Telegraph Herculis

[chasnoel]

HELP! I think I am losing it. I am sure that1ac is Summer but that does not fit with 2 dn redplanet nor 3 dn Nesbit. Is there anyone there??

[Catron]

Spring

[pusspuss]

1a spring
check down the page on the quiz & puzzle section

your 2d and 3d are ok

[chasnoel]

Many thanks Puuspuss and Catron but according to the book of quotations on Aristotle he said 'Summer.' Has Kate Mepham made a mistake or did you frind Spring in another source?

[pusspuss]

Herculis 20/10
Confused, I have 2d Red Planet and 3d Nesbit, but they do not fit with 1a Summer,have I made a mistake somewhere.
Thanking you for advice

cricketer34 Mon 20/10/08 10:47
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pusspuss
Mon 20/10/08
10:52 1a, spring
your answer to 2d and 3d are ok

Craftyartist
Mon 20/10/08
10:57 I agree with Cricketer. The correct quotation by Aristotle is 'One swallow does not make a summer'. One across is obviously an error!! However we have to put in the wrong answer, which is Spring.

pusspuss
Mon 20/10/08
11:00 i also agree , but if you google it you can find

One swallow does not make spring, nor does one fine day." Aristotle ... How does the definition of spring vary from person to person? ..

[pusspuss]

i think Kate made a mistake or Aristotle changed his mind at a later date

[Catron]

While I originally thought there had been an error, this is what Brewers Dictionary of Phrase and Fable has to say -

The Greek proverb, 'One swallow does not make a spring', is to be found in ARISTOTLE's Nicomachaean Ethics (l, vii, 16).