάντα τὰ ἐν τῷ Τάμβλερ λεγόμενα ῥᾴδιόν ἐστιν Ἑλληνιστὶ λέγειν, ἀλλὰ πειράσομαι

[translatingpostsintoancientgreek]

ξεῖν’ νῦν δεῦρ’ Δαναῶν ῥηθέντα δὲ μῦθον ἀκούσῃς

“stranger, now come hither, and hear the Danaans’ spoken word”

χαίρετε and welcome to my gimmick blog where I translate posts into Ancient Greek, mainly Attic. My main is @philopalaia.

I’m a student of Ancient Greek and very much still learning, so this is my disclaimer for any potential imperfections. In the tags of each translation I ramble a bit about the grammar and vocabulary choices I make; my chief companion in all this is LSJ.

Mostly this blog exists because translating silly things into the language of the Danaans (Greeks) is delightful to me, and perhaps it may encourage a little more love for Ancient Greek in others too.

ἔρρωσθε.

[raccoongrandfather]

Most birds look like dinosaurs 🦕 but not the 🦉

[mundart-ch]

di mäischte fögel gseend uus we dinosaurier 🦕 osser d'🦉

[translatingpoststoyiddish]

‮ס׳רובֿ פֿייגל זעען אויס ווי דינאסאווערס 🦕 אחוץ פֿון די 🦉

[translatingpostsintolatin]

Plurimae aves dinosauros 🦕 videntur at non 🦉

[translatingpostsintoancientgreek]

Τὰ πλεῖστα τῶν ὀρνέων δεινοσαύροις ἔοικεν 🦕 ἀλλ᾽ οὐχ ἡ 🦉

[koiagain]

im going to fix my entire life

[fruitcakebro]

When?

[koiagain]

Like Um. later

[translatingpostsintoancientgreek]

κοιάγαιν μέλλω τὸν βίον μου πάντα κοσμῆσαι

φρουτκέικβρο πότε;

κοιάγαιν ἔ... ὕστερόν ποτε

[pukicho]

Don’t give up. We can beat them! The kinder they are the harder they fall.

[translatingpostsintolatin]

Noli desistere. Hos vincere possumus! Quam benigni sunt, tam vehementer cadunt.

[translatingpostsintoancientgreek]

Μὴ ἀπόκαμνε· δυνάμεθα αὐτοὺς νικῆσαι! Ὅσῳ χρηστότεροί εἰσιν, τοσούτῳ χαλεπώτερον πίπτουσιν.

[papayajuan2019]

batshit normal

[translatingpostsintoancientgreek]

παραφρονῶν σώφρων

[probablily]

i say yay outloud too like this isn't just my internet persona this is real me

[translatingpostsintoancientgreek]

κἀγὼ ἰοὺ μεγάλῃ τῇ φωνῇ λέγω· οὐκ ἐπίπλαστά ἐστι ταῦτα, ἀλλ᾽ αὐτός εἰμι τοιοῦτος

[micromontage]

give me 10 years and maybe I'll finish a thing or two

[suomennoksia]

antakaa mulle 10 vuotta ja ehkä mä teen loppuun asian tai pari

[translatingpoststoyiddish]

גיב מיר 10 יאר און אפֿשר וועל איך פֿארענדיקן א זאך אדער צוויי

[translatingpostsintolatin]

da mi annos X et fortasse rem unam duasve terminabo

[translatingpostsintoancientgreek]

δός μοι δέκα ἔτη, καὶ τάχ᾽ ἄν τι ἢ δύο ἐξεργασαίμην

[catchymemes]

[translatingpostsintolatin]

[translatingpostsintoancientgreek]

[skittlez-cyb3r-pawziez]

Dansa med oss, klappa dina händer :3

[oldnorsetextposts]

Danza meþ oss, klappa þinna hænder :3

[translatingpostsintoancientgreek]

Χόρευε μεθ᾽ ἡμῶν, κρότει τὰς χεῖρας· :3

[most-sane-classicist]

pliny's natural histories was basically just wikipedia written by a snob send post

[the-real-list-of-ominous-threats]

My wife disappeared :(

Sounds like a you problem???

[translatingpostsintolatin]

ohiuppitermeamuxoremamo inquisiit: Uxor mea disparuit :(

verus-index-minarum-minacium respondit: Tuummet videtur problema???

[translatingpostsintoancientgreek]

ὁ «ὠθεοίφιλῶτὴνγυναῖκάμου» ἠρώτησεν· «Ἡ γυνή μου ἠφανίσθη :(»

ὁ «ἀληθὴς κατάλογος δεινῶν ἀπειλῶν» ἀπεκρίνατο· «Ἔοικεν σὸν πρᾶγμα εἶναι;;;»

[melonmard]

keine pizza mit links rindfleisch

[translatingpostsintolatin]

laganum nullius rei sinistra cum bubula

[translatingpostsintoancientgreek]

οὐδεὶς πλακοῦς μετ᾽ εὐωνύμου βοείου κρέως

[translatingpostsintolatin]

this is very interesting since in Latin, sinister by extension can mean both “favourable” and “unfavourable”! the latter very likely borrowed frm Greek

[translatingpostsintoancientgreek]

in roman augury the augur faced south which placed east on the left side and therefore the sun rose on the left instead of the right side. i think the negative connotations with left comes from greek influence, and the postiive from the etruscans? it's a wild guess though

[melonmard]

keine pizza mit links rindfleisch

[translatingpostsintolatin]

laganum nullius rei sinistra cum bubula

[translatingpostsintoancientgreek]

οὐδεὶς πλακοῦς μετ᾽ εὐωνύμου βοείου κρέως

[writingraccoon]

Love the word "also". I have more things to say

[translatingpostsintoirish]

writingraccoon

Is brea liom an focal "fresin". Tá níos mó le rá agam

[oldnorsetextposts]

Ann orðinu "ok". Jak hefi mera at segja

[oldenglishtextposts]

lufige þæt word "eac." ic hæbbe ma þing secgan

[celticstudies]

My a gar an ger "ynwedh". Yma moy a bythow dhymm dhe leverel

[oldirishtextposts]

Caraim in bréthir "dano". Attá mó a rád lem

[translatingpostsintoancientgreek]

Φιλῶ τὴν λέξιν «καί». Ἔτι πλείω λέγειν ἔχω

[melonmard]

girl i did not do anything today and im still sore

[discordant-tongues]

Latin is a taxing arcane art

[translatingpostsintolatin]

melonmard puella nil feci hodie et tamen dolens sum

linguae-discordes nam lassans est ars arcanaque lingua Latina

[translatingpostsintoancientgreek]

μελονμάρδ οὐδὲν ἐποιησάμην σήμερον, ἀλλ᾽ ἔτι κάμνω

ἀσύμφωνοι-γλῶσσαι ἡ λατίνη γλῶσσα τέχνη ἀπόρρητος καὶ ἐπίπονος ἐστ

[sivavakkiyar]

thank you potato. I love you potato. Everyone praise the potato

[wawa-pi-wawa-pi-wawa]

masi waptʰu. nayka q̓at waptʰu. kʰanawi nsayka munk-yutɬiɬ-təmtəm waptʰu.

[tsulasgi]

ᏄᎾ ᏩᏙ. ᏄᎾ ᎬᎨᏳ. Ꮎ ᏄᎾ ᎤᏂᎸᏉᏓ ᏂᎦᏓ.

Nuna wado. Nuna gvgeyu. Na nuna unilvkwda nigad

[cholhkanissish]

ahi chokma'shki. ahi chįholloli. hattak mǫmaat ahią ayokpachi.

[wiigiwaamcore]

ᒦᑴᒡ ᐅᐦᐱᓐ᙮ ᑭᓵᑭᐦᐃᓐ ᐅᐦᐱᓐ᙮ ᑲᐦᑭᓇ ᐊᐎᔭ ᒪᓈᒋᐦ ᐅᐦᐱᓐ

miigwech opin. gizaagi'in opin. gakina awiya manaaji' opin

[bufobuff]

xtyozën lad pap. ryulaza lad pap. ual guny rata ra buny alabar pap

[mundart-ch]

danke härdöpfel. ech liebe dech härdöpfel. bitte dönd de härdöpfel loobe.

[translatingpostsintoitalian]

grazie patata. ti amo patata. tutti quanti lodate la patata

[translatingpostsintoancientgreek]

χάριν σοι ἔχω, ὦ γαιόμηλον. φιλῶ σε, ὦ γαιόμηλον. πάντες τὸ γαιόμηλον αἰνείτωσαν

[translatingpostsintoancientgreek]

HI!! I LOVE YOUR BLOG SO MUCH IT'S SO COOL!!

I uhh have the International Certificate of Classical Greek exam this Thursday and I feel very underprepared but 👍 looking through your posts and being able to recognise words is making me happy!

thank you so much, that’s genuinely so touching to hear! if you’re recognising words on my nonsense translations, that’s a very good sign actually. εὖ πράξεις!