Professor Edith Hall

So actually, it's a really dodgy moment because, you know, Oliver Cromwell's running the place and spoiling fun. But he says, come away, come away to the tavern, I say. Leave your prittle prattle, fill us a bottle. You're not so wise as Aristotle. Yeah. What you probably don't know either is that Cockney slang for an arse, a back end, is an aris.

And the reason for this is extremely complicated because originally bottle and glass is the passing for arse. That goes to just bottle is your arse. But because bottle rhymes with Aristotle, Aristotle ends up as arse and it just ends up as aris.

And the reason for this is extremely complicated because originally bottle and glass is the passing for arse. That goes to just bottle is your arse. But because bottle rhymes with Aristotle, Aristotle ends up as arse and it just ends up as aris.

So there we go. 1652 they were doing that pun on bottle.

So there we go. 1652 they were doing that pun on bottle.

There is no other modern language in which Aristotle rhymes with anything to do with alcohol, except English. It's something to be proud of. In the Greek pronunciation, is it Aristotle? Aristoteles. Aristoteles now.

There is no other modern language in which Aristotle rhymes with anything to do with alcohol, except English. It's something to be proud of. In the Greek pronunciation, is it Aristotle? Aristoteles. Aristoteles now.

But telis does not rhyme with bucala.

But telis does not rhyme with bucala.

Aristotle's Way.

Aristotle's Way.

Thank you so much. It's a delight for me as well.

Thank you so much. It's a delight for me as well.

Thank you so much. It's a delight for me as well.

Yes, Atlantis is one of the few words from antiquity that is very generally recognised on the street, along with Aesop and Odysseus, and just possibly, if you're lucky, sort of Medea or Troy. It's something that everybody knows about. Anything that's actually been Disney-fied, of course, enters an international, global, popular culture dimension that we would love all of classics to have.

Yes, Atlantis is one of the few words from antiquity that is very generally recognised on the street, along with Aesop and Odysseus, and just possibly, if you're lucky, sort of Medea or Troy. It's something that everybody knows about. Anything that's actually been Disney-fied, of course, enters an international, global, popular culture dimension that we would love all of classics to have.

Yes, Atlantis is one of the few words from antiquity that is very generally recognised on the street, along with Aesop and Odysseus, and just possibly, if you're lucky, sort of Medea or Troy. It's something that everybody knows about. Anything that's actually been Disney-fied, of course, enters an international, global, popular culture dimension that we would love all of classics to have.

Probably at the moment only rivaled by gladiators.

Probably at the moment only rivaled by gladiators.

Probably at the moment only rivaled by gladiators.