[Western] Challenge

[willow Taylor]

Thank you for your help Ld. William. 

Your work definitely deserves Largess. 

I am painting a picture of Judas and the Elephant.
I think the Catholic Bible calls them Greeks rather than Syrians, but I
am not sure.  I think  the information a 12th century person would have
was that Judas Maccabbeus was fighting Greeks. Would a 12th century put
the arms of the current Greek empire on a shield in an illustration? If
so do you know the  arms of the Greek empire? Would a 12th century lady
know about the Moon Goddess?

Willow
On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 06:54:25 -0700 (PDT) Cameron Cook
<bonwickejester at yahoo.com> writes:
> Greetings Your Excellency,
> 
> As far as I have been able to ascertain, Judas
> Maccabee was fighting the Syrians (more specifically,
> Bacchides) when he was slain in c.160 BC. What they
> had on their shields was a little more difficult to
> track down, but as best I can tell it was a depiction
> of Semitic mermaid moon-goddess. The Syrians called
> her Atargatis. Is this correct?
> 
> Yours in Service,
> Ld. William Cameron
> 
> --- willow Taylor <willowjonbardc at juno.com> wrote:
> > Dear Gentle folks 
> > 
> > I have a challenge for you. 
> > 
> > A Duchess in 1203 France rushes down to where you
> > are sitting and asked
> > you this question?  Who was Judas Maccabee fighting
> > when he was killed
> > and what do they have on their shields? Quick, there
> > is Largess in the
> > answer. What will you tell her?
> > 
> > Willow de Wisp
> > 
> >
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