(urth) Father Inire as Dionysus

David Stockhoff dstockhoff at verizon.net
Tue Oct 25 10:06:42 PDT 2011


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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