Ancient Greek Translation Please :)

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  1. Emily09 said:

    Red face Ancient Greek Translation Please :)

    This is my friend's tattoo which is in Ancient greek (see picture attached). If someone could translate what it means to English, that would be phenomenal!!!
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    It's tricky even for a greek.

    Means "soldiers", in Greek "στρατιώτες"
    "Gilgamesh, where are you hurrying to?
    You will never find that life for which you are looking.
    When the gods created man they allotted to him death,
    but life they retained in their own keeping"
     
  3. Emily09 said:

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    Really?? Are you sure??
     
  4. Emily09 said:

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    kk He said it's along the right lines but it's not exactly what it means.
     
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    Amethystos said:

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    Quote Originally Posted by Emily09 View Post
    Really?? Are you sure??
    Well...
    This is a link where you can see for yourself written ANCIENT GREEK LANGUAGE,
    by Ancient Greeks. -> http://www.webtopos.gr/eng/languages...thensAgora.htm

    As you can Identify there is no similarity with the photo you've uploaded.
    The man who painted this tatoo had obviously choose gothic fonts.
    Ancient Greek in Gothic fonts..... HILLARIUS!

    But since you asked it I gave it a try....
    I can assure you that if I wanted to write in Latin Alphabet the word
    "στρατιώτες" Ι would had written "stratiotes".
    So you can open for yourself MS Word, find a gothic font that
    "shows" letter "a" as "21", copy and paste the word stratiotes
    and check if I gave the write answer.

    And finally yes, στρατιώτες means soldiers.
    "Gilgamesh, where are you hurrying to?
    You will never find that life for which you are looking.
    When the gods created man they allotted to him death,
    but life they retained in their own keeping"
     
  6. Emily09 said:

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    Okay, great . He says it means warrior... which is synonymous to soldier so it is the right definition! Thanks soo much!!! You did great