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...surprisingly, Odysseus is a bit incredulous when Athena (Leta Fincher) explains it all to him. For a goddess of wisdom, Fincher's Athena seems unduly bloodthirsty, even going so far as to chide Odysseus for his timid revulsion. She's supposed to be that way, says my friend the purist, but this Athena revels in the bloodshed so much that she would horrify Lady Macbeth...
FOOTNOTE: *Weinberger actually distorted the legend of King Canute, who, to chide his sycophantic followers, showed them that the advancing tide paid no heed to his commands...
...lives would be in danger if they talked. Even after Gerhard had left Brazil, and died in Austria in 1978, said Stammer, she feared retribution from his "friends" if ever she went to the authorities. Throughout, Pedro never once threatened her family; he even went so far as to chide Gerhard for his show of force. "He didn't get angry or violent," Stammer recalled. "He didn't seem like a fanatic Nazi. I think he was a cold scientist." Still, the Stammers did find that their guest was imperious with servants, and he often urged the couple...
...think this shows we're much better than anything we've shown so far," added senior Co-Captain Bob Eerry, who continues to regain the outstanding touch that seemed to chide him during the second half of last year...
...lunch in a remote village, a man named Ralph comes over to chide Fair. Ralph is a heavy contributor to the loon committee. "We had a loon around the dock yesterday," Ralph says. "I tried to hit it with a canoe paddle, but it got away...