Re: "solomontean"

[Nick Nicholas <opoudjis@optushome.com.au>]

Sorry, I got carried away; "solomonteios" is a Greek adjective for "of 
or pertaining to Solomon". The proper English adjective is Solomonic, 
alludic to the Solomonic judgement. The first Googling I found of 
Solomon, judgement, and baby, gives me this from 
http://www.shemayisrael.co.il/parsha/htorah/archives/miketz.htm:

> The haftorah tells the well-known story of King Solomon's judgement in 
> the case of two harlots who appeared before him. Both of the women had 
> given birth to infants. One of the babies had died in the night, and 
> each woman claimed that the living one was hers. Solomon ordered that 
> the infant be cut in half. Upon hearing this, the true mother pleaded 
> with him to give the baby to the other woman instead, while the other 
> woman calmly accepted the verdict. This proved to everyone the 
> identity of the true mother.

A Solomonic judgement is unscrupulously fair --- and bound to 
disappoint.

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