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According to [[Aesop]], the [[ant]] worked hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The [[grasshopper]], thinking that he was a fool, laughed and danced and played the summer away. Come winter, the ant was warm and well fed. The shivering grasshopper had no food or shelter and died out in the cold. |
According to [[Aesop]], the [[ant]] worked hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The [[grasshopper]], thinking that he was a fool, laughed and danced and played the summer away. Come winter, the ant was warm and well fed. The shivering grasshopper had no food or shelter and died out in the cold. |
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So which would you rather be — the long-lived and boring ant or the fast-living, fun-loving grasshopper? In any case, some myths have the grasshopper outliving the ant. [[Eos]], the Goddess of Dawn, took '''Tithon''' ([[Tithonus]]), son of [[Laomedon]] to be her lover. She asked [[Zeus]] if Tithonus could be made immortal, but forgot to ask for eternal youthfulness as well. Tithonus lived forever but grew more ancient and wrinkled, eventually turning into a grasshopper |
So which would you rather be — the long-lived and boring ant or the fast-living, fun-loving grasshopper? In any case, some myths have the grasshopper outliving the ant. [[Eos]], the Goddess of Dawn, took '''Tithon''' ([[Tithonus]]), son of [[Laomedon]] to be her lover. She asked [[Zeus]] if Tithonus could be made immortal, but forgot to ask for eternal youthfulness as well. Tithonus lived forever but grew more ancient and wrinkled, eventually turning into a grasshopper. |
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The other reason is that the first page to which I ever contributed was on the [[Tithonian]]. |
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====Articles where I have made contributions==== |
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[[Tithonian]] - a stage of the Jurassic system<br> |
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[[Bathonian]] - a stage of the Jurassic system<br> |
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[[Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton]] - added his first school!<br> |
[[Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton]] - added his first school!<br> |
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[[Edinburgh Academy]] - more work to be done here<br> |
[[Edinburgh Academy]] - more work to be done here<br> |
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Revision as of 09:17, 25 February 2006
Facts about Tithon
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Introducing myself
Thinking on what to write here, I suppose I am interested in just about everything (except possibly Association Football and Sociology).
Why Tithon?
According to Aesop, the ant worked hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper, thinking that he was a fool, laughed and danced and played the summer away. Come winter, the ant was warm and well fed. The shivering grasshopper had no food or shelter and died out in the cold.
So which would you rather be — the long-lived and boring ant or the fast-living, fun-loving grasshopper? In any case, some myths have the grasshopper outliving the ant. Eos, the Goddess of Dawn, took Tithon (Tithonus), son of Laomedon to be her lover. She asked Zeus if Tithonus could be made immortal, but forgot to ask for eternal youthfulness as well. Tithonus lived forever but grew more ancient and wrinkled, eventually turning into a grasshopper.
The other reason is that the first page to which I ever contributed was on the Tithonian.
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Articles that I have started
Edinburgh Geological Society - to be continued
To a Mountain Daisy - poem by Robert Burns
Remember When the Music - album by Harry Chapin
The Last Protest Singer - album by Harry Chapin
Beinn Ghlas - a Munro in the Lawers Range
Articles where I have made contributions
Tithonian - a stage of the Jurassic system
Bathonian - a stage of the Jurassic system
Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton - added his first school!
Edinburgh Academy - more work to be done here