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Myers Briggs
For goodness knows what reason, I decided to find out what Myers Briggs pigeonhole I fitted into. I duly took three tests I found online and got three different answers. I'm pretty sure I've had different results even than these in the past.
At least astrologers all agree about what my star sign is...
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The ox as a unit of currency...
In book 23 of the Iliad, Achilles holds a mini-olympics and offers prizes in various categories. In the wrestling the prizes are ( Read more... ) -
Iliad Book 3: the 50 word summary
Paris agrees to single combat with Menelaus to end the war. The winner will take Helen. The armies swear a truce. Helen watches from the battlements. Paris and Menelaus fight, but Aphrodite snatches Paris away before he can be killed. The Greeks think Menelaus has won, and demand Helen's return. -
Iliad Book 2: the 50 word summary
Zeus sends a false dream to Agamemnon saying he'll conquer Troy today. Agamemnon's attempt at testing the troops' courage backfires (they flee). Odysseus and Nestor sort things out. They sacrifice to Zeus in vain. The Greeks (except Achilles, who's sulking) line up on one side, the Trojans on the other. -
Iliad Book 1: the 50 word summary
King Agamemnon refuses ransom for Chryseis, daughter of Apollo's priest, so Apollo strikes the Greeks with plague. Agamemnon reluctantly agrees to return Chryseis, but seizes Achilles' girl Briseis in compensation. Achilles begs his mother, the goddess Thetis, to ask Zeus to avenge the insult. Thetis does so, predicting tragic results. -
Once more, with footnotes
Just in case anyone would actually like to read my Old Testament summary so far without paging back through all the previous posts, here it is, in the right order.
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...and that was that
At last! I've finished the Old Testament! Sorry, robhu - I didn't wait for you. The last few books were so short I just zipped through them.
Now I've got a choice - either to go on and read the New Testament while the Old is still fresh in my mind, or to go back to the original plan which was (ideally) world literature in chronological order. That ( Read more... ) -
Malachi: the 50 word summary
LORD: "I prefer Israel to Edom. But you're not showing respect! You sacrifice diseased animals your governor wouldn't eat. Priests, do your job! The LORD doesn't accept the offerings of covenant-breakers. I'll send Elijah to convert you. On the day of judgement the righteous will rise and the evildoers burn."