On Apr 16, 11:22=A0am, "Ildhund" <jn...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> John Briggs wrote...
> > Ildhund wrote:
> >> Does anyone know the origin of this expression? Is it biblical or
> >> classical?
>
> > Classical.
>
> >> I have a notion that the Corinthian/Commoners dichotomy is analogous
to=
> >> Gentlemen/Players, the Corinthians being successors to Dandies and
> >> similar high- (and loose-) living young gentlemen of means. Does it
> >> pre-date the formation of the Corinthians football club in 1882?
>
> > You have curious notions. =A0It relates to the ideal of amateur s****t
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> > associated with Greece, for some reason, cf Olympic Games.
>
> Why so curious? Do you have any evidence for a particular link between
> Corinth (either in biblical or classical times) and the ideal of amateur
> s****t of any other variety than /to corinthiazesthai/ (fornication)?
> --
> Noel
googling for Corinthian League gives the idea that it was an
association imposed upon the defeated Greeks by Phillip of Macedon as
a sort of United Nations against Persia, guaranteeing rights to the
subjugated nations in return for military assistance. With the Greeks
no longer fighting amongst each other, the olympic games could carry
on.
David
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