On Wednesday 03 August 2005 17:55, V. T. Mueller wrote:
> Ian,
>
> Ian Eiloart schrieb:
> > 1) "Besides, everyone is using this forum [=a place of assembly for
> > the people in ancient Greece] for support."
> > Well, that doesn't parse, because nothing in the context is in
> > ancient Greece. They didn't have SMTP servers, for example!
>
> No, more like ancient Rome.
Correct: the Greek word is "agora".
> At least, when I'm reading between the
> lines I can regularly hear people calling for the lions to rush in...
"Everyone is using this arena for support!"
> ;-)
Ditto.
