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Re: My name is...

Posted By: SiliconDream=PN= (mates.HIP.Berkeley.EDU)
Date: 2/2/2000 at 3:08 p.m.

In Response To: Re: My name is... (Forrest)

: I like Laertes the best, though wasn't he Ophelia's
: brother in Hamlet? I don't recall him being a genius
: demigod.

The original Laertes was Odysseus' dad.

: Hrm... where there any hyper-intelligent Grecco-Roman or
: Egyptian gods or some such?

Hermes/Mercury, of course; Thoth was the Egyptian god of wisdom. Main problem is most of the Greek personifications of wisdom are female; Athena, Metis, Sophia. How about Mentor? Brainiac 7? Mr. Fantastic? :-) Oh, and can't forget Euclid.

--SiliconDream

Messages In This Thread

  • My name is...
    Forrest (cache3.avtel.net) -- 2/2/2000 at 1:12 a.m.
    • Re: My name is...
      SiliconDream=PN= (mates.HIP.Berkeley.EDU) -- 2/2/2000 at 1:22 a.m.
      • Galen (nt)
        William Wallace (ppp-1-94.cvx1.telinco.net) -- 2/2/2000 at 2:34 a.m.
        • Re: Galen (nt)
          Joyeuse (209.56.110.253) -- 2/3/2000 at 8:00 a.m.
          • Re: Galen (nt)
            Da Pacifist (wsc21.lrz-muenchen.de) -- 2/3/2000 at 9:00 a.m.
            • "Oops."
              Tleilaxu (Dlp-004.electro-net.com) -- 2/3/2000 at 4:46 p.m.
              • Re: "Oops."
                Forrest (cache1.avtel.net) -- 2/3/2000 at 6:12 p.m.
                • Re: "Oops."
                  Da Pacifist (wsc21.lrz-muenchen.de) -- 2/7/2000 at 4:18 a.m.
      • Re: My name is...
        Forrest (cache3.avtel.net) -- 2/2/2000 at 2:58 p.m.
        • Re: My name is...
          SiliconDream=PN= (mates.HIP.Berkeley.EDU) -- 2/2/2000 at 3:08 p.m.

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