12-12-2009, 02:43 AM
Many thanks for the kind replies from all of you! It seems most obvious that whenever one is to discuss a "group" of men, in which, either in life or death, the number close to 300, is apparent for all to see, that the cheese in Denmark is rotten? A funny paraphrase!
But, one must consider that when I mentioned the times when the deceased of a group of "Religious Monks?" or "Knights", which were a part of a "brotherhood", like the famous, but dead, group from Thebes, which are assumed to have been, in the modern thought, as "Gay!", could be compared to a Catholic "brotherhood" like the "Knights Templar", or one of the other all male sects, which we have seen even until our times seems to have been largely composed of "gay" Catholics, etc.! These men, were "married" to Jesus, just as were the females who joined certain sects!
While most of us find that a group of Greeks, even Greeks from Thebes, could have "ordered?" a group of "Brothers" or as the famous movied of a few years past called one of them, "The Band of Brothers", just what else could one call a group of men, who were (it seems) cut off from women, and developed into "warriors", of which the Spartan mothers are supposed to have adivised all of their sons, "Either come home with your shield or upon it!", motto, then we enter the environment of "Christian Soldiers" or "Christian Knights?"
After all of the above nonsense written by me, I really meant to place a close examination upon quotations of "famous utterances", such as the Persian King, reportedly uttered when facing the small band of Greeks that opposed them at Thermoplae! As some of you might well know, it was somewhat of a difficulty for the defense of the Holy Land whenever one had a "band of brothers", IE, like some Catholic Brothers (Chistian Brothers or Cistarian, or Jesuit brothers of today, who just happened to be great fighters, and also willing to die for their cause!
Can anyone name any Spanish groups who would suffice to fulfill the bill for an extreme "Band of Brothers?"
And, of course, I still leave you all with the famous "quotation" from the famous Mede / Persian who faced the Spartans, in a narrow defile? Has this quote been used more than once? First of all you must "quote" the "quote", and then look for similar accounts, where by there was also a similar "quote" available!
Regards,
Ron
Edit, rereading what I wrote in haste above, is like reading the words of a new arrival to America, but without, but a few mistakes, I think it made the point(s) that I wanted it to make! And, if it seems like I am playing some kind of game(s) you might well be correct! But, as a teacher in heart, I would rather the student find the real points rather than having them spelled out to them! My small indications that "something is rotten in Denmark" and the "qoutes", etc., might well cause at least one of you to really investigate the sources, and the related sources? At least that is my hope?
But, one must consider that when I mentioned the times when the deceased of a group of "Religious Monks?" or "Knights", which were a part of a "brotherhood", like the famous, but dead, group from Thebes, which are assumed to have been, in the modern thought, as "Gay!", could be compared to a Catholic "brotherhood" like the "Knights Templar", or one of the other all male sects, which we have seen even until our times seems to have been largely composed of "gay" Catholics, etc.! These men, were "married" to Jesus, just as were the females who joined certain sects!
While most of us find that a group of Greeks, even Greeks from Thebes, could have "ordered?" a group of "Brothers" or as the famous movied of a few years past called one of them, "The Band of Brothers", just what else could one call a group of men, who were (it seems) cut off from women, and developed into "warriors", of which the Spartan mothers are supposed to have adivised all of their sons, "Either come home with your shield or upon it!", motto, then we enter the environment of "Christian Soldiers" or "Christian Knights?"
After all of the above nonsense written by me, I really meant to place a close examination upon quotations of "famous utterances", such as the Persian King, reportedly uttered when facing the small band of Greeks that opposed them at Thermoplae! As some of you might well know, it was somewhat of a difficulty for the defense of the Holy Land whenever one had a "band of brothers", IE, like some Catholic Brothers (Chistian Brothers or Cistarian, or Jesuit brothers of today, who just happened to be great fighters, and also willing to die for their cause!
Can anyone name any Spanish groups who would suffice to fulfill the bill for an extreme "Band of Brothers?"
And, of course, I still leave you all with the famous "quotation" from the famous Mede / Persian who faced the Spartans, in a narrow defile? Has this quote been used more than once? First of all you must "quote" the "quote", and then look for similar accounts, where by there was also a similar "quote" available!
Regards,
Ron
Edit, rereading what I wrote in haste above, is like reading the words of a new arrival to America, but without, but a few mistakes, I think it made the point(s) that I wanted it to make! And, if it seems like I am playing some kind of game(s) you might well be correct! But, as a teacher in heart, I would rather the student find the real points rather than having them spelled out to them! My small indications that "something is rotten in Denmark" and the "qoutes", etc., might well cause at least one of you to really investigate the sources, and the related sources? At least that is my hope?
