Keith Hudson quoted the Daily Telegraph: > According to the EU Commission, the European consumer is in the kind of > rapture that possesed Danae, when Zeus descended on her in a shower of > golden coins. It's here! It's real! Freude, schoner Gotterfunken Tochter > aus Elysium.*
...and added: > *Translation not supplied, and I can't help you either. Translation: "Joy, beautiful divine spark, daughter from Elysium." The phrase is from Friedrich Schiller's "Ode an die Freude" and was incorporated by Beethoven into his 9th symphony. The essence is the statement that joy is where success is... Time will tell whether this is the appropriate theme for the Euro... Chris
