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A Scheme for abolishing all Words is one of the wittiest and smartest comments on semantics. (Illustration: extreme close-up from the movie "The Big Swallow" (1901), produced and directed by James Williamson (1855-1933)
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A Scheme for abolishing all Words is one of the wittiest and smartest comments on semantics. (Illustration: extreme close-up from the movie "The Big Swallow" (1901), produced and directed by James Williamson (1855-1933)

In Greek mythology, Chariclo was a nymph, daughter of Cychreus and Stilbe. She married Chiron and became the mother of Hippe, Endeis, Ocyrhoe, and Carystus. By a shepherd Everes, she became the mother of the prophet Tiresias. Tiresias who was struck blind by Athena after seeing her naked. She begged Athena to give him sight back, but the goddess could not undo her curse. She gave him the gift of prophecy instead.

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