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To: Rambi who wrote (50669)	5/17/2000 5:22:00 PM
From: Crocodile	Respond to of 71178

Then I got gold paint and a stencil roller and I'm going to border the cloths with that Greek design that I can;'t remember the name of. I have a bracelet from the Agora in Athens that I think is the right design-- it's all angles? Greek Key design

To: Rambi who wrote (50669)	5/17/2000 6:37:00 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 71178

You had too much fun. You need to give some back.

To: Rambi who wrote (50669)	5/17/2000 6:43:00 PM
From: Crocodile	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

BTW, regarding the purple tablecloths... Think it could have been possible... The Greeks made a purple dye by crushing a type of shellfish...think it was called a porphyra...

To: Rambi who wrote (50669)	5/17/2000 11:37:00 PM
From: JF Quinnelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Of course the Greeks had purple dye- it comes from the murex marine "snail". Vide: Murica\ coclea est maris dicta ab acumine et asperitate, que alio nomine\ concilium nominatur, propter quod circumcisa ferro lacrimas\ purpurei coloris emittat, ex quibus purpura tingitur, et inde\ ostrum appellatum quod hec tinctura ex teste humore elicitur.\ Cancros vocari quia conce sunt crura habentes inimica ostreis\ animalia. Eorum enim carnibus vivunt miro ingenio. Nam quia\ validam testam eius aperire non potest, explorat quando ostrea\ claustra testarum aperiat. Tunc cancer latenter lapillum inicit,\ atque impedita conclusione ostree carnes erodit. Tradunt enim\ quidam decem cancris concimi manipulo alligatis, omnes qui\ ibi sunt scorpiones ad eum locum coituros. Duo sunt autem\ genera cancrorum fluviales et maritimi. Ostrea dicta est a testa\ qua mollicies interior carnis munitur. Greci enim testam ostream\ dicunt. See?