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Topic Options #137407 - 01/17/05 06:06 PM tsunami Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/30/01 Posts: 6296 Loc: Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... It struck me today while reading the fifth book of the Odyssey that the Greeks were awfully smart in referring to Poseidon as the mover of earthquakes--especially with all the reports about earthquakes causing tsunamis. The wave-quake connection, that is. When Odysseus is overpowered by a Poseidon-powered wave while trying to save himself on the beaches of the Phaecians, and Homer's writing all about Poseidon the mover of earthquakes, well, it's just damn impressive of Homer. Lots of earth knowledge there among those ancient ones. Top #204582 - 02/10/12 11:20 AM Re: tsunami [Re: ] LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 8426 Loc: Land of the Flat Water _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep---- Top #204964 - 03/01/12 05:54 AM Re: tsunami [Re: ] BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5295 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague Please let me enlighten you that Wordwind, who has been a worthy contributer to this board is long gone from here. Gone with the wind, not an earthquake. Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview 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 consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8945 Members 16 Forums 13866 Topics 222178 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members geoffhargreaves, Guadalupe, may2point0, Lonnie, SSD 8945 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 38 Guests and 6 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) wofahulicodoc 60 LukeJavan8 49 may2point0 13 May 3 Tromboniator 3 geoffhargreaves 1 Top Posters wwh 13858 Faldage 13803 Jackie 11613 tsuwm 10538 LukeJavan8 8425 Buffalo Shrdlu 7210 wofahulicodoc 6783 AnnaStrophic 6511 Wordwind 6296 of troy 5400

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