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Gnossos Pappadopoulis is the main character in Richard Farina's Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me. I was hoping someone could shed some light on the meaning of his first name.
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I need the smell of summer--
I need its noises in my ears.
A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.
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I need the smell of summer--
I need its noises in my ears.
A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.
This message was edited 9/28/2006, 5:15 PM
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Perhaps it's related to Greek gnosis "knowledge", as in Gnosticism?
Miranda
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Yep, the author probably had the word "gnosis" in mind when he concocted the ersatz Greek name Gnossos Pappadopoulis :)
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Thanks very much, then!
...Lol, I just noticed that someone wrote in the one of the margins of the book before I got it, "Gnossos--'knowledge' --> agnostic (heretical)". I guess the answer was in front of me without me knowing it!
Thanks, though. :D
Array
I need the smell of summer--
I need its noises in my ears.
A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.
...Lol, I just noticed that someone wrote in the one of the margins of the book before I got it, "Gnossos--'knowledge' --> agnostic (heretical)". I guess the answer was in front of me without me knowing it!
Thanks, though. :D
Array
I need the smell of summer--
I need its noises in my ears.
A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.
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