[B-Greek] translation for O POPOI ??

George F Somsel gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Wed Jan 12 18:55:26 EST 2011


I'm not sure any one word would be equivalent in every case.  In some cases, 
perhaps "excrement."  In others "perdition."  Of course, I've edited my 
responses to be "printable."

 george
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From: Shirley Rollinson <rollinsondr at yahoo.com>
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Subject: [B-Greek] translation for O POPOI ??

Yassas Y'all
Could Jack or David, or anyone else, come up with a good translation for O POPOI 
?
The dictionaries suggest "Alas. alack, woe is me" etc. - But it's used by a 
rough tough Bronze Age soldier facing certain death (Hector) - not by a prim and 
proper Victorian lady.
My students came up with a range of (unprintable) equivalents - but does anyone 
know what a POPOS really was ?
thank you
Shirley Rollinson
New Mexico (just 10 miles from Texas)


      


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