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Pius Popprasch is offline Pius Popprasch
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Feb 2002
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What does 'Apolyton' mean?
Why is this site called like that?

I asked Babylon Translator and attached glossaries without success.
I also checked some site FAQs w/o success.

Thanks
Andemagne is offline Andemagne
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Rovaniemi, Lappland, Finland
Dec 1999
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Apolyton means Ultimate in Greek.

as the logo says: From Ultimate Civ2 Site And
First Greek Civ2 Site. Apolyton is union of those
two sites. Logical, Aye?
aaglo is offline aaglo
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the contradiction is filled with holes...
Aug 2001
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Hmmm.... A word PÖLYTÖN means dustless or dust-free in finnish...

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Aug 2001
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Who invited the Finns?
Andemagne is offline Andemagne
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quote:
 Originally posted by aaglo
Hmmm.... A word PÖLYTÖN means dustless or dust-free in finnish...


veri funni Aaglo.
Scouse Gits is offline Scouse Gits
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Liverpool, United Kingdom
Nov 1999
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They get everywhere

Someday otok will return!

SG[1]
aaglo is offline aaglo
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the contradiction is filled with holes...
Aug 2001
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quote:
 Originally posted by notyoueither
Who invited the Finns?


Apparently not you...

The Finns were invited by a game called civilization...

Zopperoni is offline Zopperoni
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Dec 2000
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quote:
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Who invited the Finns?

Laz...
Andemagne is offline Andemagne
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Hey! I were here before that.

Kassiopeia is offline Kassiopeia
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Jul 2001
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Got spare money?

And we all now that once our number increases once more, the site will become ÄCS - Äärimmäinen Civilization-saitti.

HisMajestyBOB is offline HisMajestyBOB
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Jul 2000
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Bah, you have to infiltrate the Mods' inner circle first!
Grrr is offline Grrr
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Dec 2000
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Stupid Finns. They remind me of mindworms. No matter what you throw at them they defend damn well.
Provost Harrison is offline Provost Harrison
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The farce is strong with this one.
Feb 2000
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Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

It means 'hairy arse' in Greek

Provost Harrison is offline Provost Harrison
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@ Grrr

So true, so true

Zealot is offline Zealot
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Jun 2000
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quote:
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Bah, you have to infiltrate the Mods' inner circle first!


I just hope that the finns don't have any influence over the swedish, namely a swedish guy called... Gramphos!

Provost Harrison is offline Provost Harrison
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Give up on Gramphos, he went over to the dark side. He's 'one of them' now

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Gramphos was infiltrated by those mindworms that just keep on coming!
DanQ is offline DanQ
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Fair warning: next "off-topic" post in this thread will result in this thread's closure. Let's get back "on-topic" here, folks...

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Dan, You should know, what does Apolyton mean?!
Shadowstrike is offline Shadowstrike
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Jul 2000
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A = without
poly = many
ton = town

thus, Apolyton = "without many town(s)" or "rural".

Just curious, who came up with this forumla?
Locutus is offline Locutus
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Nov 1999
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quote:
 Originally posted by Grrr
Dan, You should know, what does Apolyton mean?!


See the second post in this thread, or look here (end of first paragraph).
aaglo is offline aaglo
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the contradiction is filled with holes...
Aug 2001
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Due to the large number of finns, it should be changed to:

ÄSS = Äärimmäinen (ultimate) Sivilisaatio (civilisation) Sivusto (site)

Pius Popprasch is offline Pius Popprasch
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Thanks for the many replies! It's a little bad that none of the responders is greek or at least deeply familiar with that language.

apo = 'off' ('offbeat'?)
lytos = 'separated' 'solved'
Only in a very figured sense it can be translated with "ultimate", if at all.
(answer of a teacher with a certain interest in Greek culture/language)
Immortal Wombat is offline Immortal Wombat
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Dec 2000
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Is that like:
Politics
poly: english preface for 'many'
tics: little things that spread diseases.
?
Cookie Monster is offline Cookie Monster
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Jul 2001
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If you've ever played Civ3 as the Greeks you've probably noticed that one of the city names is Apolyton. Is Apolyton the name of a Greek town or city in real life?
MarkG is offline MarkG
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quote:
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Is Apolyton the name of a Greek town or city in real life?
nope

Grrr is offline Grrr
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Dec 2000
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So our online community has been upgraded to a town! has it?
Hueij is offline Hueij
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Kokonino Kounty
May 1999
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quote:
 Originally posted by Grrr
So our online community has been upgraded to a town! has it?

At first Firaxis wanted to include a town called Civfanatics, but since that doesn't sound very Greek...

Anyways, the Apolyton question should be answered in the FAQ because it pops up more often than ME threads in the OT...
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