Posted: June 17, 1997 at 13:24:15: by hank greely
: Hank Greely mentioned that unusual name "Jorge
: Petronius" which has also aroused my curiosity.
: Petronius is a famous or infamous name in Roman
: history. He was for a while the favorite of the
: Emperor Nero until he found the debaucheries of
: the Imperial Court too much. He committed sucide
: by cutting his wrists before Nero could capture
: him.
: He also wrote a famous "novel" THE SATYRICON which
: is a classic of Latin literature. I have always
: wondered why Norton used this unusual name
: considering the nature of the original character.That's a really interesting observation. I'd like to learn more about Petronius to try to figure out the connection, if any. Petronius in the book is an on-looker who speeds (certain?) people through the Gate, for money, but never partakes himself - an observer and not a doer. Is that the connection? (Jorge, of course, is just George in Spanish, although why George?) Tall Dames Walking, the Petronius story in Tales of the Witch World II, was a little weird for my taste, with too many "insider only" references to the Arthurian cycle (most of them far past my ken - I wasn't surprised to see in the notes that the author was getting a Ph.D. for work on the Arthurian legends). It would be interesting to have Petronius come to the Witch World in a story. Hank
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