Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Renaming the classics

This is unbelievable, even in a nation that has forgotten the Greek classics! As reported by David Meadows:“Who Wants to be a Millionaire” had a question about the classics, the contestant declined to answer and walked away with some cash. Good thing they didn’t try to answer:

"The Homeric Question" is a centuries-old debate among scholars over the authorship and origins of what two works? If Lynn had guessed incorrectly she would have fallen back to $1,000. The correct answer was Electra and Medea.

Huh? I don’t think so! Unless, of course, Euripedes suddenly became Homer, and the Iliad and Odyssey changed their names also.

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