Ebook436 pages7 hours
The History of Court Fools
By Dr. Doran
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
About this ebook
In the days of old, it happened that all Olympus was dull, and Zeus complained, yawning the while, that there was not a fool amongst the gods, with wit enough to keep the divine assembly alive, or to kill the members of it with laughter.
"Father," said Mercury, "the sport that is lacking here, may be found for us all, on earth. Look at that broad tract of land between the Peneus and Aliacmon. It is all alive with folks in their holiday gear, enjoying the sunshine, eating sweet melons, singing till they are hoarse, and dancing till they are weary."
"What then?" asked Jupiter.
"It would be rare sport, oh king of gods and men, to scatter all these gaily-robed revellers, and by a shower, spoil their finery."
"Father," said Mercury, "the sport that is lacking here, may be found for us all, on earth. Look at that broad tract of land between the Peneus and Aliacmon. It is all alive with folks in their holiday gear, enjoying the sunshine, eating sweet melons, singing till they are hoarse, and dancing till they are weary."
"What then?" asked Jupiter.
"It would be rare sport, oh king of gods and men, to scatter all these gaily-robed revellers, and by a shower, spoil their finery."
Related to The History of Court Fools
Related ebooks
Bohemians of the Latin Quarter Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The First Part of King Henry the Fourth Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Bacchae Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The History of Court Fools Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe wasps - The birds - The frogs - The Thesmophoriazusae - The Ecclesiazusae Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Way of Stars: A Romance of Reincarnation Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Wasps Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Wasps: "Evil events from evil causes spring" Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Way of Stars Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Frogs and Other Plays Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOlympian Nights Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTHE EMPEROR'S CANDLESTICKS (A Spy Classic) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAnthology of the Best French Short Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEdgar Allan Poe: The Complete Tales (Centaur Classics) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Grandissimes Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Orchard of Tears Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPunch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, January 25th, 1890 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsModeste Mignon Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Merrie Tales of Jacques Tournebroche Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Newcomes (Barnes & Noble Digital Library): Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tales of Secret Egypt Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Emperor's Candlesticks Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEdgar Allan Poe: The Complete Tales and Poems Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Sisters — Volume 5 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWerewolves: Lycanthropy and Legend Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Ouroboros Cycle, Book One: A Monster’s Coming of Age Story Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Emperor’s Candlesticks Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHauntings Fantastic Stories Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Mated from the Morgue A tale of the Second Empire Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Book Of Were-Wolves Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Anthropology For You
How to Survive in Ancient Egypt Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A History of the American People Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Way of the Shaman Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Folk Medicine in Southern Appalachia Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsYou Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bright-sided: How Positive Thinking is Undermined America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5America Before: The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Body Language Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future---Updated With a New Epilogue Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Psychology of Totalitarianism Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Bullshit Jobs: A Theory Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Stories of Rootworkers & Hoodoo in the Mid-South Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Regarding the Pain of Others Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Civilized to Death: The Price of Progress Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dark Matter of the Mind: The Culturally Articulated Unconscious Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5On Trails: An Exploration Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Witch: A History of Fear, from Ancient Times to the Present Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for The History of Court Fools
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
The History of Court Fools - Dr. Doran
,3^ book_preview_excerpt.html }˒ƒ@Zu%2]+JEtjW]$* *w16Mn~@_2~E1ӃD?W)tCðLsr\}'U^{z?߽^t~ſTz{^zwݻ_|߿r۟^|UӇw?}xzSwI^~x>#_xW~/Q}Awobv7Ӽr݇[}{w6Û۷_].\u/S5wx/Uzw_J.YX]_C__hwgן0)O}]?~]kI_'RvM066YڄKUiNac2Uh]{%W琫fi](C7!}ꏼڸ[ߧܰ:KUw:MU4*ryI&L>3>Yz,R8OYum_^q']\iָ3 AdeLO]^<,-^p?NLܩ@8.;m,T3KH4)S|m+K0|βyjm2_ӰbaP8i/#lw4