Re: Fruitful typos (was: Vulgar Latin)

Vasiliy Chernov wrote:

> What's the French spelling for Odysseus' home island? ;)
>
> Basilius,
> Still trying to recall how it's spelled in English :)
In English it's Ithaca, Latin style.  In some translations of Classical
Greek works you may find "Ithaka", "Sophokles", "Theokritos", but
in general prose "Ithaca", "Sophocles", "Theocritus" are normal.

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