(March 3, 2013 at 7:24 am)EGross Wrote: Heres a fun fact that many may not be aware of.
There is a saying by Yochanan ben Zakkai who spoke during the messianic fever in Jerusalem (sometime between 30-69CE, which is when he had such authority there), where they were showing up every few months for a time, plus, apparently there were dozens of such insignificance that they are bundled into "them".
Which would explain why any real Jesus didn't make a big impression on the majority of the population. What I find really interesting is when the messianic fever started because Pontius Pilate was the Prefect of Judea AD 26–36.
If we're going to believe in legends, though, we'll have to accept that Alexander the Great rode a man eating unicorn named Bucephalus.
Quote:One of the legends about Bucephalus was that he wasn’t a horse at all — he was a special kind of Turkish-peninsula (where Macedonia is) unicorn called a karkadann.
Like Bucephalus, the karkadann was known to be absolutely untameable, man-eating, and, incredibly fierce. Also, In Greek, Bucephalus meant “ox-head,” which some believed to describe the fact that this animal had horns. In most
classical and medieval manuscripts of the Alexander Romance, Alexander is depicted as riding a horse with either one horn or two. In many, many versions, he’s shown riding a unicorn.
We'll also have to accept Marco Polo's account of why unicorn's became extinct.
Quote:According to Polo in Badakshan there lived a breed of horses which were the direct offspring of Bucephalus and local mares. All of them were born with a horn on their forehead, says Polo. This breed was the exclusive property of one single member of the Badakshan royal family. He stubbornly refused to grant the king ownership of some of these remarkable horses and was therefore executed. In revenge his infuriated wife decided to destroy the entire breed. Thus the race of unicorns became extinct.
Where are the snake and mushroom smilies?
