This week I recommend this excellent post by /u/Iphikrates who gives some insight into why we shouldn't always take words too literally - especially if they are greek!

It’s another wonderful Sunday and with it another equally wonderful Digest. I have a fantastic list of answers and comments for you to browse through, and what better way to spend a lazy Sunday then to read through some choice History stories?

Of course before we get to the answers, I heartily recommend checking out the usual weekly fare!

The Friday Free-for-all! A great place for some more random discussion, meta talk, or maybe just practicing writing some shorter comments. I recommend looking at /u/Bernardito’s comment on battlefield to start!

The history of Italian Fascism marches on in the Saturday Showcase with /u/Klesk_vs_Xaero.

I wrote a few things this week. Some weren't half bad even. "Coffee in the Civil War", and "The white supremacist film Birth of a Nation (1915) has several minor characters/extras played by black actors. How did these actors feel working on this movie? How much were they paid relative to their white counterparts? Was there any controversy in the South over having black actors in a film?", and "I was reading US Civil War-era newspapers from Tennessee and the papers seem to imply that secession was a decision made by public referendum. Did ordinary citizens cast their vote to secede from the Union? I always thought it was politicians."

/u/GeekAesthete answered "In the film 'Hail, Caesar!' (2016), there is one scene in which a Protestant, a Catholic and an Orthodox priest and a Jewish rabbi are consulted about the titular film-within-a-film's depiction of Jesus. How far did film studios in the 50s actually try to avoid offending religious sensibilities?" on its 3rd attempt (and don't miss my follow-up comment!)

/u/Goiyon on "In the show Band of Brothers we are shown numerous woman who had slept with German soldiers while their heads are being shaved after a Dutch town is liberated by American Soldiers. Similarly, we are shown women whose head was shaved with a baby. What happened to these women and their children?"

/u/qed1 answered "When and how did they decide where Europe ended and Asia began considering it's one massive landmass (and some smaller islands) without obvious separation like there is in the Americas?"