Hera and Sphinx / achilles

Jeff Wilson · 02 Apr 2006, 21:44 · from 2006-April.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at io.com (Jeff Wilson)
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2006 16:44:59 -0500
Subject: (urth) Hera and Sphinx / achilles
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Chris wrote:

> Another possibility is the fact that wrestling is sport, not war, and thus 
> perhaps only secondarily in the realm of Ares - the techniques necessary to 
> win a wrestling match are not entirely the same as the ones you would need 
> to kill or incapacitate an opponent in battle.

It's still a lesson in conflict, and allowing the other man to win is a 
lesson in sacrifice and deception, both principles of warfare easily as 
important as skill with arms.

-- 
Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
< http://www.io.com/~jwilson >

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