“Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I’ll be mad.”
“Strepsiades and Pheidippides are discussing, Socrates is hanging in the air in a basket. Scene from Aristophanes’s comedy Clouds.” Here, for reference, is Aritophanes’ play THE CLOUDS This may shock you (!) but… …all is not what it seems. And I have an opinion or several about that :o) There is a possibility that the original of […]
Walter Scott certainly got that one right!!! Time and again I have come across discrepancies in the mainstream historical narratives. These are usually passed off as “scribal errors” or “lost in translation” or….. The web was/is so VAST and complicated that it was inevitable for the odd mistake or thousand to creep in. Gender- bending, […]
If y’all are still with me (!) here’s the pay-off. The last few posts have all been about reflections/Paper Twins. All the people cited are full or partial reflections of one man. Who – btw – is himself a cover for a real life, flesh and blood human being. From NC: “Most likely, the […]
REMUS SERVIUS TULLIUS CYRUS CLEON APOLLONIUS OF TYANNA ABARIS, The Hyperborean SABINUS ANTINOUS – the most faithful companion of the ‘ancient’ Emperor Hadrian and ANTONINUS, twin-brother of the ‘ancient’ Roman Emperor Commodus – I’ve already covered here. AGAMEMNON PYLADES Sir KAY LADY OF THE LAKE Sir BALIN ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY SAINT GERMANUS HERCULES […]
For anyone who has read my previous Macbeth posts, this one is a Big Clue to where in the blue blazes I’m going with all this :o) From constellationguide.com Aquarius Constellation Aquarius constellation is located in the southern hemisphere. It is one of the 12 zodiac constellations. The constellation’s name means “the water-bearer” (or […]
“Publius Clodius, out from his saffron dress, from his headdress, from his Cinderella slippers and his purple ribbons, from his breast band, from his dereliction, from his lust, is suddenly rendered a democrat.” Wiki : Publius Clodius Pulcher
The Murder of Yaropolk – Yaropolk trusted Blud and his brother’s promises of peace and left for Vladimir’s headquarters, where he would be killed in an ambush by two Varangians. Wiki : Yaropolk I of Kiev
Vladimir’s effigy on one of his coins. He is crowned in the Byzantine style, holding a cross-mounted staff in one hand and holding a Khazar-inspired trident in the other. Wiki : Vladimir the Great