Very amusing site

Textkit is a learning community- introduce yourself here. Use the Open Board to introduce yourself, chat about off-topic issues and get to know each other.
Post Reply
Eureka
Textkit Zealot
Posts: 741
Joined: Tue Feb 17, 2004 3:52 am
Location: Melbourne, Australia

Very amusing site

Post by Eureka »

http://www.troy-in-england.co.uk/index.htm

"And did those feet, in an-ci-ent times..."


:mrgreen:

annis
Textkit Zealot
Posts: 3399
Joined: Fri Jan 03, 2003 4:55 pm
Location: Madison, WI, USA
Contact:

Post by annis »

Gosh.

At least it's not on the scale of the Parthenon Code idiocy.
William S. Annis — http://www.aoidoi.org/http://www.scholiastae.org/
τίς πατέρ' αἰνήσει εἰ μὴ κακοδαίμονες υἱοί;

Adelheid
Textkit Enthusiast
Posts: 426
Joined: Mon Mar 29, 2004 8:58 pm
Location: Rhenen
Contact:

Post by Adelheid »

The Wilkens (Troy in England) theory I knew about, but the Parthenon code is new to me! I nosed around on the internet: is this really a serious effort or is it a joke?

Regards,
Adelheid

annis
Textkit Zealot
Posts: 3399
Joined: Fri Jan 03, 2003 4:55 pm
Location: Madison, WI, USA
Contact:

Post by annis »

Adelheid wrote:The Wilkens (Troy in England) theory I knew about, but the Parthenon code is new to me! I nosed around on the internet: is this really a serious effort or is it a joke?
Alas, all too serious. I refrain from linking to it here, since the author is reported to send nasty-grams to people who disagree with him.
William S. Annis — http://www.aoidoi.org/http://www.scholiastae.org/
τίς πατέρ' αἰνήσει εἰ μὴ κακοδαίμονες υἱοί;

Adelheid
Textkit Enthusiast
Posts: 426
Joined: Mon Mar 29, 2004 8:58 pm
Location: Rhenen
Contact:

Post by Adelheid »

I must confess that I am curious about books like that. Just because I'm intrigued by how the authors came to their conclusions and (perhaps the more interesting question) why.

The title (Parthenon Code) did at first sound as a parody to me.

Regards,
Adelheid

mingshey
Textkit Zealot
Posts: 1338
Joined: Tue Aug 19, 2003 6:38 am
Location: Seoul
Contact:

Post by mingshey »

Adelheid wrote:I must confess that I am curious about books like that. Just because I'm intrigued by how the authors came to their conclusions and (perhaps the more interesting question) why.

The title (Parthenon Code) did at first sound as a parody to me.

Regards,
Adelheid
Somebody who thought Bible Code was not a humbug must have named it.

Emma_85
Global Moderator
Posts: 1564
Joined: Thu Jul 03, 2003 8:01 pm
Location: London

Re: Very amusing site

Post by Emma_85 »

Eureka wrote:http://www.troy-in-england.co.uk/index.htm

"And did those feet, in an-ci-ent times..."


:mrgreen:
Yeah, i'd heard of this one actually. My teacher was sort of making fun of it. :P

Carola
Textkit Enthusiast
Posts: 609
Joined: Tue Oct 15, 2002 12:34 am
Location: Adelaide, Australia

Post by Carola »

Adelheid wrote:I must confess that I am curious about books like that. Just because I'm intrigued by how the authors came to their conclusions and (perhaps the more interesting question) why.
I think it is called a "get rich quick" scheme. People who write this kind of book probably used to sell expensive and useless diet pills before getting on to a much safer way of gulling the public - there is no FDA or similar body controlling crackpot theories in best selling books (a pity!). Actually, not a bad idea - I might do one about the ancient Greeks really being from outer space, the "wooden horse" was really a flying saucer......
Sadly, most of the general public would no doubt believe it - what did P T Barnum say about this?

Bert
Textkit Zealot
Posts: 1889
Joined: Sat May 31, 2003 2:28 am
Location: Arthur Ontario Canada

Post by Bert »

I live a good hour away from Troy (Canada).
If I look hard enough, I might be able to find evidence of a battle.
All I have to do then is put it on paper and market it. (I can probably get a government grant to help me with this.)

Adelheid
Textkit Enthusiast
Posts: 426
Joined: Mon Mar 29, 2004 8:58 pm
Location: Rhenen
Contact:

Post by Adelheid »

I think it is called a "get rich quick" scheme
In the case of the Parthenon Code (as far as I can tell from the info on the internet :) ) I would say it has more to do with a need/wish to trace everything back to the bible or to at least connect everything to the bible, than with making a fast buck.



Regards,
Adelheid

swiftnicholas
Textkit Enthusiast
Posts: 408
Joined: Fri Jan 07, 2005 4:04 pm
Location: New York

Post by swiftnicholas »

I live a good hour away from Troy (Canada).
Don't waste your time, Bert---the real battlesite is in Troy, New York. I think I've also found conclusive evidence in the Catalogue of Ships that Joseph Smith hitched a ride to the New World on Agamemnon's ship. 8)

ThomasGR
Textkit Enthusiast
Posts: 444
Joined: Mon Aug 23, 2004 8:49 pm

Post by ThomasGR »

Actually, not a bad idea - I might do one about the ancient Greeks really being from outer space, the "wooden horse" was really a flying saucer......
[/quote]
Too bad for you, someone had this idea before.
A Greek "scholar" claims that the Greeks came from the outer space- from Sirious (Dog Star) :lol:

tdominus
Textkit Member
Posts: 122
Joined: Wed Aug 06, 2003 12:15 pm
Location: Terra Australis

Post by tdominus »

Is there not some evidence that war stories like the Illiad are part of a larger indo-european tradition of uncertain geographic origin?

Carola
Textkit Enthusiast
Posts: 609
Joined: Tue Oct 15, 2002 12:34 am
Location: Adelaide, Australia

Post by Carola »

ThomasGR wrote:Too bad for you, someone had this idea before.
A Greek "scholar" claims that the Greeks came from the outer space- from Sirious (Dog Star) :lol:
Drat - I was hoping to finance my retirement!

Post Reply