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    Devout worshipper of Bilious Member miotas's Avatar
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    G'day,

    I hope it's not asking too much, but I have a few questions for those knowledgeable in ancient greek.

    I am playing a Baktrian campaign and for role playing purposes I would like to know what the titles i have given my characters would be in Greek.

    so here goes:
    King of Baktria
    King of the East
    King of the Indians
    Theodotos the foolish (he died attacking Taksashila early on)
    Diodotos the Careful (i know, i'm bad at names so if you can think of something better that has a similar meaning then help me out)
    Patrokles the Unworthy(obviously not something he's called himself but something everyone else does)
    disgruntled heir (as in he is pissed that he is only the heir when his younger brother is king)

    and a few general ones i may use later on:
    the lion, this is one i would really like as i believe it is what is on their banner and the hetairoi kataphraktoi later on have lion masks
    the terrible
    the mighty
    the fearsome

    if there are any others you can think of feel free to add them, as I said I'm not the best at this thing

    oh, and in the latin alphabet if you don't mind as i can't read greek

    I'm thinking of doing an AAR but I'm not sure yet, the holidays are coming up so I will basically have 2 weeks of solid EB playing to decide.

    Cheers

    *edit*
    some more names i just thought of

    the lion-hearted
    the brave
    Last edited by miotas; 04-06-2009 at 11:22.

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    Default Re: Greek Titles

    Because I'm rather bored to write up, why don't you take a look at a previous thread in the main forum section entitled: "Hellenistic rulers: Conceivable epithets".

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    wow, thanks, that's exactly what i was looking for.

    so according to that king of baktria would be basileus ton baktria?

    and sorry to bother you, but the disgruntled heir thing would be greatly appreciated (if it's easily translatable)

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    Quote Originally Posted by miotas View Post
    wow, thanks, that's exactly what i was looking for.

    so according to that king of baktria would be basileus ton baktria?

    and sorry to bother you, but the disgruntled heir thing would be greatly appreciated (if it's easily translatable)
    King of Baktria - Basileus Baktries (ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΒΑΚΤΡΙΗΣ)
    Disgruntled Heir - Dysarestos Kleronomos (ΔΥΣΑΡΕΣΤΟΣ ΚΛΗΡΟΝΟΜΟΣ)

    Don't worry about bothering, 'cause you aren't. I was just too lazy to translate them all As for your AAR idea, consider me already as a viewer

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    ok thanks,

    but if i were you i wouldn't hold my breath waiting for the aar, it will be 1 probably 2 weeks, as im taking it slowly and i want to have something worth writing about before i start.

    i have one idea i would really like to do but it depends on a child having good traits when he comes of age. If i were to save the turn before he came of age and then reloaded would he get different traits?

    and i hope you don't mind if i bounce ideas for titles of you during the aar, although that shouldn't happen often, that thread was pure gold.

    cheers

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    It was a good thread while it lasted and should be archived for all to see.
    And if you are going to start an AAR plz make sure that you actually HAVE the time to play it.
    Seen way too many AAR quit out due to poor RL planning.

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