(urth) The Nebraskan and the Nereid
Jerry Friedman
jerry_friedman at yahoo.com
Sun Apr 17 21:34:49 PDT 2011
> From: Gerry Quinn <gerryq at indigo.ie>
>
> She gave her name as Thoe, who is the Nereis of waves or voyage. (I can't
>find any significance in 'Papamarkos', which seems to be an ordinary Greek
>name.)
>
> Also, why would she sign her own initial beside the corpse of the girl, unless
>she had indeed killed her?
>
> So I still prefer the 'psyche' theory.
How about the other familiar Greek word beginning with a psi: pseudes, "false",
and "pseudein", to lie. (Thanks to the AHD
<http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/pseudo->.) Has the maid
been false to her people or her god? Has the Nebraskan been false to her?
Maybe.
But I think its main meaning is Poseidon's trident.
Jerry Friedman
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