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@PageauJonathan Jonathan, watch this analysis of Nolan’s Odyssey by Father Gregory Pine from the Thomistic Institute. I think it complements your analysis well, with an extra emphasis on Dante, hamartia, and the various traditions on the Trojan War. https://t.co/2ZofGst1Mb

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@hekwoys Also, Κύκλωψ is derived from *pkú-klōps: cattle thief. This matches the Cyclopes’ more pastoralist lifestyle. Monstrous cattle thieves are ubiquitous, e.g. the one-legged (and not one-eyed) Saci in Brazil. The one-eyed trait could come from etymological speculation.

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@UpdatingOnRome Arguably the Western Roman Empire too.

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@charlamangeboy @DrFrancisYoung Also, just like Romulus built Rome after he killed Remus, so did Cain found Enoch when he killed Abel.

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@henryb_84 @howlinghowler_ The Christian conquest of pagan symbols is the same as Christ’s victory over death. Islam, atheism, or “the left” can’t do much against that either. Not to mention how terrible each of those groups are at choosing and incorporating symbolism.

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@henryb_84 @howlinghowler_ Conquest is not the same as theft

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@bigfoid119556 @AEfterlife117 @comradejosh7 Yes excessive and suicidal empathy is slop that has been served to the West for the past 60 years. Conveniently though, Spielberg does not believe that this excessive empathy should apply to Israel. He expects the rest of us to eat it up though. Apparently some gladly do so.

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@AEfterlife117 @comradejosh7 A movie that shows aliens tricking kids into entering their ship under the appearance of the Hansel and Gretel house (where kids get eaten) and subject them to trauma. All in a good light btw. And the final message is “aliens are our saviours” and “empathy is the answer”. Slop.

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@wombatoftruth @PageauJonathan Aliens in contemporary storytelling fulfil the same function as demons in traditional storytelling. They are superior intelligences (hence the big head), they have the potential of being hostile if you are too eager to accommodate them, they come from the edge of the world etc.

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@NotoriousBEG @PageauJonathan Jesus is not solely a spiritual saviour, but Christian eschatology teaches that man will be resurrected body and soul. The rest of your tweet reads out like a millennial Reddit post on r/atheism. Also, your understanding of the symbolism of aliens is simply shallow.

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@mugjudge Loving the useless diacritics on “C. S. Lewis”

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@_wyec @DavidBe31099196 @KenBromfield1 Sure, your grand strategy since the Protestant Reformation has been to divide the European continent. That’s a form of foreign policy that has little bearing on your cultural heritage. You are a product of Rome and Christendom. And no, Americans do not make the difference.

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@DavidBe31099196 @KenBromfield1 Americans themselves do not see the difference between the UK and the rest of Europe. British exceptionalism is a parochial and ahistorical view. You inherited the legacy of Rome and Christendom, like the rest of the continent, through the Gregorian mission, the Normans, etc.

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@OrthodoxWario @orangeflavored_ @PageauJonathan Ah so you’re an American EO convert

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@OrthodoxWario @orangeflavored_ @PageauJonathan Are you an EO convert or something

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@wylfcen Stop larping and embrace the objective awesome Norman heritage of England.

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@PeterWilding3 @spectator Rome: Total War was released in 2004. Most zoomers that he’s writing against would have barely been born by then.

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@SecretiveS55320 @realKalos That’s a different one, a century before. Nefertari was the wife of Ramses II. Nefertiti was the wife of Akhenaten.

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@Tre_Meter_Rep @R4nskMSvUa9DnCF @wylfcen I guess, but then would the word warrior be used had the Norman conquest failed?

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@R4nskMSvUa9DnCF @wylfcen Isn’t it from old French guerroiier?