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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=crushtv@gmail.com
href="mailto:crushtv@gmail.com">James Wynn</A> </DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><BR>On 3/2/2012 9:05 AM, Daniel Petersen wrote:<BR>> I had just thought
I'd seen some here making Dionysus the more primary <BR>> allusion, but that
could have been careless reading and skimming on my <BR>> part as I'm
unfortunately unable to give everything posted here a <BR>> close
read.<BR><BR>Yeah, but I think that's fair. The reference to "the son of
Thyone", to <BR>"Silent Silk" and "Silver Silk", the etymology of "inhuma" to
Dionysus <BR>(as I believe), and the parallels to the story of Midas. He's
riffing <BR>hard on Dionysus. I think it is as fair to view the Dionysus
references <BR>in exclusion to everything else as it is examine the Jesus
references in <BR>exclusion or to examine how Wolfe sees his myths legitimately
conflated <BR>with Jesus of Nazareth and what Wolfe is saying in bringing those
<BR>parallels out. He's not doing just one thing. That's one the amazing
<BR>things about the Long/Short Sun story.</DIV>
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<DIV>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
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<DIV>Wolfe isn’t “riffing hard” on Dionysus, IMO. Some people are
stretching hard on Dionysus.</DIV>
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<DIV>- Gerry Quinn</DIV>
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