From: b.scott@csuohio.edu   
      
   On Wed, 24 Sep 2014 04:43:35 GMT, Dorothy J Heydt   
    wrote in   
    in rec.arts.sf.composition:   
      
   > In article <1hgutqmra3ic1$.smijpa0m5g7z.dlg@40tude.net>,   
   > Brian M. Scott  wrote:   
      
   [...]   
      
   >>A classical version of this is Ὄυτις (Outis) 'Nobody', the   
   >>alias used by Odysseus when he fought the Cyclops   
   >>Polyphē“mos.   
      
   [...]   
      
   > In the cave of Polyphemos, on the other hand, he names   
   > himself Ouden, "Nobody."   
      
   I mentioned that incident above.  However, the sources   
   available to me at the moment agree that he used    
   'Nobody', not  'Good-for-nothing'.   
      
   [...]   
      
   Brian   
   --   
   It was the neap tide, when the baga venture out of their   
   holes to root for sandtatties.  The waves whispered   
   rhythmically over the packed sand: haggisss, haggisss,   
   haggisss.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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