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Why is the final chapter of “The Midwich Cuckoos” entitled “Zellaby of Macedon”?
Why was the book ‘Web’, by John Wyndham, published ten years after his death?How far down the east coast did they get in John Wyndham's The Chrysalids?
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The final chapter of John Wyndham's The Midwich Cuckoos is entitled "Zellaby of Macedon". Did he ever give any reason for this choice of title? Off the top of my head I can see no obvious connection with the old Kingdom of Macedon,or of its most eminent son, Alexander the Great. Can anyone provide or think of a reason for it?
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The final chapter of John Wyndham's The Midwich Cuckoos is entitled "Zellaby of Macedon". Did he ever give any reason for this choice of title? Off the top of my head I can see no obvious connection with the old Kingdom of Macedon,or of its most eminent son, Alexander the Great. Can anyone provide or think of a reason for it?
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Presumably someone called Zellaby did something Alexander-like. Solving a knotty problem, for example.
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The final chapter of John Wyndham's The Midwich Cuckoos is entitled "Zellaby of Macedon". Did he ever give any reason for this choice of title? Off the top of my head I can see no obvious connection with the old Kingdom of Macedon,or of its most eminent son, Alexander the Great. Can anyone provide or think of a reason for it?
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The final chapter of John Wyndham's The Midwich Cuckoos is entitled "Zellaby of Macedon". Did he ever give any reason for this choice of title? Off the top of my head I can see no obvious connection with the old Kingdom of Macedon,or of its most eminent son, Alexander the Great. Can anyone provide or think of a reason for it?
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Presumably someone called Zellaby did something Alexander-like. Solving a knotty problem, for example.
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Presumably someone called Zellaby did something Alexander-like. Solving a knotty problem, for example.
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Presumably someone called Zellaby did something Alexander-like. Solving a knotty problem, for example.
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Presumably someone called Zellaby did something Alexander-like. Solving a knotty problem, for example.
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I would guess that this refers to the legend of the Gordian Knot, in which Alexander "The Great" of Macedon "solved" the problem of untying a complicated knot by simply cutting it. In The Midwich Cuckoos the problem of the Cuckoos is solved in a similarly dramatic fashion by the philosopher Zellaby.
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Can you offer any evidence to back up this bold assertion? Alexander was also famous for his lightning-fast attacks on horseback and the invention of the Spear Phalanx.
– Valorum
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No, but it would be a solution to the riddle; Wyndham clearly wanted a chapter name that would signal a conclusion without spoiling it. Also when Wyndham was writing classical education was a lot more common, so people would be more likely to recognise the reference.
– Paul Johnson
Sep 29 at 15:58
His father Philip was also "of macedon". He was famous for ruthlessly murdering his opponents and his 'warfare by deception' strategies. Both of those could (theoretically) apply to this passage in the book
– Valorum
Sep 29 at 16:00
OK, I've downgraded it to a guess.
– Paul Johnson
Sep 29 at 16:02
Tnanks. I think the Gordian Knot is probably it.
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I would guess that this refers to the legend of the Gordian Knot, in which Alexander "The Great" of Macedon "solved" the problem of untying a complicated knot by simply cutting it. In The Midwich Cuckoos the problem of the Cuckoos is solved in a similarly dramatic fashion by the philosopher Zellaby.
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Can you offer any evidence to back up this bold assertion? Alexander was also famous for his lightning-fast attacks on horseback and the invention of the Spear Phalanx.
– Valorum
Sep 29 at 15:55
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No, but it would be a solution to the riddle; Wyndham clearly wanted a chapter name that would signal a conclusion without spoiling it. Also when Wyndham was writing classical education was a lot more common, so people would be more likely to recognise the reference.
– Paul Johnson
Sep 29 at 15:58
His father Philip was also "of macedon". He was famous for ruthlessly murdering his opponents and his 'warfare by deception' strategies. Both of those could (theoretically) apply to this passage in the book
– Valorum
Sep 29 at 16:00
OK, I've downgraded it to a guess.
– Paul Johnson
Sep 29 at 16:02
Tnanks. I think the Gordian Knot is probably it.
– Mike Stone
Sep 29 at 16:18
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I would guess that this refers to the legend of the Gordian Knot, in which Alexander "The Great" of Macedon "solved" the problem of untying a complicated knot by simply cutting it. In The Midwich Cuckoos the problem of the Cuckoos is solved in a similarly dramatic fashion by the philosopher Zellaby.
answered Sep 29 at 15:52
Paul JohnsonPaul Johnson
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Can you offer any evidence to back up this bold assertion? Alexander was also famous for his lightning-fast attacks on horseback and the invention of the Spear Phalanx.
– Valorum
Sep 29 at 15:55
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No, but it would be a solution to the riddle; Wyndham clearly wanted a chapter name that would signal a conclusion without spoiling it. Also when Wyndham was writing classical education was a lot more common, so people would be more likely to recognise the reference.
– Paul Johnson
Sep 29 at 15:58
His father Philip was also "of macedon". He was famous for ruthlessly murdering his opponents and his 'warfare by deception' strategies. Both of those could (theoretically) apply to this passage in the book
– Valorum
Sep 29 at 16:00
OK, I've downgraded it to a guess.
– Paul Johnson
Sep 29 at 16:02
Tnanks. I think the Gordian Knot is probably it.
– Mike Stone
Sep 29 at 16:18
add a comment
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I would guess that this refers to the legend of the Gordian Knot, in which Alexander "The Great" of Macedon "solved" the problem of untying a complicated knot by simply cutting it. In The Midwich Cuckoos the problem of the Cuckoos is solved in a similarly dramatic fashion by the philosopher Zellaby.
answered Sep 29 at 15:52
Paul JohnsonPaul Johnson
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I would guess that this refers to the legend of the Gordian Knot, in which Alexander "The Great" of Macedon "solved" the problem of untying a complicated knot by simply cutting it. In The Midwich Cuckoos the problem of the Cuckoos is solved in a similarly dramatic fashion by the philosopher Zellaby.
answered Sep 29 at 15:52
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Can you offer any evidence to back up this bold assertion? Alexander was also famous for his lightning-fast attacks on horseback and the invention of the Spear Phalanx.
– Valorum
Sep 29 at 15:55
1
No, but it would be a solution to the riddle; Wyndham clearly wanted a chapter name that would signal a conclusion without spoiling it. Also when Wyndham was writing classical education was a lot more common, so people would be more likely to recognise the reference.
– Paul Johnson
Sep 29 at 15:58
His father Philip was also "of macedon". He was famous for ruthlessly murdering his opponents and his 'warfare by deception' strategies. Both of those could (theoretically) apply to this passage in the book
– Valorum
Sep 29 at 16:00
OK, I've downgraded it to a guess.
– Paul Johnson
Sep 29 at 16:02
Tnanks. I think the Gordian Knot is probably it.
– Mike Stone
Sep 29 at 16:18
add a comment
|
Can you offer any evidence to back up this bold assertion? Alexander was also famous for his lightning-fast attacks on horseback and the invention of the Spear Phalanx.
– Valorum
Sep 29 at 15:55
1
No, but it would be a solution to the riddle; Wyndham clearly wanted a chapter name that would signal a conclusion without spoiling it. Also when Wyndham was writing classical education was a lot more common, so people would be more likely to recognise the reference.
– Paul Johnson
Sep 29 at 15:58
His father Philip was also "of macedon". He was famous for ruthlessly murdering his opponents and his 'warfare by deception' strategies. Both of those could (theoretically) apply to this passage in the book
– Valorum
Sep 29 at 16:00
OK, I've downgraded it to a guess.
– Paul Johnson
Sep 29 at 16:02
Tnanks. I think the Gordian Knot is probably it.
– Mike Stone
Sep 29 at 16:18
Can you offer any evidence to back up this bold assertion? Alexander was also famous for his lightning-fast attacks on horseback and the invention of the Spear Phalanx.
– Valorum
Sep 29 at 15:55
Can you offer any evidence to back up this bold assertion? Alexander was also famous for his lightning-fast attacks on horseback and the invention of the Spear Phalanx.
– Valorum
Sep 29 at 15:55
1
1
No, but it would be a solution to the riddle; Wyndham clearly wanted a chapter name that would signal a conclusion without spoiling it. Also when Wyndham was writing classical education was a lot more common, so people would be more likely to recognise the reference.
– Paul Johnson
Sep 29 at 15:58
No, but it would be a solution to the riddle; Wyndham clearly wanted a chapter name that would signal a conclusion without spoiling it. Also when Wyndham was writing classical education was a lot more common, so people would be more likely to recognise the reference.
– Paul Johnson
Sep 29 at 15:58
His father Philip was also "of macedon". He was famous for ruthlessly murdering his opponents and his 'warfare by deception' strategies. Both of those could (theoretically) apply to this passage in the book
– Valorum
Sep 29 at 16:00
His father Philip was also "of macedon". He was famous for ruthlessly murdering his opponents and his 'warfare by deception' strategies. Both of those could (theoretically) apply to this passage in the book
– Valorum
Sep 29 at 16:00
OK, I've downgraded it to a guess.
– Paul Johnson
Sep 29 at 16:02
OK, I've downgraded it to a guess.
– Paul Johnson
Sep 29 at 16:02
Tnanks. I think the Gordian Knot is probably it.
– Mike Stone
Sep 29 at 16:18
Tnanks. I think the Gordian Knot is probably it.
– Mike Stone
Sep 29 at 16:18
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Presumably someone called Zellaby did something Alexander-like. Solving a knotty problem, for example.
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