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Birdland · 07-24-2003, 01:57 AM

I don't think it's too much of a stretch. I'm sure Tolkien had read his Republic - and a good plot twist is a good plot twist.

I am a little confused about Plato's priorities. He doubts the suitablity of the tale for children because of a shape-shifting deity, and not because a man mud wrestles a nymph?

07-24-2003, 01:57 AM	#4
Birdland Ghastly Neekerbreeker Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the banks of the mighty Scioto Posts: 1,751	I don't think it's too much of a stretch. I'm sure Tolkien had read his Republic - and a good plot twist is a good plot twist. I am a little confused about Plato's priorities. He doubts the suitablity of the tale for children because of a shape-shifting deity, and not because a man mud wrestles a nymph?