#though the pronunciation guide at the back of my mitchell translation says 'teucer' can be spoken with an S *or* a K sound | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

ilions-end · 1 month ago

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i was wondering how and when the name teukros became teucer (specifically with an S sound) in english, because i don't know any other language that doesn't call him some variation of teukros/tevkros/teucro.

but of course it turns i can blame the romans! again!

#'teucer' is fine by me (and admittedly the first thing that stood out to me about him when reading the iliad. li'l TYOOSER)#but it's the cutesy high school nickname to the dramatic velar plosive of TEUKROS #though the pronunciation guide at the back of my mitchell translation says 'teucer' can be spoken with an S *or* a K sound #i guess in the way of like. that's a later constructed name so say it however you like #obviously i'm not a greek name purist. i use romanized spellings a ton on this blog #but i generally steer clear of the wholly changed romanized names like ulysses and pollux

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