Fun fact: metrical evidence from the Iliad and Odyssey suggests that the name Ἴλιον (Ilion) formerly began with a digamma: Ϝίλιον (Wilion) and y’all know how much I dig the digamma.
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Digamma – a pain in the ass to any ancient Greek student. *grumbles*
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Somewhere in the multiverse there is a timeline where someone has said, “Okay, kids, time to start our Greek Mythology unit by reading the Wiliad.” And every high school teacher in that universe dies inside every time they have to put up with all of the snickering…
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