From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Oct 20 06:42:18 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA17717 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Tue, 20 Oct 1998 06:42:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ceia.nordier.com (m1-44-dbn.dial-up.net [196.34.155.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA17712 for ; Tue, 20 Oct 1998 06:42:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rnordier@nordier.com) Received: (from rnordier@localhost) by ceia.nordier.com (8.8.7/8.6.12) id PAA00443; Tue, 20 Oct 1998 15:40:13 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier Message-Id: <199810201340.PAA00443@ceia.nordier.com> Subject: Re: Need a name for the vinum daemon In-Reply-To: <19981020151058.E2844@freebie.lemis.com> from Greg Lehey at "Oct 20, 98 03:10:58 pm" To: grog@lemis.com (Greg Lehey) Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 15:40:05 +0200 (SAT) Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Greg Lehey wrote: > On Monday, 19 October 1998 at 23:37:45 -0600, Brett Glass wrote: > > At 03:02 PM 10/20/98 +0930, Greg Lehey wrote: > > > >>> P.S. -- If you want something ending with a "d", my wife > >>> suggests "maenad." Which fits, though technically it's > >>> Greek, not Latin. > >> > >> I don't really see the connection with wine, either. > > > > There's a very strong one, actually. > > > > The "maenads" (or "Bacchantes") were female followers of > > Bacchus/Dionysus. They'd get rip-roaring drunk and were > > rumored to attack men, tearing them to shreds. Pretty > > demonic. > > Ah. This might be a slightly popularized version. In fact, they got > high on laurel leaves. Actually the usual classicist explanation for the _enthousiamos_ ("possession") which occurred during Dionysiac _orgia_ (no need to translate *that*) was darkness, torch light, rhythmic dancing, music, and (fairly definitely) wine. Though I believe the Maenads of the Holy Albino (affiliated with the Jihad to Destroy Barney the Purple Dinosaur[tm]) advocate "unhealthy snacks". -- Robert Nordier To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message