thoodleoo

fun ancient greek fact of the day: the greeks didn’t have an individual word that meant ostrich, so frequently ostriches are referred to using phrases based off the word “στρουθός” (sparrow), such as “sparrows on the ground” or, in the case of xenophon, “very large sparrows”

captainofalltheships

fun modern greek fact of the day: we now call them sparrow camels (στρουθοκάμηλος)