tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10018950.post9167913846828259017..comments2023-05-12T07:41:24.915-05:00Comments on wm blathers: Callipygian AphroditeWmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10894049524583247454noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10018950.post-3991815185137531152007-04-04T10:41:00.000-05:002007-04-04T10:41:00.000-05:00Becoming bedridden actually is a pretty common ite...<I>Becoming bedridden actually is a pretty common item in the aetiology of love and passion in Gk. literature.</I><BR/><BR/>Ahh, good to know. Thanks.<BR/><BR/>As an aside, Japanese literature (and anime, where I encountered it first) can use sudden nosebleeds as a similar sign of being overcome by love.Wmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10894049524583247454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10018950.post-22589554130247994972007-04-03T23:13:00.000-05:002007-04-03T23:13:00.000-05:00Becoming bedridden actually is a pretty common ite...Becoming bedridden actually is a pretty common item in the aetiology of love and passion in Gk. literature. Love is a wasting sickness that threatens to kill whose who are afflicted unless they can requite their desire.blobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17844885464613063496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10018950.post-28055324243692409822007-04-03T11:32:00.000-05:002007-04-03T11:32:00.000-05:00"Bedridden." You know, *wink wink* "taking care of..."Bedridden." You know, *wink wink* "taking care of business" *nudge nudge* That's what the kids called it back then.<BR/><BR/>Much more poetic than "flogging the log."downrightamazedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00724006510063622544noreply@blogger.com