M. Porcius Cato Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 The most wonderful artifact of the ancient world has been returned to Greece! Story here. I'm sick, just sick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 will the Greek church burn it as an Evil Omen? THe Marbles would be a nice shopping mall floor if not in the British Museum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Porcius Cato Posted July 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 will the Greek church burn it as an Evil Omen? THe Marbles would be a nice shopping mall floor if not in the British Museum. LOL--read the story linked above. Britain didn't lose its Marbles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Octavius Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 will the Greek church burn it as an Evil Omen? THe Marbles would be a nice shopping mall floor if not in the British Museum. ...or target practice for the Turks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 wow another huge triumph for liberal diplomacy. When I was a sprog (nb: English usage " small schoolboy with scabby legs and sundry frogs and catapults in pockets" ) I thought it was strange that the ancient greeks played marbles, I mean they were a very serious sort of people.I conjectured that there was probably therefore a deep philosophical meaning to the game of marbles -how wrong I was, marbles is a much better game than philosophy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Octavius Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 (edited) wow another huge triumph for liberal diplomacy. When I was a sprog (nb: English usage " small schoolboy with scabby legs and sundry frogs and catapults in pockets" ) I thought it was strange that the ancient greeks played marbles, I mean they were a very serious sort of people.I conjectured that there was probably therefore a deep philosophical meaning to the game of marbles -how wrong I was, marbles is a much better game than philosophy. That was deep. Very deep, indeed. I hope that you are not playing with your marbles now. Edited July 11, 2006 by Gaius Octavius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 wow another huge triumph for liberal diplomacy. When I was a sprog (nb: English usage " small schoolboy with scabby legs and sundry frogs and catapults in pockets" ) I thought it was strange that the ancient greeks played marbles, I mean they were a very serious sort of people.I conjectured that there was probably therefore a deep philosophical meaning to the game of marbles -how wrong I was, marbles is a much better game than philosophy. That was deep. Very deep, indeed. I hope that you are not playing with your marbles now. Madame Pertinax makes sure my marbles are kept in a small bag for safekeeping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantagathus Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 (edited) Madame Pertinax makes sure my marbles are kept in a small bag for safekeeping. Ack! your Proles? Edited July 11, 2006 by Pantagathus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurius Posted July 13, 2006 Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 The most wonderful artifact of the ancient world has been returned to Greece! Story here. I'm sick, just sick. Can I (or dare I) ask why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Porcius Cato Posted July 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 Can I (or dare I) ask why? Why it was returned? It's complicated--read the story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurius Posted July 13, 2006 Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 I was wondering about the feeling sick part. Do you feel it's a blow to preservation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Porcius Cato Posted July 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 The coin commemorating the assassination of Caesar must be a HOLY RELIC! Isn't it obvious why I'm sick?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Octavius Posted July 13, 2006 Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 The coin commemorating the assassination of Caesar must be a HOLY RELIC! Isn't it obvious why I'm sick?? Take a pill; lie down; take a long nap. In the meanwhile I will solicit the members hereon to garner some gold to get some Greek burglars to get the coin back. It will be put in a museum for you to worship at. Do you have a museum in ohighyo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princeps Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 Phew, I thought they'd finally got their marbles back when I saw the title of this thread. Hopefully that won't happen in my lifetime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Dalby Posted July 15, 2006 Report Share Posted July 15, 2006 Phew, I thought they'd finally got their marbles back when I saw the title of this thread. Hopefully that won't happen in my lifetime. I must say I don't see the problem with this. People in many countries are supposed to report finds of antiquities to the authorities, and that applies in Greece as it does in the UK. If the coin was not properly reported, smuggled to Britain, spent a couple of years there, and has now gone back where it belongs, that's good, isn't it? Happy ending. In any case the coin is not unique. 58 specimens are known. I bet you a pint of Young's Special that at least one of those 58 is in the British Museum, which has just about the best collection of Greek and Roman coins in the world. As for the Marbles, that would be another thread. Or maybe it has been already? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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