From: Damphyr <damphyr@...>
Date: 2006-02-21T04:17:11+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] Re: Pandora Early Beta Program

Hal Fulton wrote:
> gabriele renzi wrote:
>>
>>> If Pandora, who was created after the image of Venus, were to be
>>> adorned with any cloths, it would have been made out of silk...  hence
>>> the name Silk Veil. 
>>
>>
>> <pedantic>
>> oh, come on, there was no silk in ancient greek!
>> </pedantic>
>>
> 
> Really? Why not??
> 
Because silk was invented by the chinese and there were no silkworms in 
the greek region. The legend is, that silk got to Greece because of 
"enterprising" monks who managed to sneak silkworms into the hollow of 
canes and bring them back to Constantinople. That was about 500 AD, so 
no, there was no silk in ancient greece (it might have been known 
though, because the Egyptians knew about silk - it's just that there has 
been no archeological find with silk items or mention in any of the 
texts from that period (1000 BC - 160 BC) ).
Cheers,
V.-

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