Why is Stephen Fry so passionate about the ancient Greeks?

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  @wooders2206 · 5 years ago

  "I won't bore you too much" he could talk about the history of toilets and I'd be mesmerised

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  @tanzanos · 7 years ago

  Fun fact:<br>Fighter pilots in training are called Ikarus in Greece

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• ST

  @Steve20333 · 2 years ago

  Very interesting point of view !<br>I remember back in the seventies a teacher ! His name was Mr. Tailor , every day he would read us a &nbsp;myth from ancient greece, and we would<br>always have to wait til the next day to hear the end of the myth !<br>He would say, &quot; I&apos;ll tell you how it finishes tomorrow &quot; then the bell would ring and it was time to go home !<br>He was a great teacher !<br>May he rest in peace .<br>Amen .

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  @JinnDante · 5 years ago

  Greek here .This man&apos;s speech intelligence and wit is out of this world. I admire him so much. He has studied a lot of greek philosophy and has read so many books. It seems like he has the outmost respect for the Hellenic culture and history and his in depth &quot;dive&quot; in the Hellenic literature has elevated this man&apos;s spirit (and sorry for my poetic hyperbole) to the levels of the ancient Hellenes. If one person should be called Hellenas it is him. The whole world concept that Hellenes had and their level of intelligence lives through this man. It feels weird because this man is more &quot;Greek&quot; than many that are actually &nbsp;native Greeks. Mr Fry you are a magnificent human being i would be lucky to meet you one day and talk about Greek philosophy.

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• LI

  @Liz86000 · 7 years ago

  I could listen to him talk for hours... I did in fact, with his audiobooks !

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• WA

  @warlockpaladin2261 · 4 years ago

  &quot;Let&apos;s try to be better than our parents.&quot;<br>This is such a low bar that it depresses to me to realize just how few people can hurdle it.

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• EO

  @eoanmo6259 · 7 years ago

  As a Greek i think is a great privilege for the Greek history , a person like Stephen Fry with so much education and so big platform to be philhellene. Thank you phile mou ( my friend).

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  @thewayofaxiom · 5 years ago

  Bring back the Hellenistic glory.. even the Romans was enamored by the Greeks. Even thought I am Asian and came from multicultural &nbsp;incredibly ancient culture such as china and japan and the Philippines.. I am fascinated and deeply respected Greek culture.. ended up marrying a Greek wonderful woman.. Our twins are named.. Herodotus and Persephone.

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  @ChewyAndGo · 2 years ago

  It&apos;s amazing how he has all these asides he goes into, but he never loses the thread.

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• EY

  @eyemoeba · 3 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=504fm8DinxI&amp;t=288">4:48</a> &apos;i won&apos;t bore you..&apos; how little he knows about how highly regarded he is.

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  @danner253 · 7 years ago

  I adore the ancient Greeks, you can clearly see for the first time in history a culture of thinking and progress emerge. For the fact our language, thinking, and many ways of life are directly inspired by them show how they laid so many foundations for us.

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• VL

  @vlad-ut1sz · 6 years ago

  Fun fact: more than 52.000 English words are Greek for example (alphabet, astronomy, history, harmony, music, galaxy, mathematics, philosophy and others.

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