What interested me the most, though, were some linguistic tidbits: a number of tantalizingly brief segments in the Tauron language, which meant I got to spend time trying to identify the words instead of paying attention to the plot. From what I could hear, I'm fairly certain that it was Greek -- or something remarkably close to it. "therapōn" = minister, "aner" = man, "dikē" = justice. Now, the fact that they would use Greek in particular is not terribly surprising, since the religion and a lot of the names come from classical mythology. But the question is: ancient or modern Greek? Or neither?
My ear isn't fast enough to catch it. I wish I had thought to ask Matt to see if the DVD had close-captioning before he returned it -- maybe I would have been able to get a transcription, at least.
Edit: Never mind. Apparently it would have helped if I spelled the language correctly when searching -- it's "Tauron" not "Tauran." The BattlestarWiki confirms my intuition that the language is ancient Greek, although (frustratingly) they don't give any further details or sources.
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I only speak modern Greek, but after listening to what that hitman was saying (it's hard to hear), I think I managed to understand some of the words.
I can't speak ancient Greek but maybe somebody who cans can fill the gaps?
I think I nailed this one:
Αἷμα ἀντί αἱμάτος, ἡ δίκη τῶν Ταυρονίων!
Haema anti haematos, he dike ton Tauronion!
Blood for blood, the justice of the Tauronians!
I could only hear the last words on this one:
... δίκη ἀδελφέ μοῦ!
... dike adelfe mou!
... justice my brother!
I'm sure about this one:
Χαῖρε Θεραπόν!
Chaire Therapon!
Hello minister
This one is likely full of errors:
... ὀσφῦ εἷς πιστον ... ἀνέρος, ὄντι εἶναι φίλον ὀνομάσθης
... osfy eis piston ... aneros, onti einai filon onomasthes
... back to the faithfull ... man, the one you called a friend
Hmm, yes, the last one doesn't make a great deal of sense (ὀσφῦ??), but that's a good starting point, thanks. One of these days maybe I'll get a chance to rewatch it and take notes.
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