Nessus, House Absolute, etc.

David Stockhoff · 01 Dec 2008, 20:09 · from 2008-December.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff)
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:09:38 -0500
Subject: (urth) Nessus, House Absolute, etc.
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To all:

I have to step back from my statement that Buenos Aires is not on the 
Rio de la Plate. It IS in fact on the estuary of that river---an estuary 
that is so wide at that point that it may as well be a sea. So yes, 
Nessus was originally probably a native settlement by the sea/where 
Gyoll meets the sea, and Buenos Aires has already moved north from where 
it was "founded" by Spaniards. However, the Wiki doesn't mention any 
previous settlement at all:

Seaman Juan D?az de Sol?s 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_D%C3%ADaz_de_Sol%C3%ADs>, navigating 
in the name of Spain <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain>, was the first 
European to reach the R?o de la Plata 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata> in 1516. His 
expedition was cut short when he was killed, supposedly during an attack 
by the native Charr?a <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charr%C3%BAa> tribe 
in what is now Uruguay <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguay>.

The city of Buenos Aires was first established as /Ciudad de Nuestra 
Se?ora Santa Mar?a del Buen Ayre/^[7] 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buenos_Aires#cite_note-Short_history-6> 
(literally "City of Our Lady Saint Mary of the Fair Winds") on February 
2, 1536 by a Spanish expedition led by Pedro de Mendoza 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_de_Mendoza>. The city founded by 
Mendoza was located in what is today the San Telmo 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Telmo> district of Buenos Aires, south 
of the city centre.

More attacks by the indigenous peoples forced the settlers away, and in 
1541 the site was abandoned. A second (and permanent) settlement was 
established in 1580 by Juan de Garay 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_de_Garay>, who arrived by sailing 
down the Paran? River <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paran%C3%A1_River> 
from Asunci?n <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asunci%C3%B3n> (now the 
capital of Paraguay <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraguay>). Although 
upon the refounding, the city itself was named Holy Trinity 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Buenos_Aires> (Spanish 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language>: /Santisima Trinidad/) 
and only the port was still called Buenos Aires, over the next two 
centuries the port's name won out.

So, whatever. Does anyone know of any origins/meanings for the name 
"Nessus"?

Son of Witz---Where did you get the textfiles of TBotNS?

Also, my guess as to the futurity of Urth is no more than 100,000 years. 
My 2 cents.

Dave

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