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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bert Gedin, post: 3348749, member: 92556&quot;]To Stanley, Al &amp; All. Yet again, I&#039;ll put my head on the line by suggesting that Phanes was not a living person, but an immortal of mythology. I have dipped into that inexhaustible supply of (internet) information, so here goes. Was Phanes an aristocrat or powerful merchant ? Probably not. Phanes = Greek, first-born, mystic primeval deity of procreation and the generation of new life, who was introduced into Greek mythology by the Orphic tradition. - Has been depicted as a deity emerging from a cosmic egg, entwined with a serpent. Had helmet and broad, golden wings. - He was depicted in Greco-Roman mosaics as a man turning the Zodiac Wheel...to the imminent and ever-present peril faced by those in positions of power. - That should keep you all awake tonight ! For myself I say, &quot;Nothing ventured, nothing gained !&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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