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- Thu Jul 14, 2022 1:24 pm
- Forum: Classical Texts and History
- Topic: Ancient Roman Icosahedron Dice
- Replies: 3
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Re: Ancient Roman Icosahedron Dice
The math of dice shapes I find interesting. The axially-symmetric ones: Dipyramid or bipyramid: two pyramids attached at their bases. A regular octahedron is a 4-dipyramid. d(2n) Trapezohedron: quad faces with a zigzagging equator. A cube is a 3-trapezohedron. For base-10 digits, 5-trapezohedra are ...
- Thu Jul 14, 2022 12:39 pm
- Forum: Classical Texts and History
- Topic: Ancient Roman Icosahedron Dice
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2171
Re: Ancient Roman Icosahedron Dice
Dice have been around for millennia, and History of Dice – Awesome Dice shows some examples of them. The oldest known dice are d6 cubes and d4 tetrahedra, and from Ptolemaic Egypt are the oldest known d20 icosahedron and d12 rhombic dodecahedron. The latter one can be constructed by taking a regular...
- Mon May 31, 2021 12:44 pm
- Forum: Classical Texts and History
- Topic: Translating Apuleius's Syrian-goddess oracle
- Replies: 4
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Re: Translating Apuleius's Syrian-goddess oracle
I've composed a fairly literal translation of Robert Graves's version back into Latin, though I've rearranged the words.
Iunge ara boves terram
Altum stabit frumentum aureum
Yoke plow oxen land
High will stand grain golden
Iunge ara boves terram
Altum stabit frumentum aureum
Yoke plow oxen land
High will stand grain golden
- Thu May 20, 2021 10:57 am
- Forum: Classical Texts and History
- Topic: Hear What the Ancestor to Our Language Sounded Like
- Replies: 14
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Re: Hear What the Ancestor to Our Language Sounded Like
Another comparison text: Universal Declaration of Human Rights | United Nations Article 1: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. Illich-Svitych in Latin: Lingua est pe...
- Wed May 19, 2021 8:18 pm
- Forum: Classical Texts and History
- Topic: Hear What the Ancestor to Our Language Sounded Like
- Replies: 14
- Views: 25003
Re: Hear What the Ancestor to Our Language Sounded Like
I have collected translations from Danish, French, Spanish, Italian, and Hungarian from Wikipedia, though I have had to revise the Spanish translation. I've used the simplified spelling in the Spanish Wikipedia for Nostratic (IS-Sm). IS-Sm: Kelhä wete ki ʕakun kähla WfW: tongue time-of water-of path...
- Wed May 19, 2021 7:41 pm
- Forum: Classical Texts and History
- Topic: Hear What the Ancestor to Our Language Sounded Like
- Replies: 14
- Views: 25003
Re: Hear What the Ancestor to Our Language Sounded Like
Some linguists have looked farther back, at possible ancestors of Indo-European and several other language families. Like Nostratic: Nostratic languages - Wikipedia Vladislav Markovich Illich-Svitych | Nostratic Language Here is a short poem in reconstructed Nostratic by Vladislav Illich-Svitych him...
- Wed May 19, 2021 6:58 pm
- Forum: Classical Texts and History
- Topic: Hear What the Ancestor to Our Language Sounded Like
- Replies: 14
- Views: 25003
Re: Hear What the Ancestor to Our Language Sounded Like
I'll use the Latin Vulgate as a comparison. Erat autem terra labii unius, et sermonum eorumdem. Cumque proficiscerentur de oriente, invenerunt campum in terra Sennaar, et habitaverunt in eo. Dixitque alter ad proximum suum: Venite, faciamus lateres, et coquamus eos igni. Habueruntque lateres pro sax...
- Wed May 19, 2021 6:35 pm
- Forum: Classical Texts and History
- Topic: Hear What the Ancestor to Our Language Sounded Like
- Replies: 14
- Views: 25003
Re: Hear What the Ancestor to Our Language Sounded Like
Numerous people have invented natural languages, natlangs, over the centuries, especially over the last century, when it has become a hobby for some people. Such languages are often called constructed languages, conlangs, and there are several kinds of them. like: Auxiliary languages, auxlangs, to b...
- Wed May 19, 2021 6:22 pm
- Forum: Classical Texts and History
- Topic: Hear What the Ancestor to Our Language Sounded Like
- Replies: 14
- Views: 25003
Re: Hear What the Ancestor to Our Language Sounded Like
Seeing all these versions of Schleicher's fable makes me think of texts often used as comparisons of languages. A common one is the Lord's Prayer: Our father in many languages That's Matthew 6:9-13, and here are some English translations: Our Father in heaven, may your name be honored, may your king...
- Mon May 17, 2021 12:26 am
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: Zeus is the Jewish God.
- Replies: 186
- Views: 250436
Re: Zeus is the Jewish God.
What am I supposed to be ignorant of? I call it like I see it, and it's easy to show that Greek is much closer to English or Russian or Spanish or Hindi (for instance) than Hebrew. Count from one to ten, for instance. The issue at hand isn't whether or not Greek and Hebrew are a distinct language f...