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HPsquared
13 days ago
I suppose that begs the question, who was ancient Greece's Homer Simpson?
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ben_w
9 days ago
Mainly βωμολόχος, I think? But also ἀλαζών in some episodes?
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wk_end
13 days ago
Socrates, I'd say.
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marginalia_nu
13 days ago
Diogenes of Sinope is maybe closer? He was sort of a living meme and there's a significant volume of apocryphal anecdotes of hijinks and pseudepigraphical writings, going on long after his death.
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marcus_holmes
9 days ago
Definitely Diogenes, 100%
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Avicebron
13 days ago
Nooo...it has to be Margites from Homer's
Margites
:)
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