Posted on 03/31/2011 10:38:39 AM PDT by Red Badger
Great book. I can’t understand why Canticle for Leibowitz has never been made into a good movie either. Oh wait. Pro-Christian, pro-life - oh, never mind.
Other than that, what have the Mycenaeans ever done for us?
It’s part of a discarded restaurant menu.
Linear A is older but can't be read (apart from some symbols whose meaning can be guessed). There are even earlier symbols found elsewhere in Europe (like in the Danube Valley in present-day Croatia) but whether they are part of a writing system or just decoration is debatable.
(It’s Greek)
“Herc,
I don’t love you,
I’v found another man.
Yours, Stavos.”
In other words, their advanced civilization would have actually altered the sunspot cycle!!!
Wow! Lucky for us that the barbarians won! /s
Dit they have the dirty parts underlined - Or is that just how they lined up their letters?
I was sure it was a "sexting" from a young lady to her boyfriend.
“At one time these self same “experts” were claiming that Troy didn’t really exist, it too was a myth.”
Those experts have been dead over a hundred years. These are new experts.
“Now they claim the Iliad “fictionalizes” the war. Maybe, or maybe something happened back then that they do not understand.”
Or maybe they think “fictionalizes” is not a perjorative term and accurately describes what Homer did. Sometimes people who devote their lives to studying a subject actually know something about it.
BTW: the tablet below says..."pick up some milk and eggs on your way home!"
Either that or...."WATCH OUT FOR THAT TYRANNOSAURUS RE...!!" (the rest is broken off down there at the bottom...see??)
I think The Book of Eli had some moderate commercial success, so one would think an enterprising producer would roll the dice on Canticle, although it would probably lend itself better to a trilogy.
When I first learned about the Roman aqueducts, I was surprised. But I get what you’re saying.
My reaction too. Homer took literary liberties including the Gods as active participants, but using the word “fictionalizes” just sounds arrogant and wrong. I have the same reaction to “scholars” who dismiss Abraham, Moses, David, and Jesus as made-up characters. Legends, and certainly most religions, do not usually come from nothing (Scientology being a major exception).
Mr. Liebowicz?
You may have already won "
I AM MR. STANLEY LAWSON, THE GROUP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, FINANCE & ACCOUNTS OF THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC).
MY PURPOSE OF WRITING TO YOU IS THIS: I WISH TO SOLICIT YOUR CO-OPERATION IN THE TRANSFER OF THE SUM OF FIFTY MILLION SHEKELS....
There’s a book out— Noah’s Flood.
Check it out on Amazon.com.
GGG, folks. Love these threads!
Yes, that's correct.
Jack
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.