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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Mules in Greece? #137520 01/20/2005 4:59 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... I'm reading the Odyssey for a class I teach--and in Book VI, there's a passage translated by Robert Fagles in reference to Nausicaa about to go take her laundry out to the river: "With that he [Alcinous] called to the stablemen and they complied. They trundled the wagon out now, rolling smoothly, backed the mule-team into the traces, hitched them up, while the princess[Nausicaa] brought her finery from the room and piled it into the wagon's polished cradle." I'm surprised by this translation and wonder at its accuracy. Could there have been mules as far back as 800 B.C. or so? Also, it would be good to know what a wagon's cradle is, but I can look that up. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Mules in Greece? #137521 01/20/2005 7:24 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... I did find a site that indicated that mules were used on the desert in ancient Egypt. So, that's that. Sorry, but I lost the url. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Mules in Greece? #137522 02/01/2005 12:05 AM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada I should think that mules came along shortly after the first time some early farmer left a she donkey and a he horse alone together. I doubt it was intentional but I also doubt if the farmer objected. do you think he originally called it a honkey or a dorse like the cross bred dog namers do. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Mules in Greece? #137523 02/01/2005 12:33 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 Am I the only one here who saw the subject line and thought of McDonalds?! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Mules in Greece? #137524 02/01/2005 12:11 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 the only one here I most certainly hope so. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Mules in Greece? #137525 02/01/2005 12:34 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 > hope so. oh, good - wouldn't want to turn it into a cookery thread! ;) 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 View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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