Date: 6/08/2026 18:40:46
From: Michael V
ID: 2417572
Subject: re: Chat August 2026

captain_spalding said:


dv said:

Nolan will never recover

Well, if ‘port ‘ and ‘starboard’ were used in the film ‘The Odyssey’, then they’re anachronistic.

Those terms, especially ‘port’ were not in use until the 15th / 16th centuries’.
The ancient Greeks would have used the terms dežia (dexia): Meaning “right” or the right side (corresponding to starboard, or the side where the steering oar was), and aristera meaning “left” or the left side (corresponding to port).

TIL more about “anachronistic”. Thanks for widening my understanding.

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