Difference between revisions of "Gorgios"

From FinnegansWiki
Jump to navigationJump to search
(annotations)
m (style)
Line 1: Line 1:
* gorgeous
+
* '''gorgeous'''
  
* gorge, cf. [[isthmus]]
+
* '''gorge''' → cf. [[isthmus]]
  
* ''It'' gorgo: whirlpool, sink
+
* '''gorgo:''' (''Italian'') whirlpool, sink → connects this, the second of seven clauses in this paragraph, with "Eve" (French: ''évier'', "sink"), the second of seven elements in the first paragraph → the 2nd of 7 elements in a second circuit of [[HCE|HCE]]'s bedroom
**connects this, the second of seven clauses in this paragraph, with "Eve" (''F'' évier: sink), the second of seven elements in the first paragraph → the 2nd of 7 elements in a second circuit of [[HCE]]'s bedroom
 
  
* ''Gi'' gorgio: youngster; a non-gipsy
+
* '''gorgio:''' (''Romani'') youngster; a non-Roma
  
* Gorgias: ancient Greek master of rhetoric who had a special dexterity with puns. (See his defense of Helen of Troy)
+
* '''Gorgias:''' ancient Greek master of rhetoric who had a special dexterity with puns (see his defense of Helen of Troy); ''Gorgias'' is also the title of one of Plato's dialogues which features the rhetorician
 +
** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001600160196&q1=Gorgias Third Census of Finnegans Wake]
  
* Georgians: the inhabitants of Georgia
+
* '''Georgians:''' the inhabitants of the American state of Georgia
  
* Giorgio Joyce: James Joyce's son
+
* '''Giorgio Joyce:''' James Joyce's son

Revision as of 05:39, 14 September 2006

  • gorgeous
  • gorgo: (Italian) whirlpool, sink → connects this, the second of seven clauses in this paragraph, with "Eve" (French: évier, "sink"), the second of seven elements in the first paragraph → the 2nd of 7 elements in a second circuit of HCE's bedroom
  • gorgio: (Romani) youngster; a non-Roma
  • Gorgias: ancient Greek master of rhetoric who had a special dexterity with puns (see his defense of Helen of Troy); Gorgias is also the title of one of Plato's dialogues which features the rhetorician
  • Georgians: the inhabitants of the American state of Georgia
  • Giorgio Joyce: James Joyce's son