Thursday, September 15, 2011

Pheme

The Ancient Greeks and Romans might not have had television or even tabloid newspapers, but they knew how it works and personified it as a minor deity: Pheme or Fama, who, "had her feet on the ground, and her head in the clouds, making the small seem great and the great seem greater."

True that -- especially the bit about "making the small seem great."
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4 comments:

  1. Tango JulietSeptember 15, 2011 at 8:10 AM

    This sounds like yet another Tea Party talking point. :)

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  2. karrdeSeptember 15, 2011 at 9:28 AM

    Saw her as Rumor in a translated version of Virgil's Aeneid.

    Thousands of eyes, thousands of ears, would repeat anything and spread it to the ends of the earth.

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  3. Bubblehead Les.September 15, 2011 at 10:57 AM

    She even has a Theme Song! "Fame! I want to Live Forever...."

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  4. New Jovian ThunderboltSeptember 16, 2011 at 9:18 AM

    A girl that will kiss on the very first date is probably a hussy.

    A girl that will kiss on the second time out is certainly not fussy.

    But a girl that will wait til the third time around, head in the sky, feet on the ground, SHE'S the one you're glad you found, she's your Shipoopi... err... ShiPHEME

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