Why was cycling not included in the ancient Olympics? (2004) [pdf]
OT, but this reminds so much of:<p>I had to learn latin in school at age 12. I vividly remember when the first latin text we worked on had the latin word for &quot;bicycle&quot; in it. I asked my teacher why they had a word for something that didn&#x27;t exist back then. She said &quot;good observation, we just invented a word that we think they would have used&quot;.<p>I was already not very convinced of the usefulness of learning a dead language, but that sealed the deal. In the very first lesson.<p>I managed to pass all the exams by learning all the greek stories. For some reason, every exam was translating short versions of some greek mythology. I could get by with just recognizing the names, remembering the story and retelling it, while using some of the vocabulary I learned to anchor my retelling against the original text.
Sadly tough, none of the stories stayed with me, I forgot all of them.