let me count the ways. most recently: triacetone triperoxide, an explosive, has the common name "Mother of Satan" because of how fucking unstable it is
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i dunno. i was just thinking after we read oedipus and the horrible guy everyone hates asked about the pastoral troupe in the play and cited jesus as such a shepherd (wtf is wrong with him?!) that the immaculate conception is necessary not only to keep mary a virgin, but to keep god from having impregnated his own mother. say whaaaaat.
Do you mean the pastoral trope? Because there's no pastoral troupe in Oedipous Tyrannos.
How is that relevant to Oedipus Rex? What the crap? Also, yes, God totally did knock up his mother if you take the logic to its extent. So there are weirdoes at Reed, too, right? Sounds like football boy--next he'll be saying that slavery was okay because it happened.
Okay, this sounds slightly familiar...you know how Oedipus was exposed? Which makes him a scapegoat, like Jesus was. Scapegoating was very common in the ancient world. But I don't even know the connection between that and the shepherd business. Unless you were going to get into the similarities between the Dionysian rights and Christianity, which are uncanny but not the sort of thing an actual Christian would like. IDEK. Good for your prof! Though I would say that the obvious commonalities do speak to certain undercurrents in ancient societies.
It's the worst when people don't get when the prof is laying the smackdown, because then they don't change their behavior.
Oedipus Rex is the Latin name, and Oidipous Tyrannos is the Greek. Same difference, though most people say Oedipus Rex. Of course the irony is that he is king by blood, and doesn't know it, but it was my understanding that the τυραννος came from the fact that he was ruling without justice because he'd murdered his father.
no, the kid was saying that this was an example of the pastoral trope because they literally bring the shepherd in and torture him for information, so someone out of the society had insight/wisdom that no one inside of it did. which jesus is also an example of, to him. but our prof said that the pastoral trope didn't come about until the 16th(? i forget which exactly) century.
Isn't the Mother of Satan = God?
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but look at this:
http://cuteoverload.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/momonga.jpg?w=500&h=346
and then this, because it is even better:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB52iP2a_MY&feature=player_embedded
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How is that relevant to Oedipus Rex? What the crap? Also, yes, God totally did knock up his mother if you take the logic to its extent. So there are weirdoes at Reed, too, right? Sounds like football boy--next he'll be saying that slavery was okay because it happened.
OMG SO CUTE.
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It's the worst when people don't get when the prof is laying the smackdown, because then they don't change their behavior.
Oedipus Rex is the Latin name, and Oidipous Tyrannos is the Greek. Same difference, though most people say Oedipus Rex. Of course the irony is that he is king by blood, and doesn't know it, but it was my understanding that the τυραννος came from the fact that he was ruling without justice because he'd murdered his father.
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Seriously, what.
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roooofl (sort of)
also, i think you'd enjoy these icons:
http://community.livejournal.com/xfreestyle/
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And I've eaten some weird ice cream in my day.
Thnx for the link.
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