What the Olympics are all about

 

 

Ὦνδρες, ὦνδρες, σῑγήσατε! Ἐπιλανθάνεσθε ὑμεῖς τὸν τῶν Ὀλυμπίων τέλον· τὰ ἆθλα διαδιδόναι τοῦ χρῡσοῦ καλοῦ, τοῦ ἀργύρου μετρίου, καὶ τοῦ χαλκοῦ ἀτίμου.

 

(ôndres, ôndres, sīgḗsate! Epilanthánesthe hӯmeîs ton tôn Olympíōn télon: ta âthla diadidónai toû chrӯsoû kaloû, toû argýrou metríou, kai toû chalkoû atímou.)

 

People, people, please! You are forgetting what the Olympics are all about: giving out medals of beautiful gold, so-so silver, and shameful bronze.

 

—“The Simpsons”