4/15/2024 0 Comments Icarus wine story![]() ![]() Pelops=Mercury/Aquila/Garuda/Syena.Ares/Apollo=Mangala/Amsu/Hamsa/goose/Geb/Cygnus.ĭeucalion/Glaucus/Theseus=Dionysus/Osiris/Arcas/Hades.Īdam=Mercury/Stilbon.Adamma=Stilbe=Themisto/Callisto.Īdam/Garuda ate forbidden apples and lived for a long time. To this we owe claims in ancient Greece that Demeter was the daughter of Cronus and mother of Persephone by Zeus, and that Melissa was the daughter of Melisseus,rather than his wife.Baal Hadad/Teshub was the son of Dagon/Kumarbi.Melissa was a name shared by Demeter,Artemis and Aphrodite.Aristaeus/Melisseus=Dagon/Min.ĭagon was called Ninurta in Babylonia/Sumer.Ninurta=Shulmanu/Saturn. Staphylus=Ashtabil/Ashtabi/Ashtapi/Zababa=Anubis/Cerberus/Hermes/Odysseus/ĭaedalus is Dagon/Kumarbi/Cronus/Minos.Shala was Dagon's wife.In Sumer where rain rarely fell Shala was an import from Syria/Anatolia and became confused with Ishkur's wife,replacing Halabatu/Hebat. Icarius/Hesperus/Shalim.Ikaria famous for its wine in ancient times and as the birthplace of Dionysus. Icarus=Perseus/Mitra/Mithras/Misharu/Theseus/Osiris/Dionysus/Hades/Athtar/Astraeus/Bootes/Arthur/Arcas/Arthur Pendragon/ Had Phaethon kept to the middle ground, or better yet, stayed out of his father's chariot, he wouldn't have nearly destroyed the earth and been killed in the process. According to Apollo, Zeus himself wasn't strong enough to pull his chariot or control his horses. ![]() ![]() ![]() He thought he could drive his father's chariot because he was the son of a god, he felt that he had to prove that he was better than human, but even the sons of gods had limitations. Phaethon came to a similar end because of hubris. Had Icarus heeded his father's warning and stayed between both realms, he'd have been safe, but once he crossed that line he lost his life. Keep in mind that, at the time, the sea belonged to Poseidon and the sky belonged to Zeus (no planes or subs, ships yes, but sailors knew that Poseidon ruled them). As humans, we have limitations, and Icarus disregarded that knowledge. Icarus' downfall came when he though himself to go where only the gods and heros had gone before. “Vollie shot them, last night, and then shot himself.Hubris was frowned upon in Greek and Roman myth. But everyone knew it was the trauma of the investigations.Ĭupido’s voice was barely a whisper. He said he had done his bit, he wanted a quieter life, wanted to save his marriage, wanted to see his children grow up. The man who had caught two serial killers on the Cape Flats in four years, through endless patience and dedication. Vollie, who went home on weekends and brought back seafood for the whole team on Mondays. “Jissis,” said Griessel and began walking towards the front door.Īdjutant Tertius van Vollenhoven, who had worked with both of them before, back when the Provincial Detective Branch still existed. “Benna, for once in your life, trust me.” What was wrong with Cupido? “Are you going to tell me what’s going on, or must I see for myself?” It’s an open-and-shut, let’s go.”īenny felt his temper rising. What’s going on, Vaughn? What happened here?” Our work here is done.” Griessel could hear the tone in his colleague’s voice, the false businesslike note hiding his dismay. Mounting toward a startling conclusion, Icarus is another exceptional novel from the “King of South African Crime.”Ĭupido’s face was somber as he approached. The high-profile murder has already been the subject of fierce media speculation, with questions swirling about the potential for motive: Could the perpetrator be one of the countless jilted spouses? An aggrieved client?īefore the week is out, an unexpected connection to a storied family winery comes to light, and Griessel’s reputation is again on the line. He emerges from his drunken haze determined to quit the force, but the indomitable Major Mbali Kaleni, now his boss, wants Griessel on the Richter case. Meanwhile, Benny Griessel is called to the scene of a multiple homicide involving a former colleague, and four years of sobriety are undone on the spot. The only thing found on the corpse is a dead iPhone, but it doesn’t take long for the police to identify the body as that of Ernst Richter–the tech whiz behind MyAlibi, an Internet service that provides unfaithful partners with sophisticated cover stories to hide an affair. The fifth pulse-pounder starring Captain Benny Griessel, a lead detective in South Africa’s priority crimes unit, delves into the country’s burgeoning tech and wine industries.Ī week before Christmas, a young photographer discovers a plastic-wrapped corpse amidst the sand dunes north of Cape Town. South Africa’s preeminent crime fiction writer, Deon Meyer is internationally acclaimed for his razor’s-edge thrillers, unforgettable characters, and nuanced portrayals of contemporary life in his native country. ![]()
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