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from Mike, Tue 15th Jan, 10:26pm

Amused me a lot. Now can anyone out there tell me what "Oterque quarterque beati quis onte ora patrum, Trojae sub moenibus altis" means when translated into English?

by ccsi - Wed 16th Jan 2002, 12:46pm

Mike said: Amused me a lot. Now can anyone out there tell me what "Oterque quarterque beati quis onte ora patrum, Trojae sub moenibus altis" means when translated into English?

Can't translate it properly but it may resemble something like:

Each of the four happy people from the edge of the fatherland are under the high walls of Troy

Or maybe it's something totally different given that makes no sense whatsoever.

by classicist - Wed 16th Jan 2002, 3:02pm

Each of the four happy people from the edge of the fatherland are under the high walls of Troy

Or maybe it's something totally different given that makes no sense whatsoever.

Laughable attempt.
It's a quote from Virgil's Aeneid Bk1

It means: "Thrice and four times blessed are those [] before the eyes of their fathers, under the high walls of Troy."
The words 'contigit oppetere' are missing and should be inserted, meaning 'doomed to die'

by Buftees sticking together - Wed 16th Jan 2002, 3:15pm

classicist said: Laughable attempt.
It's a quote from Virgil's Aeneid Bk1

It means: "Thrice and four times blessed are those [] before the eyes of their fathers, under the high walls of Troy."
The words 'contigit oppetere' are missing and should be inserted, meaning 'doomed to die'

Ahhhhh, poor Chris - I think his version is much better!

by newly enlightened - Wed 16th Jan 2002, 8:01pm

classicist said: It's a quote from Virgil's Aeneid Bk1

So basically, it's got nothing to do with the rest of what he was saying. Maybe I should learn it and shout it at people I'm arguing with. [mental note - don't try this on classicists...]

by classicist - Wed 16th Jan 2002, 10:13pm

newly enlightened said: So basically, it's got nothing to do with the rest of what he was saying. Maybe I should learn it and shout it at people I'm arguing with. [mental note - don't try this on classicists...]

That was the point of the joke. He was mocking the ignorance of the woman. Sound familiar?

by defending his honour - Wed 16th Jan 2002, 11:00pm

classicist said: That was the point of the joke. He was mocking the ignorance of the woman. Sound familiar?

Meeoow. I'll take you on at chemical engineering any day...

by gf - Thu 17th Jan 2002, 9:18am

I'll take you on at chemical engineering any day...

I hear it's to be a demonstration sport at the next Olympics ;-)