Plato Invents Greentext
On the earliest papyrus recordings of Plato’s dialogue with the mathematician Theaitetus, quotes from Socrates are indicated by ">" to the left of each quotation. >be me
A fake historical caption claims that ancient papyrus recordings of Plato’s dialogue used the “>” symbol before Socrates’ quotes. The joke is that this supposedly makes Socrates the original greentext poster, applying a modern 4chan meme format to an ancient manuscript.
ancient papyrus / древний папирусGreek manuscript / греческая рукописьhandwritten text / рукописный текстstone or clay tablet texture / фактура камня или глиныblack background / чёрный фонwhite caption text / белый текст подписиgreen pixelated text / зелёный пиксельный текстquotation mark / знак цитаты> symbol / символ ">"
- @gentoomemes / 9357 2024-02-13
- @rzeczyzabawne / 17804 2024-08-11
- @antichirst / 18873 2025-02-05
- @right_wing_dev_squads / 12440 2025-07-04
- Template
- Be Me / greentext
- Type
- image
- Size
- 526×526 · 51.9 KiB
- Mood
- absurd, sarcastic
- Language
- en
- Added
