Historians Admit To Inventing Ancient Greeks

[Joe Sermarini]

Historians Admit To Inventing Ancient Greeks

http://www.theonion.com/article/historians-admit-to-inventing-ancient-greeks-18209

[EB]

It's pretty obvious once you start to think about it. For example, would a real civilization put a naked boy riding a dolphin on their coins? I don't think so. Which reminds me, I should try to unload a few coins before the word gets out.

[SC]

Ha!!  Awesome from start to finish. 

Considering North Korea's official news service has re-printed several Onion articles as genuine news over the years (it's true, look it up) I expect to see this make its way into a history textbook somewhere someday.

SC

[JBF]

Just goes to show you, you can't trust everything you read.

Makes sense, after all "Greek" is a name of Roman origin.

In this age of Tolkien, and Harry Potter, what is one more fantasy world?

But the levitating monks of Shangri-la, and the Rhinoceros, those are real (although for the Rhinoceros, maybe not for long).

And, oh, let us not forget Atlantis!

[Akropolis]

Cripes. I'm Greek.
I guess I don't exist.
Things are starting to fade away around me. I feel faint.
What's happe.....
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[Jay GT4]

Brilliant!  I follow the onion in Instagram.  So funny!

[peterpil19]

Hmm, I think I would prefer "Ancient Greeks Admit to Inventing today's Historians!" 

Peter

[JamesC11]

If I recall my own ancient history correctly, "Greek" is the English version of the Latin version of the name of one small tribe/district of ancient Hellas (Greece).  After all, any foreign tourists in some parts of Italy used to be called "inglesi" after the people you had as your best customers.

[dougsmit]

Cripes. I'm Greek.
I guess I don't exist.
Things are starting to fade away around me. I feel faint.
What's happe.....
Blip

Pete, I'll miss not ever having met you.   You know you are over the hill when people writing this material think the 70's was long enough ago to date the project.   I'm a little sad I missed the chance to help with it.  All those Greek classes from college might have come in handy and I most certainly made up some creative exam answers back in the day.