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Gwaimir Windgem · 09-18-2006, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by hectorberlioz

Come now Gwai, follow the train of thought....Gluck's two Iphegenie operas (tauride...etc), and obviously Iphegenie is going to make it to Brooklyn sooner or later...

Obviously...

hectorberlioz · 09-18-2006, 05:13 PM

What can I say? The gal goes places....

Gwaimir Windgem · 09-18-2006, 05:18 PM

Like, on the altar.

Bad taste: yes, no?

hectorberlioz · 09-18-2006, 05:41 PM

On the altar?

...*hopes this isn't something bad*

Mercutio · 09-18-2006, 07:17 PM

Most Greek scholars, however, aren't even aware that Iphegenia ever was in Brooklyn.

hectorberlioz · 09-18-2006, 09:17 PM

...That's where PDQ Bach comes in. The man lived backwards, he could witness this kind of stuff.

Gwaimir Windgem · 09-18-2006, 09:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hectorberlioz

On the altar?

...*hopes this isn't something bad*

Iphigenia was sacrificed by her father to obtain favourable sailing weather.

hectorberlioz · 09-18-2006, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Gwaimir Windgem

Iphigenia was sacrificed by her father to obtain favourable sailing weather.

You expect me to know that?

...I haven't even listened to Gluck's operas yet...

Gwaimir Windgem · 09-18-2006, 10:15 PM

Yes. Yes, I do. I knew it long before I read Iphigenia.

hectorberlioz · 09-25-2006, 06:04 PM

Gwai, have you heard of "The Penopelian War" by whatshisface? I saw it on Friday for a bargain price (Everyman Edition)...worth having?

Gwaimir Windgem · 09-25-2006, 08:28 PM

Do you mean the Pelopennesian war, by Thucydides?

hectorberlioz · 09-25-2006, 08:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gwaimir Windgem

Do you mean the Pelopennesian war, by Thucydides?

Correct

(how was I suppose to know it wasn't about Penelope Cruz?

)

Gwaimir Windgem · 09-25-2006, 08:45 PM

I was thinking circumspect Penelope!

*shrugs* As ancient histories go, it's decent enough. There's some interesting stuff in it. I find ancient histories on the whole to be rather boring, to tell you the truth. They are altogether too political.

hectorberlioz · 09-25-2006, 08:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gwaimir Windgem

I was thinking circumspect Penelope!

*shrugs* As ancient histories go, it's decent enough. There's some interesting stuff in it. I find ancient histories on the whole to be rather boring, to tell you the truth. They are altogether too political.

You mean too narrative

...

"...and Aeschylustutulus shot JoMitre in the back while he ran back in his carriage at the same time with no shirt on to get at Gogoloogia while she was nude taking a bath at home ten miles away..."

...The guys had no sense of punctuation! One endless thread...

Grey_Wolf · 09-26-2006, 07:46 AM

Am reading for the umpteenth time the unbelievably good Dirk Pitt Books by Clive Cussler.

Gwaimir Windgem · 09-26-2006, 05:42 PM

Finally gave in, and bought Rice's 4-book Vampire Chronicles. Am reading Interview now.

hectorberlioz · 09-26-2006, 08:52 PM

Watch out...I hear they're pretty....

Arien the Maia · 09-26-2006, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Gwaimir Windgem

Finally gave in, and bought Rice's 4-book Vampire Chronicles. Am reading Interview now.

that's exactly what I bought when I started the V Chronicles!

Gwaimir Windgem · 09-26-2006, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by hectorberlioz

Watch out...I hear they're pretty....

Your right, Hekky, vampires do tend to be pretty. I'll keep an eye on them.

BeardofPants · 09-27-2006, 01:23 AM

Mmmm... spike.

Er.... Anne Rice? ::hmm::

09-18-2006, 05:13 PM	#702
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09-18-2006, 05:18 PM	#703
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Like, on the altar. Bad taste: yes, no? __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

09-18-2006, 05:41 PM	#704
hectorberlioz Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Lost in the Opera House Posts: 9,328	On the altar? ...hopes this isn't something bad __________________ ACALEWIA- President of Entmoot hectorberlioz- Vice President of Entmoot Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life! Join the discussion at Entmoot Election 2010. "Stupidissimo!"~Toscanini The Da CINDY Code The Epic Poem Of The Balrog of Entmoot: Here ~NEW! ~ Thinking of summer vacation? AboutNewJersey.com - NJ Travel & Tourism Guide

09-18-2006, 07:17 PM	#705
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09-18-2006, 09:17 PM	#706
hectorberlioz Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Lost in the Opera House Posts: 9,328	...That's where PDQ Bach comes in. The man lived backwards, he could witness this kind of stuff. __________________ ACALEWIA- President of Entmoot hectorberlioz- Vice President of Entmoot Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life! Join the discussion at Entmoot Election 2010. "Stupidissimo!"~Toscanini The Da CINDY Code The Epic Poem Of The Balrog of Entmoot: Here ~NEW! ~ Thinking of summer vacation? AboutNewJersey.com - NJ Travel & Tourism Guide

09-18-2006, 10:15 PM	#709
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Yes. Yes, I do. I knew it long before I read Iphigenia. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

09-25-2006, 06:04 PM	#710
hectorberlioz Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Lost in the Opera House Posts: 9,328	Gwai, have you heard of "The Penopelian War" by whatshisface? I saw it on Friday for a bargain price (Everyman Edition)...worth having? __________________ ACALEWIA- President of Entmoot hectorberlioz- Vice President of Entmoot Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life! Join the discussion at Entmoot Election 2010. "Stupidissimo!"~Toscanini The Da CINDY Code The Epic Poem Of The Balrog of Entmoot: Here ~NEW! ~ Thinking of summer vacation? AboutNewJersey.com - NJ Travel & Tourism Guide

09-25-2006, 08:28 PM	#711
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Do you mean the Pelopennesian war, by Thucydides? __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

09-25-2006, 08:45 PM	#713
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	I was thinking circumspect Penelope! shrugs As ancient histories go, it's decent enough. There's some interesting stuff in it. I find ancient histories on the whole to be rather boring, to tell you the truth. They are altogether too political. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

09-26-2006, 07:46 AM	#715
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	Am reading for the umpteenth time the unbelievably good Dirk Pitt Books by Clive Cussler.

09-26-2006, 05:42 PM	#716
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Finally gave in, and bought Rice's 4-book Vampire Chronicles. Am reading Interview now. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

09-26-2006, 08:52 PM	#717
hectorberlioz Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Lost in the Opera House Posts: 9,328	Watch out...I hear they're pretty.... __________________ ACALEWIA- President of Entmoot hectorberlioz- Vice President of Entmoot Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life! Join the discussion at Entmoot Election 2010. "Stupidissimo!"~Toscanini The Da CINDY Code The Epic Poem Of The Balrog of Entmoot: Here ~NEW! ~ Thinking of summer vacation? AboutNewJersey.com - NJ Travel & Tourism Guide

09-27-2006, 01:23 AM	#720
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Mmmm... spike. Er.... Anne Rice? ::hmm:: __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

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