Sunday, July 26, 2020

Part Five: A Lover's Game

16. The Golden Apple
17. Bearing Gifts
18. Alexander Helenam Rapuit
19. The Female of the Species Is More Deadly Than The Male

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16: The Golden Apple

It is interesting that the "apple" plays a "central" role in this tale just as the "apple" played a "central" role in the Garden of Eden.


17. Bearing Gifts

18. Alexander Helenam Rapuit

This is where taking two years of Latin really helps out.
Alexander: nominative, Paris was also known as Alexander by some writers
Helanam: the accusative of feminine" Helen
rapuit: verb; "to rape"
in Latin, one could put those three words in any order and it would still make sense

19. The Female of the Species Is More Deadly Than The Male

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