From: clayton stirling bartholomew (c.s.bartholomew@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Fri Dec 08 2000 - 17:41:53 EST
on 12/08/00 2:29 PM, Christopher Hutson wrote:
> On the age identification of a PAIS, Carl is correct that usage varies
> widely
Tony,
Homer uses PAIS (PAIDOS) for Hephaisto the son of Hera in Iliad A:596. Since
he is running around serving the nectar of the gods (booze) at a feast of
the gods he must be at least 21 years of age or it wouldn't be legal.
:-)))))
Clay
--
Clayton Stirling Bartholomew
Three Tree Point
P.O. Box 255 Seahurst WA 98062
---
B-Greek home page: http://metalab.unc.edu/bgreek
You are currently subscribed to b-greek as: [jwrobie@mindspring.com]
To unsubscribe, forward this message to leave-b-greek-327Q@franklin.oit.unc.edu
To subscribe, send a message to subscribe-b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.4 : Sat Apr 20 2002 - 15:36:43 EDT