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From adam to zeus ...through all men and gods.

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Why do cats act so regal???


They still remember that they were worshiped as Gods in ancient Egypt! :high5:

Please read on...

Cats were treated as gods, and were protected by law, as well. The punishment for harming or killing a cat was harsh (Wolf, 1997).

Diodorus Siculus said
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Whoever kills a cat in Egypt is condemned to death, whether he committed this crime deliberately or not.

The people gather and kill him. An unfortunate Roman, who accidentally killed a cat, could not be saved, either by King Ptolemy of Egypt or by the fear which Rome inspired.

(Qtd. in Preserved for Posterity, 1997)
 
Eleven more posts to reach Zeus.

No one seems to come forward to shake hands and
make up with the seeming opponents!

I am glad I shook hands with Mrs. H. H. and
Mr. Sangom.

It makes me feel much better!

life it too sweet and too short to be wasted in negative thoughts / moods and emotions.

Looking forward to see more people
:tea: :hug: :bump2: :welcome:
 
Small kids adore their parents. :love:

Teen agers argue with them for everything. :argue:

Adults learn to live with them in mutual

non interference. :tea:

Truly said sir and very well put too! :clap2:

Age changes the angle of elevation of our vision

and thereby affects our interpretations.
 
Since I have already prepared a post on Pluto (not your favorite??)
I will be posting it now. I will take up the topics given by you later.
Is it O.K? :)


Now on to Pythagoras, Plato, Ptolemy or my favourite Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (KBE).Take your pick! :)
 
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# 16. Pluto
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Pluto (Ploutōn) was a name for the ruler of the underworld. Hades was the name of the god and the underworld itself.

He received the rule of the underworld in a three-way division of sovereignty over the world, with his other two brothers Zeus ruling Heaven and Poseidon the Sea.

He abducts Persephone to be his wife and the queen of his realm.

The names Ploutōn and Plutus were frequently conflated.

Plutus was a god of wealth, because mineral wealth was found underground, and because as a god Pluto ruled the deep earth that contained the seeds necessary for a bountiful harvest.

Ploutōn became a more positive way to talk about the ruler of the underworld. Mystery religions and philosophical systems popularized his name.

Pluto (French Pluton and Italian Plutone) is commonly used as the name of the ruler of the underworld in subsequent in Western literature and art.
 
QUEEN VICTORIA

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Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was the monarch of the United Kingdom of great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. Empress of India was her additional title from 1 May 1876.


Victoria was the daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, the fourth son of King George III. Both the Duke of Kent and the King died in 1820, and Victoria was raised under close supervision by her German-born mother.

She inherited the throne at the age of 18 after her father's three elder brothers died without surviving legitimate issue.

The United Kingdom was already an established Constitutional Monarchy in which the Sovereign held relatively few direct political powers.

Privately, she attempted to influence government policy and ministerial appointments. Publicly, she became a national icon, and was identified with strict standards of personal morality.

She married her first cousin Albert in 1840. Their nine children and 26 of her grand children married into royal and noble families across the continent, tying them together and earning her the nickname "The grandmother of Europe".

After Albert's death in 1861, Victoria plunged into deep mourning and avoided public appearances. As a result of her seclusion, Republicanism temporarily gained strength, but in the latter half of her reign, her popularity recovered.

Her Golden and Diamond Jubilees were times of public celebration.


Her reign of 63 years and 7 months, is known as the was a period of industrial, cultural, political, scientific, and military change within the United Kingdom, and was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire.

Victoria was physically unprepossessing—she was stout, dowdy and no more than five feet tall—but she succeeded in projecting a grand image.

Her long reign is known as Victorian Era.
 
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