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11月30日 From a god to a goddess- even gods crossdressOmphale and Heracles (Hercules) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omphale How the mighty can fall, It seemed that Heracles had been a bad boy and a little mad. In murdering Iphitus his supposed best friend, by throwing him over the city wall, he angered the greater powers that be. And by the Oracles command was sold into servitude, by auction to Omphale, a queen in her own right. Hard to believe this macho hero of the gods was then forced to dress as a woman. She made him dress as a woman and carry her parasol, and Omphale began to wear his clothes, swaggering in tiger skins and wearing the skin of the Nemean Lion, (guess ladies have always liked fur! thank goodness nowadays for good fake fur), she even carried his olive wood club! (That's girl power for you) Poor old Heracles was even made to do woman's work and hold the wool while Omphale and her maidens did their spinning. That must have made work interesting, hunky hero holds your wool, while trying the latest fashions on for you. It was bound to happen, damned if Omphale and Heracles didn't go and fall in love. One day while having a siesta in the forest, Pan appeared. He had always lusted after Omphale, sometimes lust can get the better of even gods, unable to control himself, Pan on seeing the sexy lingerie on show, took a flying leap on the person wearing it, only to discover a very angry Heracles! I'm not sure why he was so angry with poor old Pan, he was supposed to be partial to male or female sexual partners. Maybe it was the goat-like attributes he possessed that was a turn off to Heracles. Or it could just be that his manhood was threatened, in that Pan had thought him a woman! Omphale eventually freed Heracles and they married and had babies. Aw how sweet, well how could she resist him, macho, manly, into fun and games and a hero to boot! what more could a gal want. Wonder if anyone told her about his insanity problem? And he wasn't supposed to be known for his keen intellect either. But love is love and when that arrow hits, there's no controlling its direction, be you a mere mortal or a god. 7月22日 'lOST IN EGYPT-DECODING THE PAPYRI'I watched 'lOST IN EGYPT-DECODING THE PAPYRI' on TV.
About the archaelogical discovery in Egpyt. More than 1/2 million documents were found. Which included works by the Greek Literary giants-Homer, Sophocles & Sappho. But also records of daily life.
It was fascinating seeing what look like scraps of rubbish revealing such amazing literature, even works previously undiscovered and things from ordinary peoples lives. Petitions about tax evasion, divorce requests, down to mundane daily life matters, such as letters of thanks for gifts.
It enthralled me, i envy those egypt historians. To be able to translate the documents it's an awesome job.
They are unfolding previously unknown work. They have boxes & boxes of the stuff still to do. Only 1% had been translated, those boxes contain something so precious.
The help of Nasa technology revealed the works of hidden writings and the words too damaged to be able to be read by microscopy alone. They are working on mummy face and feet masks, made from layers of Papyri that they had considered used, much in the same way we recycle our paper today.
They are able to see beneath the paints and gilding on the masks to the writing on the original paper used. By means of infra-red or something, my science here is lacking so i don't know exactly the technology used.
All i know is it was fascinating. |
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