(urth) The Wizard

James Wynn crushtv at gmail.com
Fri Mar 2 10:45:42 PST 2012


Look up the term "allusion".

On 3/2/2012 11:01 AM, Gerry Quinn wrote:
> In fact, "Silent Silk" and "Silver Silk" are clearly explained in the 
> text.  The claimed association with Dionysus is based on some 
> syllables of the eponyms resembling syllables in the names of two 
> fauns, one of whom was associated with Dionysus, and neither of whom 
> is mentioned anywhere in the text.
> Wolfe isn't "riffing hard" on Dionysus, IMO.  Some people are 
> stretching hard on Dionysus.

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