5.0211 Names for Mediators (2/26)
Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Thu, 4 Jul 91 15:50:46 EDT
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 5, No. 0211. Thursday, 4 Jul 1991.
(1) Date: Mon, 1 Jul 91 10:57:19 PDT (12 lines)
From: Alain Gowing <alain@u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re:Naming Suggestions
(2) Date: Mon, 1 Jul 91 21:40:47 EDT (14 lines)
From: Mary Lewis <malewis@pilot.njin.net>
Subject: Name of computer program
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Date: Mon, 1 Jul 91 10:57:19 PDT
From: Alain Gowing <alain@u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re:Naming Suggestions
For Rich Shell's program, I'd recommend NESTOR, the mediator and advisor
of Homer's *Iliad* (and *Odyssey*). Never mind that he is garrulous and
essentially ineffective: the name still has a nice ring to it.
Alain Gowing
Dept. of Classics
Univ. of Washington
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Date: Mon, 1 Jul 91 21:40:47 EDT
From: Mary Lewis <malewis@pilot.njin.net>
Subject: Name of computer program
How about 1) Paris, who was asked by Zeus to mediate in the dispute of the
three goddesses over the golden apple thrown into the wedding party of
Thetis and Peleus by Eris who wasn't invited; or 2) Nestor, the king of
Pylos who frequently tried to mediate in the disputes among the Greek
heroes at Troy; or 3) Tiresias, who was asked by Zeus and Hera to settle
their dispute abouth whether the male or female enjoyed sex the most. It
seems that Tiresias had been forced to spend some time as a woman as a
"punishment" and thus was the only one they knew who could judge from
firsthand experience. He claimed that women had the better of it --
whereupon Hera struck him blind and Zeus gave him the gift of prophesy.