[net.games.hack] Why those names? SPOILER

colonel@gloria.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman) (05/15/85)

["Yum - that little dog was delicious!"]

Croesus was an ancient king of Lydia, said to have been the richest man
of his time.  Kroisos is the unlatinized transliteration.

This is what happens when graduates of gymnasiums write software.
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
...{rocksvax|decvax}!sunybcs!colonel

kyrimis@tilt.FUN (Kriton Kyrimis) (05/18/85)

*** REPLACE CROESUS WITH KROISOS ***

> Croesus was an ancient king of Lydia, said to have been the richest man
> of his time.  Kroisos is the unlatinized transliteration.
> 
Kroisos is NOT the unlatinised transliteration of Croesus - it is the other
way round. Kroisos was the Greeks' version of whatever the Lydian king's name
was, and for all intents and purposes his actual name. Since the Romans came
AFTER the Greeks, it is obvious that Croesus is the latinised version of the
greek name.

Now for some more trivia about Kroisos/Croesus:
Kroisos was in fact one of the richest people of his time. He was in fact so
rich, that he thought he could get the praise of Solon, one of the 7 wise
people of ancient Greece. He invited him to his court, and after showing him
around, asked him who he thought was the happiest person in the whole world.
Solon was not impressed by material wealth, so he failed repeatedly to name
Kroisos, naming instead other people whose lives had ended under happy
circumstances. Kroisos was disappointed, and asked Solon to tell him if he
considered him to be any happy at all, to which Solon replied,
"Praise no one before his end".
True enough, Kroisos' kingdom was invaded later on, and Kroisos was executed
(burned?).
His last words were "Solon! Solon!"

You can use the above to impress your friends. Impress them more by becoming a
total winner in hack.

Yours,
-- 

	Kriton	(princeton!tilt!kyrimis)