Pantagathus Posted June 15, 2006 Report Share Posted June 15, 2006 "And yet all these forces, though acting in unison, and impelling in the same direction, a single fish, and that of a very diminutive size--the fish known as the "echene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Porcius Cato Posted June 16, 2006 Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 Hmmm...shouldn't this thread be called "Pliny the Credulous"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q Valerius Scerio Posted June 16, 2006 Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 Yeah, I was expecting some sort of anti-echeneian passage...perhaps you confused incredulous with gullible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantagathus Posted June 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 Sorry to disappoint.... Do we all know what the word facetious means? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted June 16, 2006 Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 The very fish alleged to have thwarted Marcus Antoninus at Actium (not his person I hastily add , but by fouling his flagship rudder) . That is one dangerous animal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost_Warrior Posted June 16, 2006 Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 LOL yes, I think Pliny was joking. However never underestimate the power of something as small as a little fish to get caught in the underwater workings of a ship and really muck things up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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