# How the ancients would of communicated about covid 19 (a writing contest)

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** books-writing-myths\
**Created:** [February 22, 2022, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-ancients-would-of-communicated-about-covid-19-a-writing-contest/959946 "2022-02-22T12:55:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2022, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-ancients-would-of-communicated-about-covid-19-a-writing-contest/959946/1 "2022-02-22T12:55:26Z")

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there was a contest by Antigone a website that discusses all things ancient and historical decide to have a writing contest on how the ancient world would have discussed or written about covid 19 and a lot of it is funny as hell so here it is

> **[Covid and the Classics Competition Winners](https://antigonejournal.com/2022/02/covid-classics-competition-winners/)**
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> OUR READERS Are ingenious folk.

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**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-ancients-would-of-communicated-about-covid-19-a-writing-contest/959946/2 "2022-02-22T15:06:56Z")

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In first with the grammarnazi correction: would HAVE.

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-ancients-would-of-communicated-about-covid-19-a-writing-contest/959946/3 "2022-02-22T15:11:31Z")

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Beat me to it! ☹

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2022, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-ancients-would-of-communicated-about-covid-19-a-writing-contest/959946/4 "2022-02-22T15:29:04Z")

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The ancient world: “It was a Tuesday.”

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2022, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-ancients-would-of-communicated-about-covid-19-a-writing-contest/959946/5 "2022-02-22T22:45:21Z")

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Yeah, compared with the diseases we used to get, I don’t think they’d even have noticed covid.

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**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-ancients-would-of-communicated-about-covid-19-a-writing-contest/959946/6 "2022-02-23T00:36:49Z")

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no one read the link?

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-ancients-would-of-communicated-about-covid-19-a-writing-contest/959946/7 "2022-02-23T01:39:24Z")

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I glanced at it just now, but didn’t give it much time because

1.) The writing I saw was just awful

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2.) As covered above, the whole idea is idiotic because the entire ancient world was awash with diseases far worse than covid. This writing assignment is like asking what fish would think if they were in water.