In article <686u87F2s035nU1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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John F. Eldredge <john@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On Sun, 04 May 2008 15:54:03 +0000, Brenda Clough wrote:
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>> Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>> In article
>>> <9b14bdae-c5b9-4f1b-8e40-092c3b65a51b@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> EdAugusts <AugustsBks@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>>> [68 lines of mostly advertising schnipped]
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>>> ObSf: Davidson, "Great is Diana."
>>>
>>> Actually, I understand those objects hanging all over Diana of the
>>> Ephesians aren't breasts. They're bull testicles.
>>>
>> Or, possibly, human. Recall that the rites occasionally did involve
>> self-castration; doubtless the souvenirs would be preserved for the
>> inspiration of future wor****ppers.
>
>Well, given their size, either they are bull testicles or else the men of
>those days were a lot better equipped than any men are these days. One
>reason that the archaeologists don't think that they are breasts is that
>they lack nipples.
And they're smallish for breasts, as well.
http://www.allaboutarchaeology.org/images/artemis.jpg
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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