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"Wasn't there something about it being AP himself that moved them in time?" Yes, there is. Severian tells someone - I think it was Cyriaca - that an old woman outside of the stone…
28 May 2012, 21:23
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"Severian, as a reformed torturer, is a pagan trying to become more Christian." That is an appealing notion, particularly since in the beginning Severian does not seem to have any…
26 May 2012, 18:56
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"Depends on the story. In one version, a bird Circe had transformed from a king tries to warn them three times. I'm not sure if that's canon (i.e., Homer) or from a spinoff series…
23 May 2012, 16:22
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" Usually you get only three warnings before being turned into a pig. " If you're on Odisseus' rowing team, not even that many. One, at most.…
23 May 2012, 15:15
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"I was making a joke--a man with four arms is worth two men, as in the Portuguese proverb. (This leads us to Marc's ideas about the doubling of limbs on Blue and Green.)" I thoug…
23 May 2012, 04:26
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"You'll figure out who is whose enemy soon enough, or learn to ignore the enmity." This mailing list is sounding more like serious academia by the minute. "In English, "Forewarne…
23 May 2012, 03:24
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"You'd be wise not to ask for evidence, it's been taken as a vicious insult before." Oops, I didn't realize that. Only asked because I actually wanted to understand the connection…
23 May 2012, 00:43
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"It's actually continually discussed here, not at all forgotten. Give the list some credit!" Sorry. As I said, I didn't read most of the archives. What I meant is that it's easy t…
23 May 2012, 00:38
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"I've long thought the Old Leech was the Cumaean in disguise. The Old Leech is connected to Vodulus as is the Cumaean (through Hildegrin). The lamia were snake-women who stole chil…
22 May 2012, 18:37
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" Yep. I take it to be a reconstruction myself, but I can't argue against it being the real thing. " For me, the problem with it being a reconstruction is that the Commonwealth is…
22 May 2012, 17:43
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"Yes, but that award should not be a significant plot point. More resemblances to the original Lake Avernus are fine, but one should stop short of drawing conclusions about the ch…
22 May 2012, 15:33
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"Which Tiresias? Genderbender, blind seer, mediator between gods and men, accursed of the gods, or prophet of Apollo?" You forgot one: "Royal councilor". As in the guy who council…
22 May 2012, 15:14
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Foi mal, quis dizer entonio. Em 20 de maio de 2012 21:03, Bruno de Albuquerque Furtado < meuemaildobruno at gmail.com> escreveu:…
21 May 2012, 00:39
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Caramba, enrico, n?o esperava ler algo em portugu?s nessa lista. Quanto ao Father Inire, isso — uma boa pergunta... Existem v?rias inst?ncias de prolongamento da vida na mitologia …
21 May 2012, 00:03
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Personally, I tend to agree with Dave Lebling, in that the Cumaean is the Sibyl of Cumae. Gerry's claim that, if the old witch was alive in ancient Rome, she wouldn't really need h…
20 May 2012, 23:53
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Alright, let's base our discussion on text. Let me cite some instances from SotT, which I think may be useful: 1) Chapter XXIII: Hildegrin says "'(...) You'll remember, though, th…
20 May 2012, 22:20
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"There are no Roman citizens wandering around after all, and the Romans did not pick averns." That is certainly true, but it could also be that Severian and the others cannot see …
20 May 2012, 18:42
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This list's threads have been a great help in my unrelenting effort to understand the BotNS and UotNS, which I have just finished reading for the first time. I live in Brazil, so d…
20 May 2012, 05:34
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