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Socrates' Ancient Greek phrase finds new life on Mars
Original: «λίθοι καὶ πλίνθοι καὶ ξύλα καὶ κέραμος ἀτάκτως ἐρριμμένα» Ancient Greek phrase, attributed by Xenophon to Socrates, des
A passage from Xenophon, in which Socrates describes stones, bricks, timber and shards as 'thrown together without order', is being quoted to caption the latest processed image from NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars. The rover, on Sol 1994 of its mission, captured the scene with a 110mm lens looking northwest. The classical phrase, describing a pile of disorderly debris, is being used as a wry commentary on the Martian landscape.
Why now: The witty pairing of an ancient Greek description of unordered rubble with a fresh Perseverance image of the Martian surface is amusing classicists and space watchers.
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