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Re: mantle of the leveller

Posted By: Olorin (host217-36-200-114.in-addr.btopenworld.com)
Date: 2/12/2003 at 1:25 p.m.

In Response To: Re: mantle of the leveller (Seraph)

: Of course, with expressions like ..."Coming into the
: purple"..they did mean something.

: Purple, for whatever reason was expensive dye, so only
: royalty (Imperialty?) wore it, such as the Roman
: Emperors.

: True, not all royalty wore purple, but its not just a
: made up expression because some King once liked
: wearing purple or something.

: (Out nitpick -that-, O master of Sarcasim)

: Seraph

ALL METAPHORS MEANT SOMETHING, BUT AS METAPHORS THEY AREN'T LITERAL!!!

GOD!

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