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#169241 - 07/16/07 11:26 AM "Danger, Will Robinson! Danger!"
alliedog stranger Registered: 01/30/07 Posts: 4 Loc: Texas	Re: aposematic Reminds me of a most popular word we threw aroung indiscriminately in ancient art history/classical archaeology -- apotropaic, Gk apo + trepein, turn (turning away/warding off [evil/bad things/grave robbers, etc.]). Basically, anything ugly, foreign or otherwise inexplicable is considered to be apotropaic. Typical examples are sphinxes, gorgoneia. beasts like lions, esp in an architectural context, protomes (cf. med. gargoyles), phalloi, eyes, etc. It's not always easy to explain how a sphinx drawn on an 8" pot would be meant to turn away [evil], and one suspects that it's often a simplistic, catch-all explanation ... Cheers CM Witt
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#169246 - 07/16/07 01:53 PM Re: "Danger, Will Robinson! Danger!" [Re: alliedog]
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11580 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	Cool word! Welcome, allie.
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#169247 - 07/16/07 01:59 PM Re: "Danger, Will Robinson! Danger!" [Re: alliedog]
Agki stranger Registered: 07/16/07 Posts: 2	What is the theme for this week (16 July 07)? I didn't see it. Agki
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#169249 - 07/16/07 02:49 PM Re: "Danger, Will Robinson! Danger!" [Re: Agki]
tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10464 Loc: this too shall pass	Originally Posted By: Agki What is the theme for this week (16 July 07)? I didn't see it. Agki Quote: This week's Guest Wordsmith, Bruce M. Selya, is a senior federal judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Anu Garg is traveling.
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#169308 - 07/19/07 12:27 PM Re: "Danger, Will Robinson! Danger!" [Re: tsuwm]
wow Carpal Tunnel Registered: 11/25/00 Posts: 3439 Loc: New England, USA	Welcome alliedog.
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