View From The Porch: In case you were wondering...

Friday, February 29, 2008

In case you were wondering...

...what ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ means.

10 comments:

orygunmike said...: now finding anywhere else to post this......it lands here

I couldn't help but notice the irony of finding, at the very top of your blog....a google ad that reads:

Hillary for President
Help Make History! Paid for by Hillary Clinton for President.
www.HillaryClinton.com
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oh the agony...; 11:19 AM, February 29, 2008
NotClauswitz said...: That's funny, I don't see any ads. :-); 12:08 PM, February 29, 2008
phlegmfatale said...: Wow, Tam. Thanks-- I'm humbled and awed you think so.; 12:08 PM, February 29, 2008
Tango Juliet said...: Absolutely! A fantastic example of the fighting spirit.; 2:47 PM, February 29, 2008
Anonymous said...: fisk request

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/01/opinion/01sat1.html?th&emc=th

this certainly needs fisking; 6:39 AM, March 01, 2008
Anonymous said...: Y'know, if you click on that political ad, it costs 'em money and Guess Who gets some of it?

Just sayin'.; 7:26 AM, March 01, 2008
Tango Juliet said...: There a guy named "AJLibby" that needs a serious snarkdown here.

http://comments.realclearpolitics.com/read/1/24578.html; 5:02 PM, March 01, 2008
the doctor said...: Please , Tam , just what does that Greek translate to ?; 6:47 PM, March 01, 2008
Andy said...: "the doctor said...
Please , Tam , just what does that Greek translate to ?"

Correct me if I'm wrong but isnt that the reply King Leonidas of Sparta (about 4000 warriors defending their homes) gave to Xerxes of the Persians (accounts vary from 10,000 to one million under arms) at Thermopolaye, when Xerxes begged the Greeks surrender their arms in an act of "mercy" (more likely an attempt at expediency in conquering Greece) in the face of such overwhelming odds ...

King Leonidas is reported to have fired back with:

ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ = "Come and Take Them!!"

P.S. Leonidas and all his men died for their audacious defiance, setting a high bar for glory seekers to surpass for more than two centuries.

P.P.S. Happily rash late 80's bar-hopping didnt rob us of phlegmfatale's internet presence ...; 5:35 PM, March 03, 2008
Andy said...: Oops I meant two millenia instead of centuries *sigh*... a few beers after work on a monday and my brain is fried.; 5:42 PM, March 03, 2008