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Postby Oracle » Sat Oct 09, 2010 10:45 pm

I'll start with Apollonius of Perga! :D

He lived about 262 - 190 BC and his nickname became the "The Great Geometer" because of his work on conics!

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A Lunar Crater has been named after him.
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Postby denizaksulu » Sat Oct 09, 2010 11:40 pm

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This guy invited Turkey to tea. Turkey ended up with nearly half the cake.
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Postby bsharpish » Sat Oct 09, 2010 11:44 pm

The Great Geometer sounds like a shitty comic..... I'll take a swamp thing or dark knight please :wink: :wink: :wink:
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Postby Oracle » Sat Oct 09, 2010 11:51 pm

bsharpish wrote:The Great Geometer sounds like a shitty comic..... I'll take a swamp thing or dark knight please :wink: :wink: :wink:


How about a Great Geographer? :)


Strabo 63/64 BC – ca. AD 24


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The World acording to Strabo ...Image
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Postby Oracle » Sun Oct 10, 2010 12:34 am

Right. A little puzzle to get you thinking like a Greek! :D


Here are 9 Dots:


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Using only 4 lines, can you join all the dots?

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Re: Little-known Greeks who helped shape the world ...

Postby Get Real! » Sun Oct 10, 2010 12:40 am

Oracle wrote:Little-known Greeks who helped shape the world ...

I don't know about the world, but this guy's penis helped shape the EU in the most undesirable way...

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Postby boomerang » Sun Oct 10, 2010 12:47 am

Oracle wrote:Right. A little puzzle to get you thinking like a Greek! :D


Here are 9 Dots:


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Using only 4 lines, can you join all the dots?

:D

yes with trihes...trihonometre at its best huh?... :lol:
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Postby Get Real! » Sun Oct 10, 2010 12:49 am

Oracle wrote:Right. A little puzzle to get you thinking like a Greek! :D

Here are 9 Dots:

If I were to think like a Greek I would only see circles… :?
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Postby wyoming cowboy » Sun Oct 10, 2010 7:26 am

Oracle wrote:
bsharpish wrote:The Great Geometer sounds like a shitty comic..... I'll take a swamp thing or dark knight please :wink: :wink: :wink:


How about a Great Geographer? :)


Strabo 63/64 BC – ca. AD 24


Europe according to Strabo ...Image


The World acording to Strabo ...Image



Strabo .....thats a weird name for a mapmaker.......What about Koufos the musician... :lol:
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Postby Oracle » Sun Oct 10, 2010 10:19 am

wyoming cowboy wrote:
Oracle wrote:
bsharpish wrote:The Great Geometer sounds like a shitty comic..... I'll take a swamp thing or dark knight please :wink: :wink: :wink:


How about a Great Geographer? :)


Strabo 63/64 BC – ca. AD 24


Europe according to Strabo ...Image


The World acording to Strabo ...Image



Strabo .....thats a weird name for a mapmaker.......What about Koufos the musician... :lol:


:lol:

Actually, if you transpose the "S" so it reads Trabos -- there, we have the derivation of the word "Travels" :D
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