by Disco Stu February 07, 2005
An anchient Greek city in western Turkey. It is featured in three epic poems, the Illiad, which tells the story of the final years of the Trojan War, the Oddesy, which tells the story of Odesyus' return from that war, and the Aenid, which tells the story of Aeneas, who is a Trojan and will become the ancestor of the Roman people.
Troy was discovered in the 19tch century, and was proven to have existed. Untill then it was thought to be mythalogical.
by Disco Stu October 02, 2003
often capitlaized, it refers to a series of sci-fi RPGs produced by Ambrosia Software. All three games, Escape Velocity, EV Overide, and EV Nova, are able to be modified with files known as plugins, thus making the game way more fun. Escape Velocity and EV Overide are only for Macs. EV Nova is for both Mac and PC.
by Disco Stu September 25, 2003
by disco stu May 14, 2003
A character in two tragdies by Sophocles, "Oedipus Rex" and "Oedipus at Colonus." When he was born it was prophesized that Oedipus would grow to murder his father, and marry his mother. His father, King Laios of Thebes, ordered his shepard to kill him, but instead he gave him to the king of Corinth. When he grew up, he learned about his destiny, but belived that his Corintian parrents were his biological parrents, he fled to Tebes. There he ran into his real fother on the road, and after a dispute killed him. However, Oedipus was able to save the city of Tebes from sphynx and was offered his mother's hand in marrige. The play "Oedipus Rex" takes place a number of years after that incodent. Thebes is undergoing a plague Oedipus learns the truth about his heritige, and so his mother/wife kills herself, and he blinds himself, and is baneshed from Thebes. In "Oedipus at Colonus" he is about to die, and is purifing himself, to be buried as a Greek hero. However, civil war has broken out in Thebes between is two sons, and they want to try and get Oedipus' body back to Thebes, so that one of the sons might win.
Oedipus is the ultimate tragic hero. All others, such as Hamelt, or Romeo, don't hold a candle to him.
by Disco Stu October 07, 2003
A lightweight sub-machine gun used by British in World War II. Accronym for Shepherd,Turpin, and Enfield
by Disco Stu October 01, 2003
The best internet chat site. In 1999 it was bought by Infoseak.com, and then that was bought by the evil Go.com. The Go network promptly closed WBS. Now it has been resurected under new ownership, but is just message boards, not chat.
by Disco Stu November 03, 2003