““Hephaestus told Phyllis that she owed her name to the lovely girl whom Acamas left behind in Thrace after the Trojan War, promising to return.The poor girl waited in vain & out of desparation, hanged herself.The Goddess Nemesis took pity on the girl & turned her into a leafless almond tree.When Acamas at last returned,he was overcome with grief & embraced the tree which immediately sprouted green leaves, which gave the Greeks their word "phylla" meaning "green leaves" & all the botanists of the world their "phylla" words.Hephaestus also said that Vicky stood for Victory[Nike].[MMT]””
![“Nobody knew how it all began, neither Homer nor Hesiod. Nor Ovid nor Vergil. But it was said that at the beginning, there was Chaos, which meant confusion & disorder, & there was Eros, which meant love. And confusion & disorder were what all those who were smitten by love [Eros] felt at the…” quote by Nicholas Chong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8c6/nicholas-chong-4441_inspiration_nobody-knew-how-it-all-began-neither-hom_47453.jpg)
![“And during times such as those, when people wanted to get on with life, the Battle of the Sexes turned into all-out war. In the Battle of the Sexes fought by the Milesians, the men won.Whilst in the battle fought by the Malesians, the men lost.[INTRO]” quote by Nicholas Chong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2ee/nicholas-chong-4441_battle-of-the-sexes_and-during-times-such-as-those-when-peop_128723.jpg)
![“Sorry!I just couldn't control myself!" would be the excuse any virile man would offer to a girl he had just deflowered- after the event. He would offer the same excuse to Jupiter Foo. The King of the Gods would surely blow his top- like Vulcan, the Volcano God!Yak! Yak! Yak![MMT]” quote by Nicholas Chong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/812/nicholas-chong-4441_control-myself_sorry-i-just-couldn-t-control-myself-wou_216250.jpg)
![“It was told that during the wedding feast, Eris [Discordia], a daughter of Nyx, threw a golden apple into their midst, intended as a prize for the most beautiful amongst the three Goddesses at the table: Athena, Hera & Aphrodite, the daughter, wife & clandestine lover of Zeus, respectively. And…” quote by Nicholas Chong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e51/nicholas-chong-4441_children_it-was-told-that-during-the-wedding-feas_247774.jpg)
