(urth) City on Green

[David Stockhoff]

Oops, Nessus killed Hercules, not the other way. Well, we might wonder 
then who is Hercules.

On 12/31/2010 8:08 PM, Adam Thornton wrote:
> On Dec 31, 2010, at 6:29 PM, Jeff Wilson wrote:
>> On 12/31/2010 5:45 PM, António Marques wrote:
>>> - What's the meaning/etymology of Nessus? Nexus is a superb association.
>>> What's the purpose of our being told repeatedly how vast the city is?
>> "Nexus" is highly ironic for a walled, largely lawless city in a kingdom with closed roads.
> "Nessus" is the centaur whose blood killed Hercules.  I always took it as kind of an ironic inversion of "Buenos Aires"; "foul blood" as opposed to "fair winds".
>
> Adam


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