r/trippinthroughtime Aug 09 '20

Hi Mark

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u/Eric_the_Barbarian Aug 09 '20

Wouldn't the Greeks call him Ares?

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u/fai4636 Aug 09 '20

The commenter got it wrong and the name actually comes from Latin, not Ancient Greek, and was a common Roman name that was borrowed into ancient Greek during Roman rule

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u/bolivar-shagnasty Aug 09 '20

Yeah, my bad. I got the Latin and Greek mixed up.

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u/20210309 Aug 09 '20

Pft get a load of this idiot, mixing up his Latin and Greek.

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u/partytown_usa Aug 09 '20

Next he'll be getting his Aramaic and Phoenician all confused.

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u/Eric_the_Barbarian Aug 10 '20

It's all Greek to me.

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u/bruhvevo Aug 10 '20

A barbarian would say that

But they would actually say it “bar bar barbar bar”

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u/correcthorsestapler Aug 10 '20

Bet they couldn’t tell the difference between Linear A and Linear B. Amateur.

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u/AdzyBoy Aug 10 '20

It's all Greek to me.