Archimedes
Δῶς μοι πᾶ στῶ καὶ τὰν γᾶν κινάσω
Give me a place to stand and I will move the earth. What do you believe he meant? |
Whether he knew it or not, he sounds like a Gallant Gallstone.
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I don't read Greek. But with a long enough lever, a single person could move the earth.
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I'm familiar with a different version: Πᾷ βῶ καὶ χαριστίωνι τὰν γᾶν κινήσω πᾶσαν "Say where and with a lever I will move the entire world." (Doric is a tough dialect) [Diodorus Siculus 26.18.34.] |
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