"The Hare that Killed a Hundred Thousand " Topic
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Tango01 | 28 Jul 2014 1:00 p.m. PST |
"Beachcombing was much struck by some of the comments concerning his Amazon article about the terrifying warrior women of Benin. Several of the examples given by readers were not though of warrior women per se: but of women war-leaders, which is a fascinating phenomenon and one which is certainly more common. Think Joan of Arc, think the terrifying Caterina Sforza, think the Trung sisters in Vietnam… Joan is the only one on this list who would have actually used a weapon: the others gave instructions from behind the barricades and perhaps helped torture any prisoners after the battle was over, but they were not warriors as such. All this led in Beach's mind to WIBT (wish I'd been there) moment from early British history involving a hare and a very angry lady: a moment that is only a hint in an early Roman text – a dozen words of Greek – but one that has always haunted him. In 61 AD the Iceni, a British-Celtic tribe from what is today Norfolk reacted in fury to Roman occupation tactics. Their king, Prasutagus, a Roman client had recently died and the Roman government had humiliated the royal family by beating Prasutagus's wife Boudica and dishonouring their daughters. Boudica though was not going to take this and the clans rose in sympathy…" Full article here link Amicalement Armand |
Bashytubits | 28 Jul 2014 4:28 p.m. PST |
Most be the one from Monty Pythons quest for the holy grail.
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warhorse | 29 Jul 2014 4:29 a.m. PST |
Qucik, fetch Ye Holy Handgrenade! |
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