![]() “Medea” is a tragedy penned by Ancient Greek playwright Euripides. Dealing with the myth of Jason and Medea, it was not received well at its debut in 431 BC. It was premiered at that year’s Dionysia festival in Athens, competing against plays by Euphorion and Sophocles. Euphorion’s play won the competition and Euripides’ “Medea” came in last. Tau is the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet, the letter which gave rise to our Roman “T”. Both the letters tau (T) and chi (X) have long been symbolically associated with the cross. The ilium is the upper portion of the hipbone. Quantum of solace? : SOFT CĪ quantum (portion) of the word “solace” is a soft letter C (cee). Copier room quantity : REAMĪ ream is 500 sheets of paper. As there were 24 sheets in a quire, and 20 quires made up a ream, there used to be 480 sheets in a ream. Ever since the standard was changed to 500, a 480-sheet packet of paper has been called a “short ream”. ![]() We also use the term “reams” to mean a great amount, evolving from the idea of a lot of printed material. ![]()
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