# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3257
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65128 "2019-04-10T19:00:14Z")
Notable Romans (and no more than five words’ description) 1. Marcus Aurelius (emperor, philosopher, writer, Stoic) 2. Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (statesman, military leader, farmer) 3. Cato the Elder i.e. Marcus Porcius Cato- (“Carthago delenda est”) 4. Scipio Africanus (general, consul) 5. Cato the Younger, Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis (anti-corruption stoic, championed the republic) 6. Justin Martyr (theologian, apologist for Christianity, martyr) 7. Brutus the Younger (Caesar assassin, “Et tu, Brute?”) 8. Titus Flavius Josephus (notable historian) 9. Nero (supposedly fiddled while Rome burned) 10. Julius Caesar (assassination victim/salad enthusiast) 11. Pontius Pilate (prefect of Judea and all round swell guy) 12. Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (better known as Emperor Claudius) 13. Sextus Pomponius (jurist and lawgiver) Pass. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65129 "2019-04-10T19:07:41Z")
Notable Greeks, Ancient and Modern (and no more than five words’ description) 1. Sappho of Lesbos (great lyric poet, “_The_ Poetess”) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65130 "2019-04-10T19:11:38Z")
Notable Greeks, Ancient and Modern (and no more than five words’ description) 1. Sappho of Lesbos (great lyric poet, “The Poetess”) 2. Andreas Papandreou (three-time Greek prime minister) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65131 "2019-04-10T19:17:48Z")
Notable Greeks, Ancient and Modern (and no more than five words’ description) 1. Sappho of Lesbos (great lyric poet, “The Poetess”) 2. Andreas Papandreou (three-time Greek prime minister) 3. Herodotus (historian) ---
**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65132 "2019-04-10T19:21:05Z")
Notable Greeks, Ancient and Modern (and no more than five words’ description) 1. Sappho of Lesbos (great lyric poet, “The Poetess”) 2. Andreas Papandreou (three-time Greek prime minister) 3. Herodotus (historian) 4. Epictetus (Stoic philosopher) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65133 "2019-04-10T19:42:44Z")
Notable Greeks, Ancient and Modern (and no more than five words’ description) 1. Sappho of Lesbos (great lyric poet, “The Poetess”) 2. Andreas Papandreou (three-time Greek prime minister) 3. Herodotus (historian) 4. Epictetus (Stoic philosopher) 5. Aristotle (philosopher) ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65134 "2019-04-10T20:11:48Z")
Notable Greeks, Ancient and Modern (and no more than five words’ description) 1. Sappho of Lesbos (great lyric poet, “The Poetess”) 2. Andreas Papandreou (three-time Greek prime minister) 3. Herodotus (historian) 4. Epictetus (Stoic philosopher) 5. Aristotle (philosopher) 6. Homer (attributed author of Iliad and The Odyssey) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65135 "2019-04-10T20:15:54Z")
Notable Greeks, Ancient and Modern (and no more than five words’ description) 1. Sappho of Lesbos (great lyric poet, “The Poetess”) 2. Andreas Papandreou (three-time Greek prime minister) 3. Herodotus (historian) 4. Epictetus (Stoic philosopher) 5. Aristotle (philosopher) 6. Homer (attributed author of Iliad and The Odyssey) 7. Aristotle Onassis (shipping magnate, Jackie’s 2nd husband) ---
**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65136 "2019-04-10T20:18:35Z")
Notable Greeks, Ancient and Modern (and no more than five words’ description) 1. Sappho of Lesbos (great lyric poet, “The Poetess”) 2. Andreas Papandreou (three-time Greek prime minister) 3. Herodotus (historian) 4. Epictetus (Stoic philosopher) 5. Aristotle (philosopher) 6. Homer (attributed author of Iliad and The Odyssey) 7. Aristotle Onassis (shipping magnate, Jackie’s 2nd husband) 8. Kostas Antetokounmpo (athlete; Giannis’s and Thanasis’s brother) ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65137 "2019-04-10T20:36:08Z")
Notable Greeks, Ancient and Modern (and no more than five words’ description) 1. Sappho of Lesbos (great lyric poet, “The Poetess”) 2. Andreas Papandreou (three-time Greek prime minister) 3. Herodotus (historian) 4. Epictetus (Stoic philosopher) 5. Aristotle (philosopher) 6. Homer (attributed author of Iliad and The Odyssey) 7. Aristotle Onassis (shipping magnate, Jackie’s 2nd husband) 8. Kostas Antetokounmpo (athlete; Giannis’s and Thanasis’s brother) 9. Konstantinos Gavras, known as Costa-Gavras (filmmaker) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65138 "2019-04-10T20:46:42Z")
Notable Greeks, Ancient and Modern (and no more than five words’ description) 1. Sappho of Lesbos (great lyric poet, “The Poetess”) 2. Andreas Papandreou (three-time Greek prime minister) 3. Herodotus (historian) 4. Epictetus (Stoic philosopher) 5. Aristotle (philosopher) 6. Homer (attributed author of Iliad and The Odyssey) 7. Aristotle Onassis (shipping magnate, Jackie’s 2nd husband) 8. Kostas Antetokounmpo (athlete; Giannis’s and Thanasis’s brother) 9. Konstantinos Gavras, known as Costa-Gavras (filmmaker) 10. David Sedaris (American of Greek ancestry; humorist) ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65139 "2019-04-10T21:22:07Z")
Notable Greeks, Ancient and Modern (and no more than five words’ description) 1. Sappho of Lesbos (great lyric poet, “The Poetess”) 2. Andreas Papandreou (three-time Greek prime minister) 3. Herodotus (historian) 4. Epictetus (Stoic philosopher) 5. Aristotle (philosopher) 6. Homer (attributed author of Iliad and The Odyssey) 7. Aristotle Onassis (shipping magnate, Jackie’s 2nd husband) 8. Kostas Antetokounmpo (athlete; Giannis’s and Thanasis’s brother) 9. Konstantinos Gavras, known as Costa-Gavras (filmmaker) 10. David Sedaris (American of Greek ancestry; humorist) 11. Archimedes (renowned scientist and mathematician) ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65140 "2019-04-10T21:48:43Z")
Notable Greeks, Ancient and Modern (and no more than five words’ description) 1. Sappho of Lesbos (great lyric poet, “The Poetess”) 2. Andreas Papandreou (three-time Greek prime minister) 3. Herodotus (historian) 4. Epictetus (Stoic philosopher) 5. Aristotle (philosopher) 6. Homer (attributed author of Iliad and The Odyssey) 7. Aristotle Onassis (shipping magnate, Jackie’s 2nd husband) 8. Kostas Antetokounmpo (athlete; Giannis’s and Thanasis’s brother) 9. Konstantinos Gavras, known as Costa-Gavras (filmmaker) 10. David Sedaris (American of Greek ancestry; humorist) 11. Archimedes (renowned scientist and mathematician) 12. Maria Callas (Operatic star) ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65141 "2019-04-10T22:54:54Z")
Notable Greeks, Ancient and Modern (and no more than five words’ description) 1. Sappho of Lesbos (great lyric poet, “The Poetess”) 2. Andreas Papandreou (three-time Greek prime minister) 3. Herodotus (historian) 4. Epictetus (Stoic philosopher) 5. Aristotle (philosopher) 6. Homer (attributed author of Iliad and The Odyssey) 7. Aristotle Onassis (shipping magnate, Jackie’s 2nd husband) 8. Kostas Antetokounmpo (athlete; Giannis’s and Thanasis’s brother) 9. Konstantinos Gavras, known as Costa-Gavras (filmmaker) 10. David Sedaris (American of Greek ancestry; humorist) 11. Archimedes (renowned scientist and mathematician) 12. Maria Callas (Operatic star) 13. Giannis Antetokounmpo (NBA player; 2018-19’s likely MVP) New category: Disney animated television series 1. Kim Possible ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65142 "2019-04-11T00:00:18Z")
Disney animated television series 1. Kim Possible 2. Phineas and Ferb ---
**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65143 "2019-04-11T00:10:05Z")
Disney animated television series 1. Kim Possible 2. Phineas and Ferb 3. Lilo & Stitch ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65144 "2019-04-11T02:22:13Z")
Disney animated television series 1. Kim Possible 2. Phineas and Ferb 3. Lilo & Stitch 4. Darkwing Duck ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65145 "2019-04-11T03:54:48Z")
Disney animated television series 1. Kim Possible 2. Phineas and Ferb 3. Lilo & Stitch 4. Darkwing Duck 5. Buzz Lightyear of Star Command Not a bad show, actually, and a decent tie-in to the Toy Story movies. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65146 "2019-04-11T05:50:03Z")
Disney animated television series 1. Kim Possible 2. Phineas and Ferb 3. Lilo & Stitch 4. Darkwing Duck 5. Buzz Lightyear of Star Command 6. DuckTales ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65147 "2019-04-11T12:38:06Z")
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