Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 4 Apr 1999.
The Raven
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· 6 messages · 4 Apr 1999 - 10 Apr 1999
<GROAN> I hate when it screws up like this!!! >Here you go. The bust of Pallas is really lame, anyone care to improve on >it? <SNIP> Here it is, corrected... __ .-' '-. _.' _ '. .-'__'-. <_> \ `-==-./ '. '-. '. ) \ / \ | , \ ' ( \ ' \ \ _\ \ \ \\\ \ \ \\'. \ \\ .-'`.'\ \ \ .' ____ ' . / .' `-'-. ' . . / / __ _'. : ' / .-.` '.-. '. \ | | ' , ' \ \ | | / | |___| '--' `- '--' : \ ---. / : : '. ` / : : '-.______.-' ( : '. ) \. :.-' '--. .' \ / \ '--._.' `. . / / ('-.' __________________( . . )| '._.-' '._.-' | ) | `-.__________.-'Starshine
In article <a%VN2.44$1x1...@skin01.micron.net>, "Starshine" <med...@micron.net> wrote: > > <GROAN> I hate when it screws up like this!!! > > >Here you go. The bust of Pallas is really lame, anyone care to improve on > >it? > > <SNIP> > Here it is, corrected... > > __ > .-' '-. > _.' _ '. > .-'__'-. <_> \ > `-==-./ '. > '-. '. > ) \ > / \ > | , \ > ' ( \ > ' \ \ > _\ \ \ > \\\ \ \ > \\'. \ \\ > .-'`.'\ \ \ > .' ____ ' . > / .' `-'-. ' . . > / / __ _'. : > ' / .-.` '.-. '. \ > | | ' , ' \ \ > | | / | |___| > '--' `- '--' > : \ ---. / : > : '. ` / : > : '-.______.-' ( : > '. ) \. > :.-' '--. > .' \ > / \ > '--._.' `. . > / / ('-.' > __________________( . . )| > '._.-' '._.-' | > ) | > `-.__________.-'Starshine THis Raven is brilliant. And the bust of Pallas is also really good except that I'm pretty sure that Pallas was male. Here is an alteration: __ .-' '-. _.' _ '. .-'__'-. <_> \ `-==-./ '. '-. '. ) \ / \ | , \ ' ( \ ' \ \ _\ \ \ \\\ \ \ \\'. \ \\ .-'`.'\ \ \ .' ____ ' . / .' `-'-. ' . . / / __ _'. : ' / .-.` '.-. '. \ | | ' , ' \ \ | | / | |___| '--' `- '--' : \ ---. / : : '. ` / : : '-.______.-' ( : '. ) \. :.-' '----. .' \ / \ '--._.' `. . \ | /'-.' __________________\ / \ ` , ) | `-.__________.-'Starshine That is one great poem! http://www.sff.net/people/pitman/raven.htm NOTE: I do not pick up my mail from the idirect address. If you are e-mailing and hit the reply button, add an "e" to "freent"; its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers. -- ___ cq547@freene+.+oron+o.on.ca _/ | ,^%--- llizard aka ejm |_____| __<_ \ I Love the WWW!!! --- == >/ I searched "Poe, Pallas, Aeneid" [_____] __>,^ ASCII-ar+, ASCII & gif anima+ions ejm| | //| | www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/
In article <370...@iNOdirect.ca>, llizard wrote: > [snip] > _/ | ,^%--- llizard aka ejm > |_____| __<_ \ I Love the WWW!!! > --- == >/ I searched "Poe, Pallas, Aeneid" > [_____] __>,^ ASCII-ar+, ASCII & gif anima+ions > ejm| | //| | www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/ Look what I found!!! http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/academic/digitexts/vergil/aeneid/title.html X |_O / \ O_\ |`-/ \-'\ |\ / | ejm / | | \ \ / |_O X O_\ |`-/ \-'\ |\ / | ejm / | | \ \ / |_O X O_\ /`-/ \-'\ | \ / | ejm / \ | \ / /_O X /`-/ \ O_\ | \ \-'\ ejm / / / | | \ / /_O X /`-/ \ O_\ | \ \-'_\ ejm / / \ |_ /_C /`-___O_\ | \ /-'_\ ejm / // \ |_ /_C /`-`\ | \ \ ejm / / /\_\_O_/ / \,_____ / / \_C / |`-`/ |\ ejm / | /\_,_O_/ / \,_____ / NOTE: I do not pick up my mail from the idirect address. If you are e-mailing and hit the reply button, add an "e" to "freent"; its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers. -- ___ cq547@freene+.+oron+o.on.ca _/ | ,^%--- llizard aka ejm |_____| __<_ \ No doubt I got it wrong; --- == >/ I only skimmed the passage. [_____] __>,^ ASCII-ar+, ASCII & gif anima+ions ejm| | //| | www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/
<SNIP> > >THis Raven is brilliant. And the bust of Pallas is also really good >except that I'm pretty sure that Pallas was male. Here is an alteration: > <SNIP> Um...sorry. I get things like that mixed up....<fidgets and looks embarrased> -Sarah
In article <Z4wP2.2$SV3...@skin01.micron.net>, Starshine <med...@micron.net> wrote: ><SNIP> >> >>THis Raven is brilliant. And the bust of Pallas is also really good >>except that I'm pretty sure that Pallas was male. Here is an alteration: >> ><SNIP> > >Um...sorry. I get things like that mixed up....<fidgets and looks >embarrased> > -Sarah There are many Pallases in Greek mythology, but I think that the one refered to in Poe's "Raven" is Pallas Athena, the goddess of wisdom. It's the sort of thing you'd have above your chamber door in rooms where you read books of forgotten lore. "Nevermore" >o (\ ^ ' --Jeffrey Boulier
In article <7emtji$mc...@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu>, jef...@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu (Jeffrey Keith Boulier) wrote: > > In article <Z4wP2.2$SV3...@skin01.micron.net>, > Starshine <med...@micron.net> wrote: > ><SNIP> > >> > >>THis Raven is brilliant. And the bust of Pallas is also really good > >>except that I'm pretty sure that Pallas was male. Here is an alteration: > >> > ><SNIP> > > > >Um...sorry. I get things like that mixed up....<fidgets and looks > >embarrased> > > -Sarah > > There are many Pallases in Greek mythology, but I think that the one > refered to in Poe's "Raven" is Pallas Athena, the goddess of wisdom. It's > the sort of thing you'd have above your chamber door in rooms where you > read books of forgotten lore. > > > "Nevermore" >o > (\ > ^ ' > > > --Jeffrey Boulier The bust in "the Raven" being Pallas Athena makes *much* more sense than Pallas who was prematurely killed in The Aeneid. Thanks for straightening me out. Allow me to reinstate the breasts that I deleted on the Pallas Bust. __ .-' '-. _.' _ '. .-'__'-. <_> \ `-==-./ '. '-. '. ) \ / \ | , \ ' ( \ ' \ \ _\ \ \ \\\ \ \ \\'. \ \\ .-'`.'\ \ \ .' ____ ' . / .' `-'-. ' . . / / __ _'. : ' / .-.` '.-. '. \ | | ' , ' \ \ | | / | |___| '--' `- '--' : \ ---. / : : '. ` / : : '-.______.-' ( : '. ) \. :.-' '--. .' \ / \ '--._.' `. . / / ('-.' __________________( . . )| '._.-' '._.-' | ) | `-.__________.-'Starshine NOTE: I do not pick up my mail from the idirect address. If you are e-mailing and hit the reply button, add an "e" to "freent"; its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers. -- ___ cq547@freene+.+oron+o.on.ca _/ | ,^%--- llizard aka ejm |_____| __<_ \ My Classical education is sadly lacking. --- == >/ [_____] __>,^ ASCII-ar+, ASCII & gif anima+ions ejm| | //| | www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/
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