Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site hadron.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!rlgvax!prcrs!hadron!jsdy From: jsdy@hadron.UUCP (Joseph S. D. Yao) Newsgroups: net.comics Subject: Re: Thor (spoiler) Message-ID: <128@hadron.UUCP> Date: Mon, 11-Mar-85 19:38:13 EST Article-I.D.: hadron.128 Posted: Mon Mar 11 19:38:13 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 15-Mar-85 01:26:44 EST References: <29300002@hpfclg.UUCP> <119@hadron.UUCP> <3582@Shasta.ARPA> Organization: Hadron, Inc., Fairfax, VA Lines: 12 > > Snorri says that in Troy, Munon or Mennon married a daughter of Priam > > (and, presumably, Helen) named Troan. Their son was Tror, or Thor (!) > > Nobody else has remarked on this false assumption. I apologise for confusing Priam with Paris, and thus dragging Helen into this. Yes, according to Homer (whom I will not confuse with Hoyle), Hecuba was Priam's wife. At least I'll believe so, since I'm at work and my Homer is at Home. For the rest -- didn't I say that Snorri was making a lot of this up? ;-) Joe Yao hadron!jsdy@seismo.{ARPA,UUCP}