Re: The Most Boring Thread Ever on London.pm : Cool Letter Heads
Ate, incidentally, is a contraction of Hecate, which wouldn't have scanned as well. Err, just quietly Dave, that proves not to be the case. Ate was the goddess of folly, strife, discord, and mischief. She was a daughter of Zeus, banished to Earth for her wickness in leading men astray. Hecate was the goddess of the night, of magic, and travel at night. She was a cousin of Zeus, and dwelt quietly in the Underworld. The latter is much beloved of modern Goddess worshippers -- as the third personification of the Goddess. They'll have your guts (or worse!) for garters if they catch you confusing Her with that bitch Ate ;-) Damian
Re: The Most Boring Thread Ever on London.pm : Cool Letter Heads
On Sat, Apr 14, 2001 at 08:48:10PM +1000, Damian Conway wrote: Ate, incidentally, is a contraction of Hecate, which wouldn't have scanned as well. Err, just quietly Dave, that proves not to be the case. Ate was the goddess of folly, strife, discord, and mischief. She was a daughter of Zeus, banished to Earth for her wickness in leading men astray. Hecate was the goddess of the night, of magic, and travel at night. She was a cousin of Zeus, and dwelt quietly in the Underworld. She was also a death-goddess, and the mistress of the black arts and of witchcraft. And she had Cerberus as a pet. She was especially singled out as evil in the middle ages. Also note the two lines after "Cry Havoc": That this foul deed shall smell above the earth With carrion men, groaning for burial One thing that Hecate did was running around with her dogs gathering the souls of the wandering dead and taking them to Hades. It seems that both Ate and Hecate would be reasonable readings. Perhaps Billy Shakers did that on purpose. -- David Cantrell | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david/ This is a signature. There are many like it but this one is mine. ** I read encrypted mail first, so encrypt if your message is important **
Re: The Most Boring Thread Ever on London.pm : Cool Letter Heads
On Sat, Apr 14, 2001 at 08:48:10PM +1000, Damian Conway wrote: All roads lead to London.pm, 'twould seem. Welcome aboard crewmates! Paul
Re: The Most Boring Thread Ever on London.pm : Cool Letter Heads
Damian Conway writes: Ate was the goddess of folly, strife, discord, and mischief. She was a daughter of Zeus, banished to Earth for her wickness in leading men astray. ^^ [...] (or worse!) for garters if they catch you confusing Her with that bitch Ate ;-) That's my kind of bitch :-) Nat
