Good ‘toon on what is now a tired subject on this forum.
I didn’t understand “Pallas Angela” so looked it up and found contradictory information. :p
So, it is taken from ”Pallas Athena” and is an epithet? Does it mean wise? I hope Lonecat can help answer this, please!
I think they are punning on Athena Pallas. I’m not sure what the “Pallas” means, if it means anything - there is a theory that it was the name of another deity whose cult was absorved by that of Athena.
I think the comic artist just thought the pun was too good to waste.
The real humor is that Angela Merkel has no interest in patching up Greece. The agreement to bail out Greece is really no agreement when you get down to the fine print. The Germans have reserved the right to veto any action.
I suspect Merkel would reply that they don’t, they receive.
Gladius: Yeah, I think the agreement is more the creation of a mechanism than a direct bailout.
It is been very interesting reading the Portuguese press about this. Sometimes they do realise the rest of the EU is putting it in poor light alongside Greece but then argue how Portugal is “different” because at least it didn’t hide or lie about its debt. Hmmm.
At least one Portuguese journalist in an opinion piece has been quite frank and even used the ungracious term PIGS to include Portugal.
I’ve been curious to see whether witnessing the debate surrounding Greece & the EU, Germany and a bailout, is going to make it easier for the Portuguese government to introduce more pragmatic (read “austere”) economic measures. Or if my compatriots back home will go into denial. Probably the latter.
OmqR-IV.0 about 14 years ago
Good ‘toon on what is now a tired subject on this forum. I didn’t understand “Pallas Angela” so looked it up and found contradictory information. :p So, it is taken from ”Pallas Athena” and is an epithet? Does it mean wise? I hope Lonecat can help answer this, please!
4uk4ata about 14 years ago
I think they are punning on Athena Pallas. I’m not sure what the “Pallas” means, if it means anything - there is a theory that it was the name of another deity whose cult was absorved by that of Athena.
I think the comic artist just thought the pun was too good to waste.
CorosiveFrog Premium Member about 14 years ago
^I think it’s because Pallas was a childhood friend of Athena and then died for some reason.
4uk4ata about 14 years ago
Another theory is that in the myth they were rivals. Athena killed Pallas (who was anything from a rival to a sibling to a parent) and took the name.
Gladius about 14 years ago
The real humor is that Angela Merkel has no interest in patching up Greece. The agreement to bail out Greece is really no agreement when you get down to the fine print. The Germans have reserved the right to veto any action.
OmqR-IV.0 about 14 years ago
^ Ha!
I suspect Merkel would reply that they don’t, they receive.
Gladius: Yeah, I think the agreement is more the creation of a mechanism than a direct bailout.
It is been very interesting reading the Portuguese press about this. Sometimes they do realise the rest of the EU is putting it in poor light alongside Greece but then argue how Portugal is “different” because at least it didn’t hide or lie about its debt. Hmmm. At least one Portuguese journalist in an opinion piece has been quite frank and even used the ungracious term PIGS to include Portugal. I’ve been curious to see whether witnessing the debate surrounding Greece & the EU, Germany and a bailout, is going to make it easier for the Portuguese government to introduce more pragmatic (read “austere”) economic measures. Or if my compatriots back home will go into denial. Probably the latter.
Gladius about 14 years ago
If you have to place bets, denial is the way to go. Hope’s relatively free though.