Re: [pic] what is it?
From Nix Zeitgeist <ni...@wwnet.com>
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· 12 Sep 1997 00:00 · View full thread
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Andreas Freise <ad...@mpq.mpg.de> wrote: > Dave MacPheat wrote: > > > spu...@aol.com (Spunk1111) wrote: > > >>> what creature is this? > >>> > >>> '-.,;;:;, > >>> _;\;|\;:;, > >>> ) __ ' \;::, > >>> .--' e ':;;;:, ;, > >>> (^ ;;::; ;;;, > >>> _ --_.--.___,',:;::; ,,,;:;;;, > >>> < \ `; | ;:;;:; ':;:;;;,, > >>> <`-; \__ ,; / ';:;;:, ';;;' > >>> <`_ __', ; , / ::;;;: // > >>> `)| \ \ ` .' ';;:;, // > >>> ` \ `\ / ;;:;;. //__ > >>> \ `/` ;:; ~._,=~` `~=, > >>> \_| ( ^ ^ ^ _^ \ > >>> \ _,` / ^ ^ ^ .' `.^ ; > >>> <`-. jgs '-;` /` ^ ^ /\ ) ^/ > >>> <'- \__..-'` ___,,,-'._ ^ ^ _.'\^`'-' ^/ > >>> `)_ ..-''` `~~~~` `~===~` > >>> <_.-`-._\ > >>> > >>> -joan > > > > It looks like it may be a chimera. From Encarta '96 ... > > > > "Chimera, in Greek mythology, a fire-breathing monster that > > had the head of a lion, the body of a she-goat, and the > > tail of a dragon. It terrorized Lycia, a region in Asia Minor, > > but was finally killed by the Greek hero Bellerophon." > > Hm, this sounds OK so far but after looking on some other pics > the stationary you took as a model must be something like > a 'modern' interpretation. ;) (At least if this IS meant to > be a chimere. I'm not so sure.) > > I found an interesting page with some ancient pics of > chimeres : > > http://lcfs.chim.unifi.it/solid/bardi/chimera/origins.html It looks to me like it's a version of one of many different "sea monsters" that decorated maps from the 12th to the 15th centuries or so. Chimera would work, though, as "chimera" has broadened to include most freakish beasties with no other specific names. -- "The world is populated by ingrates, morons, assholes, and those beneath them." -Wolf J. Flywheel, as quoted by Peter Straub **Show no mercy for my proper e-mail address.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,59529500bd04cbc3 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: ni...@wwnet.com (Nix Zeitgeist) Subject: Re: [pic] what is it? Date: 1997/09/12 Message-ID: <199...@dbnas2104.wwnet.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 272035624 References: <199...@ladder02.news.aol.com> <341...@odyline.com> <199...@ladder01.news.aol.com> <5vbf4v$pm...@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net> <341...@mpq.mpg.de> Organization: WWNET Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art
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