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flash9286 is offline flash9286
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Jul 2002
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where does the name apolyton come from
A- means withou
poly-means many
ColdWizard is offline ColdWizard
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a = without
poly = many
tons = measure of weight

therefore, Apolyton = light and fluffy like a pancake

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Apolyton is Greek and means mighty.

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Listed in the site history, you will find...

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but you may be wondering where DID the name for this new mega-site come from? Apolyton, translated from Greek, means ultimate. We'll let you draw your own conclusions. :-)


And since Apoltyon was formed by the merger of two civ sites... Ultimate CivII and The First Greek Civ Site...

You can find the history at...

http://apolyton.net/about/history/
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Damn, remembered it as mighty, and not as ultimate.

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i prefer my pancake interpretation
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However apolyton means both ultimate and mighty, IIRC.
Kalius is offline Kalius
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Aug 2002
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Where can you find this history miscegnation?
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Never really thought about what Apolyton meant; useful to know.

Skanky Burns is offline Skanky Burns
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Aug 2001
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Although I already knew the real answer ( ), I really liked ColdWizard's one.

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I always thought it was a RL location where Mark lives. Apolytown. That's how it reads to me...

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i prefer my pancake interpretation


so do i

Nikolai is offline Nikolai
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Doh! I've wondered on this myself, but never asked or searched!

The name is perfect though!
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Apolyton is named after an ancient Greek village. Anyone who played Civ 3 can tell you that...
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quote:
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Apolyton is named after an ancient Greek village. Anyone who played Civ 3 can tell you that...


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Why isn't it called "The Ultimate English First Greek Civil Civilization 2 Site"?
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Got spare money?

I'm probably not alone in wondering why it should be.
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It can have something to do with the difficulity to build a trademark with that name, Abdul.
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Yeah, but abbreviation could sound good:
TUEFGC2S

It could also be called "Banana Civ3 Site"...
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Feb 2001
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yes, but if it was called a civ3 site, i certainly wouldn't be here

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Is TUEFGC2S something that only sounds good to an Arab ear?
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quote:
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Is TUEFGC2S something that only sounds good to an Arab ear?


It is, IIRC, Arabic for light and fluffy pancakes.



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long live the light and fluffy pancakes
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I don't know about Arab ears, I myself have only Azeri ones...
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I don't know about Arab ears, I myself have only Azeri ones...


Educate me. what is the difference?

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Ahem.

[pontification mode] Azerbaijan is a region that overlaps the corners of Turkey and Iran and a few Caucasus republics. Including a state called Azerbaijan, a former republic of the USSR. [/pontification mode]

A note from your friendly history nut.
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quote:
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Ahem.

[pontification mode] Azerbaijan is a region that overlaps the corners of Turkey and Iran and a few Caucasus republics. Including a state called Azerbaijan, a former republic of the USSR. [/pontification mode]

A note from your friendly history nut.


I know about Azerbaijan, I have just never heard the term Azeri. I assumed that Azerbaijan was Arab.

I'm just a dumb American, I guess.

Thanks.

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I always thought Azerbaijan was Azerbaijani...
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So Apolyton means "ultimate" and the site is the result of merging the "Ultimate Civ2 site" and "The First Greek Civ2 Site". Now I know who is giving the orders around here...

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