APPENDICES
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Scientists now tell us that the moon of Saturn named after Enceladus, a mere 800
million miles from earth, appears to offer the necessary conditions for life. So perhaps
all along Gaia had laid plans for the expansion of her bloodline on other worlds.
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My Greek–English lexicon isn’t of much help with Polybotes’ name. It seems to
mean ‘much-nourishing’ or ‘many feeding’.
Fertile, perhaps.
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The fig thereafter bore Syceus’ name.
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Not to be confused with a minor god of bee-keeping with the same name.
AFTERWORD
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Robin of Loxley/Locksley and Lord Fitzooth, the Earl
of Huntingdon, are popular
candidates.
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Interestingly, the absolute origin of the verb
legere and its supine form
lectum
bears the meaning of ‘gather’ – as in ‘college’ and ‘collect’. So maybe legends are as
much to do with stories that are collected as with those that are written down and read.
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He was accused of an irreligious refusal to recognize the Athenian state’s gods.__