April 19, 2002, 06:10
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What does 'Apolyton' mean?
What does 'Apolyton' mean?
Why is this site called like that?
I asked Babylon Translator and attached glossaries without success.
I also checked some site FAQs w/o success.
Thanks
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April 19, 2002, 06:20
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Apolyton means Ultimate in Greek.
as the logo says: From Ultimate Civ2 Site And
First Greek Civ2 Site. Apolyton is union of those
two sites. Logical, Aye?
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April 19, 2002, 06:20
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Hmmm.... A word PÖLYTÖN means dustless or dust-free in finnish... 
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April 19, 2002, 06:20
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Who invited the Finns?
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April 19, 2002, 06:21
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Originally posted by aaglo
Hmmm.... A word PÖLYTÖN means dustless or dust-free in finnish...
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 veri funni Aaglo.
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April 19, 2002, 06:22
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They get everywhere 
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April 19, 2002, 06:42
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Originally posted by notyoueither
Who invited the Finns?
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Apparently not you...
The Finns were invited by a game called civilization... 
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April 19, 2002, 10:26
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Originally posted by notyoueither
Who invited the Finns?
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Laz...
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April 19, 2002, 17:13
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Hey! I were here before that.  
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April 19, 2002, 17:23
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And we all now that once our number increases once more, the site will become ÄCS - Äärimmäinen Civilization-saitti.
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April 19, 2002, 17:29
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Bah, you have to infiltrate the Mods' inner circle first!
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April 19, 2002, 17:32
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Stupid Finns. They remind me of mindworms. No matter what you throw at them they defend damn well.
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April 19, 2002, 18:37
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It means 'hairy arse' in Greek 
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April 19, 2002, 18:38
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@ Grrr
So true, so true
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April 19, 2002, 19:41
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Originally posted by HisMajestyBOB
Bah, you have to infiltrate the Mods' inner circle first!
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I just hope that the finns don't have any influence over the swedish, namely a swedish guy called... Gramphos! 
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April 19, 2002, 19:47
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Give up on Gramphos, he went over to the dark side. He's 'one of them' now
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April 19, 2002, 19:48
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Gramphos was infiltrated by those mindworms that just keep on coming!
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April 19, 2002, 20:28
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Fair warning: next "off-topic" post in this thread will result in this thread's closure. Let's get back "on-topic" here, folks...
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April 19, 2002, 20:32
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Dan, You should know, what does Apolyton mean?!
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April 19, 2002, 22:12
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A = without
poly = many
ton = town
thus, Apolyton = "without many town(s)" or "rural".
Just curious, who came up with this forumla?
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April 20, 2002, 07:16
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Dan, You should know, what does Apolyton mean?!
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See the second post in this thread, or look here (end of first paragraph).
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April 22, 2002, 06:29
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Due to the large number of finns, it should be changed to:
ÄSS = Äärimmäinen (ultimate) Sivilisaatio (civilisation) Sivusto (site) 
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April 22, 2002, 07:59
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Thanks for the many replies! It's a little bad that none of the responders is greek or at least deeply familiar with that language.
apo = 'off' ('offbeat'?)
lytos = 'separated' 'solved'
Only in a very figured sense it can be translated with "ultimate", if at all.
(answer of a teacher with a certain interest in Greek culture/language)
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April 22, 2002, 08:14
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Is that like:
Politics
poly: english preface for 'many'
tics: little things that spread diseases.
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April 22, 2002, 08:19
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If you've ever played Civ3 as the Greeks you've probably noticed that one of the city names is Apolyton. Is Apolyton the name of a Greek town or city in real life?
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April 22, 2002, 08:23
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Apolyton CS Co-Founder
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Originally posted by Haupt. Dietrich
Is Apolyton the name of a Greek town or city in real life?
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nope
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April 22, 2002, 15:21
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So our online community has been upgraded to a town! has it?
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April 22, 2002, 15:37
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Originally posted by Grrr
So our online community has been upgraded to a town! has it?
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At first Firaxis wanted to include a town called Civfanatics, but since that doesn't sound very Greek...
Anyways, the Apolyton question should be answered in the FAQ because it pops up more often than ME threads in the OT...
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