Book meme
I don't usually do this sort of thing, but I found the mystery of
varina8's entry so intriguing I was curious what my own would produce.
1. Pick up the nearest book.
2. Open to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people and post a comment to your tagger.
Book: Competition, Violence, and Culture: Combat Sports in the Ancient World
Pausanias describes a picture he saw, a copy of an ancient one-- the ghost was black and frightening and wore a wolfskin. The boxer, when his time came, did not die as ordinary mortals do but departed "in some other way." Needless to say, Euthymos was credited with a dvine father, the river god, Karkinos.
1. Pick up the nearest book.
2. Open to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people and post a comment to your tagger.
Book: Competition, Violence, and Culture: Combat Sports in the Ancient World
Pausanias describes a picture he saw, a copy of an ancient one-- the ghost was black and frightening and wore a wolfskin. The boxer, when his time came, did not die as ordinary mortals do but departed "in some other way." Needless to say, Euthymos was credited with a dvine father, the river god, Karkinos.

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