G(r)eek and Star Trek
Spock rocks some stunna shades.
Just watched “Is There In Truth No Beauty?” while kindof doing Greek homework and I especially liked this episode! I enjoyed the character of Dr. Miranda Jones. Andwhaddaya know, there’s plenty of Classical references in this episode! First off, there is the Ambassador Kollos from the planet Medusa. Like the creature of myth they are named after, Medusans are formless figures considered so ugly that upon looking at them, humans are driven mad (rather than being turned to stone).The crew and Dr. Jones discuss the notion “promulgated by the ancient Greeks that what is good must also be beautiful.” This brings me to the name of the ambassador, Kollos- “κολός” is the Greek (masculine) adjective for “good, noble, beautiful.” (o i see what you did there!)
A quote from Miranda Jones: “Who is to say whether Kollos is too ugly to bear, or too beautiful to bear?”
As if loving Star Trek wasn’t nerdy enough, then it has fabulous Classical references I can enjoy as well.
