humanities.lit.authors.shakespeare

On Feb 21, 3:05=A0am, nordicskiv2 wrote:



> The 'wound in the thigh' is a stock literary death, it's
> in the bible,
> in the Venus & Adonis, uh I think Alexander
> died of it,
[To which David replied] "If you mean Alexander the Great, then it is
well known that he died
from an illness following an extended banquet and drinking bout. Of
course there have been suggestions that he was poisoned. If you mean
some other Alexander who died from a wound in the thigh, then I doubt
that anyone has any idea whom or what you are gibbering about."

It could be added that it is a bit of a euphemistic stretch to say
Adonis got it in the thigh!!

Clive