Re: More favourite opening lines

Newsgroups	rec.arts.sf.written
From	goldfarb@ocf.berkeley.edu (David Goldfarb)
Subject	Re: More favourite opening lines
Message-ID	<pBzD4v.1u74@kithrup.com> (permalink)
Date	2018-07-16 22:29 +0000
References	<1c035105-9ba7-4fc8-95a8-aa9d60928054@googlegroups.com> <5b-dnaSZgNrK4drGnZ2dnUU7-TudnZ2d@earthlink.com> <pBsHFn.yxo@kithrup.com> <pBuCIu.11F3@kithrup.com>
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In article <pBuCIu.11F3@kithrup.com>,
Dorothy J Heydt <djheydt@kithrup.com> wrote:
>In article <pBsHFn.yxo@kithrup.com>,
>David Goldfarb <goldfarbdj@gmail.com> wrote:
>>In article <5b-dnaSZgNrK4drGnZ2dnUU7-TudnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
>>David DeLaney  <dbdatvic@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>Sure they do; Neil Gaiman reminded us of that, for example. One is
>made of horn
>>>and the other of ivory; one lets true dreams through, the other false ones.
>>
>>You do recall that he was stealing from Homer, right? (Probably
>>you do, but I can't tell.)
>
>If not Hesiod.

Gaiman stole from Hesiod for the parentage of his Endless, but if
Hesiod refers to the gates of horn and ivory, Wikipedia does not
mention it. Their source is Odyssey 19 560-69.

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More favourite opening lines Moriarty <blues95@ivillage.com> - 2018-06-25 17:44 -0700
  Re: More favourite opening lines goldfarb@ocf.berkeley.edu (David Goldfarb) - 2018-06-26 04:30 +0000
    Re: More favourite opening lines Ahasuerus <ahasuerus@email.com> - 2018-06-26 08:58 -0700
    Re: More favourite opening lines Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> - 2018-06-27 16:10 +1200
      Re: More favourite opening lines ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2018-06-27 05:16 +0000
        Re: More favourite opening lines peterwezeman@hotmail.com - 2018-06-27 16:31 -0700
          Re: More favourite opening lines Juho Julkunen <giaotanj@hotmail.com> - 2018-06-28 03:48 +0300
          Re: More favourite opening lines "artyw2@yahoo.com" <artyw2@yahoo.com> - 2018-06-28 09:39 -0700
            Re: More favourite opening lines djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-06-28 17:10 +0000
        Re: More favourite opening lines Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-06-27 17:36 -0700
        Re: More favourite opening lines David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2018-06-27 19:45 -0500
          Re: More favourite opening lines ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2018-06-28 03:44 +0000
          Re: More favourite opening lines Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2018-07-01 18:59 -0700
        Re: More favourite opening lines tonynance17@gmail.com - 2018-06-28 05:52 -0700
          Re: More favourite opening lines peterwezeman@hotmail.com - 2018-06-28 10:10 -0700
            Re: More favourite opening lines tonynance17@gmail.com - 2018-07-02 05:51 -0700
              Re: More favourite opening lines Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-07-02 09:36 -0700
          Re: More favourite opening lines David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2018-06-28 16:32 -0500
            Re: More favourite opening lines goldfarb@kithrup.com (David Goldfarb) - 2018-06-29 05:16 +0000
              Re: More favourite opening lines Michael Ikeda <mmikeda@erols.com> - 2018-06-29 11:17 +0000
                Re: More favourite opening lines Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-06-29 14:16 -0700
                Re: More favourite opening lines Michael Ikeda <mmikeda@erols.com> - 2018-06-30 12:10 +0000
                Re: More favourite opening lines Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-06-30 05:56 -0700
                Re: More favourite opening lines David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2018-07-12 11:05 -0500
                Re: More favourite opening lines djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-07-12 19:23 +0000
                Re: More favourite opening lines Panthera Tigris Altaica <northerntiger@outlook.com> - 2018-07-12 12:57 -0700
                Re: More favourite opening lines goldfarb@ocf.berkeley.edu (David Goldfarb) - 2018-07-13 05:18 +0000
                Re: More favourite opening lines djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-07-14 05:28 +0000
                Re: More favourite opening lines goldfarb@ocf.berkeley.edu (David Goldfarb) - 2018-07-16 22:29 +0000
                Re: More favourite opening lines Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2018-07-16 20:49 -0700
                Re: More favourite opening lines djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-07-17 04:27 +0000
            Re: More favourite opening lines David Mitchell <david.robot.mitchell@gmail.com> - 2018-06-30 10:00 +0100
            Re: More favourite opening lines "Lee Gleason" <lee.gleason@comcast.net> - 2018-07-01 14:31 -0500
              Re: More favourite opening lines peterwezeman@hotmail.com - 2018-07-01 16:04 -0700
                Re: More favourite opening lines "Lee Gleason" <lee.gleason@comcast.net> - 2018-07-01 18:49 -0500
              Re: More favourite opening lines D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-07-01 23:12 +0000
            Re: More favourite opening lines tonynance17@gmail.com - 2018-07-02 05:52 -0700
          Re: More favourite opening lines goldfarb@ocf.berkeley.edu (David Goldfarb) - 2018-06-29 05:10 +0000
            Re: More favourite opening lines tonynance17@gmail.com - 2018-07-02 05:55 -0700
          Re: More favourite opening lines Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2018-07-01 19:01 -0700
            Re: More favourite opening lines tonynance17@gmail.com - 2018-07-02 05:56 -0700
        Re: More favourite opening lines Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2018-07-02 05:12 -0700
      Re: More favourite opening lines Moriarty <blues95@ivillage.com> - 2018-06-27 16:40 -0700
        Re: More favourite opening lines Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> - 2018-06-28 15:38 +1200
  Re: More favourite opening lines "Mike Dworetsky" <platinum198@pants.btinternet.com> - 2018-06-26 08:36 +0100
    Re: More favourite opening lines Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2018-06-26 05:39 -0700
  Re: More favourite opening lines Harold Hill <kyle.pellarkosbar@gmail.com> - 2018-06-29 06:23 -0700
    Re: More favourite opening lines Steve Dodds <sdodds@nova-optical.com> - 2018-07-02 07:19 -0600
  Re: More favourite opening lines D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-06-30 16:46 +0000
  Re: More favourite opening lines Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2018-07-01 19:12 -0700
  Re: More favourite opening lines Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-07-12 23:06 -0500

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