Cultural practices (was: Announcing Jython, the sucessor to JPython (fwd))

[Bud]

Cameron Laird wrote:
> 
> In article <mailman.972063532.569.python-list at python.org>,
> Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters  <mertz at gnosis.cx> wrote:
> >"Alex Martelli" <aleaxit at yahoo.com>
> >|And "Nike" was a term for "victory" (in Greek) from since
> >|well before anybody raised coffee in the island of Java.
> >|So why would it be 'more protectable' as a trademark...?
> >
> >'Nike' we can probably date from around 8th Century B.C., I imagine (I
> >am not a Greek philologist, however).  When did coffee cultivation
> >begin? When did it begin on Java?
> >
> >Just curious.
> >
      I love trivial trivia,    :)
       Here's some info, just for fun:
  
    

 Nike, who carried a wreath to award to the victor
 in a battle or contest, was the goddess of Victory.
 Wings enabled this youthful goddess to fly down
 to earth to guide the victorious side. The most
 famous image of her is a statue in the Louvre.
 She was also known as Victoria. 

  From:Grose Educational Media Greek Mythology
     go to: http://www.entrenet.com/~groedmed/mythnik.html
  to see an image of a Greek Revenue Stamp with 
    her picture.
   
   Bud



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