On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, Chris Turkel wrote: > > On Wednesday, January 22, 2003, at 03:40 PM, lazarus wrote: > You are correct and a lot of writers miss this point. A good example is > Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time" books. Ten volumes, I don't think a > name is repeated once. Its like everyone on the planet has a unique > name. > Homer, without the advantage of having read Jordan, already knew not to fall into this trap - there are two Ajaxes in the Iliad. On the other hand I could never keep them straight. - Philip