[UA] Eternity

[Ysidro]

Nick Wedig wrote:
> 
> >With the amout of obsession surrounding the olympics I'm sure someone is getting a lot
> >of charges from it.  The city disruption are an urbanomancers dream - someone in the
> >right position could have racked up several major charges by now.
> 
> I keep wondering about various Olympian athletes being avatars of > something (perhaps just The Athlete).  The connection to ancient Greek > semi-religious activites would only seem to reinforce this. Probably > Greece would be the first place someone ascended as the Athlete, as > that's the first place I'm aware of that athletics was prized for > itself  rathert than, say, as a way of being better prepared for > battle, though athletics was prized for this as well.  Just the naming > convention of  calling it

You've just reminded me on an idea I had for The Athlete.  Never put it
together because I couldn't figure the channels out.  

Basic idea was the old "Olympic" Athlete has been kicked out and
replaced by the "Modern Sports Superstar" type.  Meanwhile another
hopeful is trying to ascend as the "Ironman" Athlete (ever wonder who
decided to start showing all those logger contests on ESPN2?  Now you
know)

Ysidro
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Penn-Ohio Historical European Martial Arts Society
http://members.bellatlantic.net/~ysidro/pohemas.html

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