Something I've always loved about the ancient Greeks is how they'd hear a foreign name, go "yeah, I can't even pronounce that, never mind decline it" and come u

Something I've always loved about the ancient Greeks is how they'd hear a foreign name, go "yeah, I can't even pronounce that, never mind decline it" and come up with their own totally and shamelessly mangled variant. See also: their names for the Egyptian gods.