the sense of APOLEIA
Ben Crick
ben.crick at argonet.co.uk
Wed Aug 19 23:15:59 EDT 1998
On Tue 18 Aug 98 (20:57:37), rrmillho at hewitt.com wrote:
> Obviously, there are some theological undertones in a question such as
> this, but my intention is merely to flesh out an understanding of the
> word itself. I am not interested in sparking a theological debate of
> any kind and I hope that this will not precipitate one.
Roy, the last thing I want is a theological discourse! 8-)
In lighter vein, I throw in this curious definition of the conqueror
Napoleon's activities:
NAPOLEWN APOLEWN POLEWN OLEWN LEWN EWN (E Cobham Brewer, /The Reader's
Handbook/, s.v. Napoleon I)
IMHO this only makes sense if APOLEIA means Destruction.
In holiday mood,
Ben
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