The illustrations are cute. A fun piece from a great source.
1 posted on
05/02/2024 9:11:59 AM PDT by
edwinland
To: edwinland
Several notable Greeks had names starting with X (ksi): Xenophon, Xanthippus (father of Pericles), Xanthippe (wife of Socrates), Xenophanes of Colophon, etc.
Xerxes is the Greek rendition of the Persian king's name (quite different from the original).
To: edwinland
3 posted on
05/02/2024 9:23:17 AM PDT by
Rio
To: edwinland
would post a clip of the “I’m Gonna Play My Xylophone” guy from The Gong Show, but can’t find (and that fake weirdo on youtube does’t count).
4 posted on
05/02/2024 9:24:38 AM PDT by
xoxox
To: edwinland
That was fun. Even taking into consideration the inevitable changes in cultural references from one generation to the next, previous generations were much more influenced by classical education than is ours. The average schoolboy of, say, the early 1800’s had a much more broad exposure to histories of ancient Greece and Rome (not to mention the Bible) than does today’s average graduate student.
5 posted on
05/02/2024 9:25:45 AM PDT by
fidelis
(👈 Under no obligation to respond to rude, ignorant, abusive, bellicose, and obnoxious posts.)
To: edwinland
Surprised the Catholic book went for Xistus and not Xavier.
To: edwinland
Good heavens, Ex-Lax, of course! And Sex. That's a very important one. And Six. It's even more important not to confuse the two.
I've always thought that Xanthippe got a bad rap. She put up with the old goat for longer than I would...
To: edwinland
Why even have a letter ‘X’ at all? It’s usually pronounced as a ‘Z’ anyways.
Xenophobe...................
8 posted on
05/02/2024 9:46:01 AM PDT by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: edwinland
That verse about Xerxes at the link appears in the Bumper Book from 1946 which I read as a child. I have a pristine copy sealed in Mylar. Latest estimate puts its worth at about $300 dollars. I paid $40 for it some years ago. I think I’ll let it age some more.
9 posted on
05/02/2024 9:47:08 AM PDT by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Perfection is impossible. But if you pursue perfection...you may achieve excellence.)
To: edwinland
Back then it was how many people signed their names.
10 posted on
05/02/2024 10:59:31 AM PDT by
bigbob
To: edwinland
I usually never get past “’C’ is for cookie”
12 posted on
05/02/2024 12:31:11 PM PDT by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
To: edwinland
Awesome article! From a time when literacy was valued.
17 posted on
05/02/2024 1:09:03 PM PDT by
thesearethetimes...
(Had I brought Christ with me, the outcome would have been different. Dr.Eric Cunningham)
To: edwinland
I’d rather try to figure out what to do w/an absence of “X” words in my dictionary than try to sort a chinese one.
19 posted on
05/02/2024 1:51:57 PM PDT by
fruser1
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