(urth) Father Inire as Dionysus

Sergei SOLOVIEV soloviev at irit.fr
Tue Oct 25 10:08:44 PDT 2011


I think I've been answering Lee, but I cut off upper part of the message.

David Stockhoff wrote:
> On 10/25/2011 12:33 PM, Sergei SOLOVIEV wrote:
>>>> David Stockhoff:  A VERY old name. I wonder if some attributes are 
>>>> shared ....
>>>
>>> I don't get this. What resemblance does Hethor have to the Trojan 
>>> Hector who was a brave and noble prince
>>> and warror? I don't think WOlfe would pick this name just for the 
>>> heck of it.
>>> (I did find one obscure reference to a Hethor who was sort of a 
>>> demonic magistrate called an "Astra". his term started around 50 
>>> B.C. and lasted 140 years. Not especially interesting though.
>> I think you are trying to associate symbolic significance with every 
>> name in BoTNS. I think that
>> (like "kimleesong") it is just reference to our time and our culture. 
>> Hector is sufficiently
>> common name. Maybe there is also some irony. (Not very heroic he is, 
>> Hethor.)
>>
>> Sergei 
>
>
> What's to get? You just said it all. Or was that someone else?
>
> Mantis thinks Hethor is Kim Lee Soong.
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