Hierodules and time

Matthew King · 26 May 2006, 18:31 · from 2006-May.txt.gz

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From: automatthew at gmail.com (Matthew King)
Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 11:31:44 -0700
Subject: (urth) Hierodules and time
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On May 26, 2006, at 8:35 AM, b sharp wrote:

> I am saying Ossipago is a metaphor (and apology) for all the "dei ex
> machinae" (is that the plural? lol) Wolfe uses.

Someone did a GoogleFight on this:
http://www.geegaw.com/archives/0210.shtml#000922

In b sharp's context, I think I would go with "gods from machines",  
which would be _dei ex machinis_ or _di ex machinis_.  If you like  
"gods from the machine", parallel to "brothers in law", that would be  
_di ex machina_

This could raise the question of whether Wolfe has one machine or many.

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