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Subject: Time for the Folgers...
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From:	PYTHON::KL2137::DYER-BENNET.DEAN 	"Pamela Dyer-Bennet" 29-APR-1985 16:10
To:	BERGIL::WIX
Subj:	And yet another....

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Date: 29 Apr 1985 1615-EDT
From: Pamela Dyer-Bennet <DYER-BENNET.DEAN at KL2137>
To: WIX at BERGIL
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Subject: And yet another....
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Just for the record, the name of the Medusan ambassador
in "Is There In Truth No Beauty" is, not Carlos, but Kollos.
I strongly suspect that this is a minor alteration of the
classical Greek word "kalos", which means "beautiful, fair."
There's also the interesting reference to the Medusa, the
orginal one of which did not drive men mad, but turned them
to stone.  The beautiful doctor's name was Miranda, which
allowed for a lovely scene on the bridge when Spock and
the ambassador have completed their mind link.  Spock/Kollos
says to Miranda, "Ah brave new world, that has such creatures
in it" and she replies, "'Tis new to thee."  These are lines
from Shakespeare's "The Tempest", which also contains a
character named Miranda.  In the play, however, Miranda
says the line used by Kollos in the episode.  It's a very
nice and significant reversal.
 
As long as I'm deluging you with scholarly trivia, I'll
add that the title of this episode comes from "Jordan (I)",
a poem written by George Herbert (1593-1633).
 
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