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Agamemnon - what a nice name ;)
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 10:39 am
by AyounTheDark
Heh..
Its funny to see such a name that makes you remember loads of good times.
Agamemnon was the name of an ancient mummy I used during a PnP session that ran almost 3 years. One of the best sessions I ever ran.. And one of my best villains.
Kudos to that name, and the feeling it gives me, and in remembrance of the distress, turmoil and carnage experienced by the 6 players I had under my wing then
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 10:49 am
by Significant Owl
And it even makes some people remember a greek guy too..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agamemnon
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 11:37 am
by arjen
No kidding!
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 11:42 am
by myzmar
ROFTL
precious, that thread. Pure gold!
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 12:41 pm
by Havoulov
Learn Homeric Greek
Read the Trojan War ("Ιλιάς") from the original.
Then you will see what the oldest of epic poetry is all about!
Hair raising detail, devine interaction, and not the least, word art!
Alliterations, metaphors, irony. you name it, he (they?) used it!
Bronze age gentlemen!
(I unfortunatelly cannot read the old testimony on the jewish original to make a comparison, or the indian Epic, which name i can't even pronounce.... but they are worthy pieces too!)
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 1:14 pm
by Drakuul
My girlfriend reads ancient greek, she was very impressed when I translated a passage thusly :
Achilles thrust with his spear and darkness fell before his foemans eyes
Since it was actually one of the rare times that Achilles actually did get off his ass and stop sulking
Of course, I did ruin it by continuing the translation:
And he spake thusly to the assembled hosts of Greece "Odysseus, stop skulking by those bloody boats! And Menelaus - I only told you to blow the bloody doors off!"
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 1:23 pm
by Gumble Tinkertumble
Havoulov wrote:I unfortunatelly cannot read the old testimony on the jewish original to make a comparison, or the indian Epic, which name i can't even pronounce.... but they are worthy pieces too!)
You mean the Mahabharata?
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 2:07 pm
by Elong Singalong
Manamanam?
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 2:51 pm
by Heronimous Fox
Wasnt that a muppet song?
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 3:49 pm
by Havoulov
Gumble Tinkertumble wrote:Havoulov wrote:I unfortunatelly cannot read the old testimony on the jewish original to make a comparison, or the indian Epic, which name i can't even pronounce.... but they are worthy pieces too!)
You mean the Mahabharata?
You are the man! Also a cool one
And to drakuul
You have a cool person there Drak!
the darkness described is the actual "turning off" of the perception before one falls in shock or collapses, similar to any "collapsing" episode of cardiovascular origin! It is exactly the one i had in mind. Thats why i like you dude! He used 3-4 lines to say the guy was skewered to death!
It is a really thrilling script, i recomend it to anybody playing avlis, lots of inspiration for "warrior" types, "king" types" etc. The fight of good or evil, love, friendship...
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 3:57 pm
by spool32
Elong Singalong wrote:Manamanam?
*pokes head in from the side of the frame*
MANAMANA!
*disappears*
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 4:04 pm
by Elong Singalong
spool32 wrote:Elong Singalong wrote:Manamanam?
*pokes head in from the side of the frame*
MANAMANA!
*disappears*
*paints her hair pink and then sings*
tututuuutudutu
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 4:06 pm
by Isengrim
Badger badger... ?
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 4:09 pm
by Tigg
Gumble Tinkertumble wrote:Havoulov wrote:I unfortunatelly cannot read the old testimony on the jewish original to make a comparison, or the indian Epic, which name i can't even pronounce.... but they are worthy pieces too!)
You mean the Mahabharata?
And here I was going to guess, Bhagavad Gita
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 4:16 pm
by jordenk
Isengrim wrote:Badger badger... ?
mushroom mushroom... Snaaaaake
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 8:05 pm
by LadyJane
Manamana
I thought of the Greek guy too, not the crappy film, nor even the Simpsons episode.
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 8:09 pm
by loki70
spool32 wrote:Elong Singalong wrote:Manamanam?
*pokes head in from the side of the frame*
MANAMANA!
*disappears*
Yep, I'm old. I remember that song *sighs* I watched it when it first aired on The Muppet Show. *grabs his walker and totters off*
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 8:18 pm
by Nighthawk4
That was a great episode.
The other guy keeps popping up with the first line and those poor little cows (I think they were cows) had to do the rest - amazing the way the puppeteers managed to show the pained expression on the cows' faces.
Manamana
I love the part when Kermit answers the phone and takes it to the two cows.
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 8:20 pm
by Havoulov
dutuuutururu, tururu, tururu
turututu tiriru
tutu tu
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 8:41 pm
by Snow
Freaks.
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 10:02 pm
by Pathos Street
spool32 wrote:Elong Singalong wrote:Manamanam?
*pokes head in from the side of the frame*
MANAMANA!
*disappears*
*the dancing noodle-mouthed socks look at each other like "WTF?" and sing...*
Doo doo dodoo doo
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 10:20 pm
by Havoulov
"He brought him down with a glinting jagged rock,
massive, top of the heap behind the rampart's edge,
no easy lift for a fighter even in prime strength,
working with both hands, weak as men are now.
Giant Ajax (pronounced eas in greek, dont ask me where Ajax comes from) hoisted it high and hurled it down,
crushed the rim of the fighter's four-horned helmet
and cracked his skull to splinters, bloody pulp..."
-Iliad, Fagles, 12.435-443
The type of style used in the Iliad is one that is now obviuosly extinct. The main part of the battles consisted of "one-on-one" challanges in which individual fighters from each side would both agree to fight each other and these individual battles could and often did have great reprecussions. There are many instances throughout the text of Homer that this type of battle activity is shown.
The Iliad's warfare contributes to make this book one of the best classics of all time, and continue to elucidate why Homer's works can really be considered of "epic proportions".
Manamana
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 10:23 pm
by Moredo
Agamemnon reminds me of Babylon 5!
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 10:29 pm
by Grunt
jordenk wrote:Isengrim wrote:Badger badger... ?
mushroom mushroom... Snaaaaake
Llama llama duck.
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 10:32 pm
by myzmar
Ossama duck llama?