Pantocrator

John Watkins · 04 Dec 2008, 18:22 · from 2008-December.txt.gz

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From: john.watkins04 at gmail.com (John Watkins)
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 13:22:01 -0500
Subject: (urth) Pantocrator
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> ______________________________________
>
> Last things first, I have no idea what the Soldier of Arete is.
> It's not in the Urth Cycle, which is the only set of Wolfe books I'm talking about.
> _______________________________________________

I do not think this a valid reason to dismisss my point.

> >I believe that the wrestling imagery comes from the word's Greek
> >origin--it referred to athletes competing in the pankration--the
> >blended boxing and wrestling that allowed combatants to use "all
> >powers" at their disposal.
>

>
> You can clearly see here how both words come from the same root words.
> If Wolfe wanted wrestlers, he would have written Pankration, or however that translates, Pankrators or something, I don't know.
>
> Let's not write off another Theological cue as a typo.
>
> ~witz

I don't think it's a typo or devoid of theological meaning.  I agree
with the Lexicon's take, which is theological.


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