(urth) 'Gene Wolfe’s Soldier of the Mist decoded: Asopus/Plataea'

[James Wynn]

On 6/14/2010 7:22 PM, Gwern Branwen wrote:
> Spotted in Google Alerts:
> http://ubikcan.wordpress.com/2010/06/09/gene-wolfes-soldier-of-the-mist-decoded-asopusplataea/
>    

"Asopus, whom Latro calls the “river-man” (p. 6) and the “Swift God” (p. 
7) is both the name of a god and the name of the important river next to 
the battle scene that just precedes the opening of the novel."

All this is true. I haven't found any reference to him having horns, 
however.
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