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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Djehuti: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Tukuler: [qb] Moderate is not medium. Moderate is relative to extreme. Manilius wrote that Egyptians have grades of colour varying as does the inundated fields which are nearly black at the Nile lessening in blackness the further inland. Also blackest in the south where the silt is freshest from Abyssinia and less black moving northwards away from Abyssinia and approaching the delta which is at Mid Earth (Medi terran ean) the zone of moderation where black isn't as extreme as in the tropics nor white as extreme as in Hyperborea or Utlima Thule. Of course a background in Greco-Latin literature is necessary to understand this. So let the fools foam at the mouth in ignorance. [/qb][/QUOTE]Correct. Really all Manilius does is elaborate on the world view of his fellow Greco-Romans where the world is roughly divided into northern nations i.e. those above the Mediterranean and southern nations i.e. those below the Mediterranean. Again according to the Greek legend of Phaeton which was later adopted by the Romans when Phaeton nearly crashed the chariot of the sun in the south burning the forests of Africa, Arabia, and India into deserts he also scorched the peoples of these regions black of skin. The problem with lyinass is that she talks right out her namesake without knowing the actual context of the material she speaks. At least Fartheadbonkers who studied the Classics knows as much which is why he kept quiet when I brought up the Phaeton myth which debunks his whole assertion that Egyptians and Indians were not considered 'black' by the Greeks when they obviously were! [/QB][/QUOTE]
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