Romnesia, Rhamnusia

Neo-Neocon Blog ^ | Oct 29 2012 | Neo-Neocon

[grey_whiskers]

I don’t remember exactly where I saw it, but I hadn’t known before that there’s another name for Nemesis:

In Greek mythology, Nemesis (Greek, Νέμεσις), also called Rhamnousia/Rhamnusia (“the goddess of Rhamnous”) at her sanctuary at Rhamnous, north of Marathon, was the spirit of divine retribution against those who succumb to hubris (arrogance before the gods). The Greeks personified vengeful fate as a remorseless goddess: the goddess of revenge. The name Nemesis is related to the Greek word νέμειν [némein], meaning “to give what is due”.

Perhaps Obama should hesitate before invoking “Romnesia.” It has a similar ring, doesn’t it?

[grey_whiskers]

As the Instapundit would say (and I first saw the link there, so hat tip to Glenn Reynolds),

"Heh."

Cheers!

[grey_whiskers]

Release the Harpies *PING*

(not my writing, so don't blame me.)

[HiTech RedNeck]

Very very literary.

Anyhow it looks very much like the Obama administration is headed for some nemesis, all right.

[Alamo-Girl]

Interesting. Thank you for sharing it, dear grey_whiskers!