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To: savagesusie; Sherman Logan; SunkenCiv
no dignity and worth given to women

Slow down there Turbo. What was the name of the guy whose face "Launched A Thousand Ships"???

15 posted on 12/04/2011 9:32:12 PM PST by bigheadfred
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To: bigheadfred
What was the name of the guy whose face "Launched A Thousand Ships"???

Well, it was Helenus. But then Xena promised Homer she'd sleep with him if he changed "Helenus" to "Helen."

Then Xena ran off with Midas, who promised her a lot of gold...and free mufflers.

16 posted on 12/04/2011 9:50:42 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: bigheadfred

That was dignity and worth for beauty. Beauty and harmony (perfection) were ideals of Ancient Greece.....men in that age were just as likely (actually MORE likely) to be in love with a beautiful young boy-—Read Plato. Pederasty and homosexuality were common and superior to heterosexuality.

http://www.livius.org/ho-hz/homosexuality/homosexuality.html


18 posted on 12/04/2011 10:19:31 PM PST by savagesusie
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