NPPF Comm2: Parents, part 2

[Jasper Fidget]

> From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On
> Behalf Of Don Corathers

> Uranograd. For its remoteness, after the planet? Two choices 
> in Greek mythology (from www.theoi.com) : Urania (Ourania): 
> the Muse of astronomical writings. Uranus (Ouranos): the 
> ancient personification of the sky, which was thought to be a 
> solid dome of bronze. He was the first ruler of the universe 
> but was castrated and deposed by his son Cronus.
> 

When Cronus castrated Uranus, the blood gave birth to nymphs and giants (in
one version anyway).  Also, Uranus was both son and husband to Gaia.

Urania is invoked by Milton in Book 7 of PL, and by Wordsworth in
"Prospectus to The Recluse."


Jasper