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On 6/14/2010 7:22 PM, Gwern Branwen wrote:
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"Asopus, whom Latro calls the “<span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102);">river-man</span>”
(p. 6) and the “<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);">Swift God</span>”
(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."<br>
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All this is true. I haven't found any reference to him having horns,
however.<br>
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