Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Achilles and Homer

One myth says that the mother of Achilles dipped him in the River Stynx until he became intolerable. Achilles appears in The Iliad by Homer. Homer also wrote the Oddity, in which Penelope was the last hardship that Ulysses endured on his journey. Actually, Homer was not written by Homer but by another man of that name.

Monday, May 5, 2014

Job

Later came Job, who had one trouble after another. Eventually he lost all his cattle and all his children and had to go live alone with his wife in a desert.

Friday, May 2, 2014

David and Solomon

David was a Hebrew king skilled at playing the Liar. He fought with the Finklesteins, a race of people who lived in  Biblical times. Solomon, one of David's sons, had three hundred wives and seven hundred porcupines.

Thursday, May 1, 2014

Moses

Moses led the Hebrew slaves to the Red Sea. Thy made unleavened bread made without ingredients. Afterwards, Moses went up to Mount Cyanide to get the ten commandments. He died before he ever reached Canada.

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Abraham's Sons

God asked Abraham to sacrifice Isaac on Mount Montezuma. Jacob, son of Isaac, stole his brother's birthmark. Jacob was a patriarch who brought up his 12 sons to be patriarchs, but they did not take to it. One of Jacob's sons, Joseph, gave refuse to the Israelites.

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Good Question

The Bible is full of good caricatures. In the first book of the Bible, Guiness, Adam and Eve were created from an apple tree. One of their children, Cain, asked, "Am I my brother's son?"

Friday, April 25, 2014

Pyramids

The pyramids are a range of mountains between France and Spain. The Egyptians built the pyramids in the shape of a huge triangular cube.