Talk:Ancient Greek calendars

message: This article on the Hellenic calendars is so badly written, it literally makes my TEETH HURT.
Let's give these "sentences" (term loosely used) a go, shall we? --
 
The month in which the year began, as well as the names of the months, differed in the dif­ferent countries of Greece, and in some parts even no names existed for the months, they being dis­tinguished only numerically, as the first, second, third, fourth month, &c. In order, therefore, to acquire any satisfactory knowledge of the Greek calendar, the different states must be considered separately.
 
"In some parts even no names existed"...evil portent of muck to follow.
"Differed in the different countries??" ...jeez louISE...let's see -- were the folks living there DIFFIDENT? Or is that too DIFFICULT to work out..?? Lord.
"...no names existed for months, they being distinguised..."  OUCH!! PLEASE GOD, STOP NOW...you just broke about 18 different rules of style, grammar and syntax in ONE FREAKING SENTENCE. STOP IT!!
Ah, Wikipedia. Where anybody can write authoritatively on anything!! Ain't it great? Now, where's that shortcut for Encarta hiding?
(I disown and of course have no knowledge of ANY style or grammar errors in my OWN comments, of course! ;-)...or would that be "grammatical" errors...? hmmmmm...too many ellipses...
69.118.234.2 (talk) 15:27, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The text was from Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (right at the top of page 223)  62.1.165.96 (talk) 19:23, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, it's not grammatically wrong but, in his defense, it is awkward as hell and would have been seen as such even by 19th century standards. Still, who can really hate a good &c. when it shows up in the wild? — LlywelynII 01:26, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  A truly awful paragraph, one for the AGES. Somebody PLEASE put it out if its MISERY! 

message: I think that "Phliastos" in the Laconian system should probably be Phliasios or Fliasios.  I am no expert, and am therefore unwilling to change this in the article.  But I do think it's wrong as it stands. Mjhrynick (talk) 01:59, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Typo? 

message: The article's former name notwithstanding, it has nothing to do with the post-Alexandrian Hellenic world and is focused on ancient Greece. Pending very good sources to the contrary, I don't think we should even mention the former name on this page. It should be rebuilt into a dab for all the Hellenic calendars, including Egypt, Syria, Macedonia, and Persia. — LlywelynII 23:55, 19 March 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: "Hellenic" is another word for saying "Greek". I do not see your point. And what Egypt, Syria and Persia have to do with Greek calendars? NickTheRipper (talk) 21:25, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

text: Perhaps Llywelyn is confusing the word "Hellenic" with "Hellenistic." Piledhighandeep (talk) 04:35, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Hellenic calendars

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