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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Ixion #115525 11/09/2003 12:06 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 "'Contented?' he answered, merrily. 'I am never contented, except with your freshness, my gentle Daisy. As to fitfulness, I have never learnt the art of binding myself to any of the wheels on which the Ixions of these days are turning round and round. I missed it somehow in a bad apprenticeship, and now don't care about it. - You know I have bought a boat down here?' " In Greek mythology, Ixion made advances to Hera, wife of Zeus, who eventually condemned him to be bound to a whirling wheel for eternity. Here is a URL about it: http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/Ixion.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Ixion #115526 11/09/2003 2:02 AM Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 555 maahey addict maahey addict Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 555 So, Ixions are Casanovas? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Ixion #115527 11/09/2003 2:18 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear maahey: I never heard of Ixion before. He had much higher aspirations than Casanova, though his morals (if there was any such thing in his day)were no better. Imagine having the hubris to try to seduce the wife of Zeus! My recollection of Casanova is that he was compulsive about number, not status of his victims. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Ixion #115528 11/13/2003 2:27 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... And could we say that Rasputin dwarfs the reputations of both Ixion and Casanova? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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