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Re: possible translations (was "Re: New pictures of my Black Falcons")
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lugnet.castle
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Wed, 5 Apr 2000 21:57:43 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Jeff Johnston writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Shiri Dori writes:
> > In lugnet.castle, Jeff Johnston writes:
> > > On the other hand, "-mancy" comes from the Greek "mantis" or prophet*, • <snip>
> > > * - which, interestingly enough, is also related to "mania" or madness.
> > > Tells you something about what the Greeks thought of prophets...
> >
> > LOL... I love the Greek mythologies but the one thing I don't get is:
> > The citizens all believed in the prophets, so why the heck did they think
> > they
> > could change what the prophets said would happen?! (e.g. Titan and Zues,
> > Oedipus and his Father, and zillions of others :-)
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> Hubris? 8)
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> The belief that by knowing the future they will be able to change it?
Well, one way or another, they were guillible and stupid <grin, duck, run from
lightning bolts>...
> Actually, it's kind of interesting to think that, for example, the whole
> Oedipus thing happened *because* his father knew of the prophecy and
> reacted the way he did. If he hadn't gotten rid of Oedipus in the way he
> did then the whole mess never would have happened...so maybe the real
> message is "Don't Ask!"
Or maybe the message is "it's gonna happen one way or another, so don't try
and interfere with Fate". Not that I believe in that.
-Shiri
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