From: b.scott@csuohio.edu

On Wed, 24 Sep 2014 04:43:35 GMT, Dorothy J Heydt
 wrote in
 in rec.arts.sf.composition:

> In article <1hgutqmra3ic1$.smijpa0m5g7z.dlg@40tude.net>,
> Brian M. Scott  wrote:

[...]

>>A classical version of this is Ὄυτις (Outis) 'Nobody', the
>>alias used by Odysseus when he fought the Cyclops
>>Polyphē“mos.

[...]

> In the cave of Polyphemos, on the other hand, he names
> himself Ouden, "Nobody."

I mentioned that incident above.  However, the sources
available to me at the moment agree that he used 
'Nobody', not  'Good-for-nothing'.

[...]

Brian
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holes to root for sandtatties.  The waves whispered
rhythmically over the packed sand: haggisss, haggisss,
haggisss.

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