Panurge
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| [[Image:Friar John and Panurge.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Friar John]] and [[Panurge]] give the ''[[Blason and contreblason du couillon]]'' by [[François Rabelais|Rabelais]]]] | [[Image:Friar John and Panurge.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Friar John]] and [[Panurge]] give the ''[[Blason and contreblason du couillon]]'' by [[François Rabelais|Rabelais]]]] | ||
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| - | '''Panurge''' is one of the principal characters in the ''[[Gargantua and Pantagruel|Pantagruel]]'' (especially the [[Third Book|third]] and fourth books) of [[Rabelais]], an exceedingly crafty [[knave]], a [[libertine]], and a [[coward]]. | + | '''Panurge''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]] Πανοῦργος / ''Panoûrgos'' meaning "He who makes everything") is one of the principal characters in the ''[[Gargantua and Pantagruel|Pantagruel]]'' (especially the third and fourth books) of [[Rabelais]], an exceedingly crafty [[knave]], a [[libertine]], and a [[coward]]. |
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| + | In Chapter 9 of the first book he shows he can speak many languages (German, Italian, Scottish, Dutch, Spanish, Danish, Hebrew, Greek, Latin and French), including some of the first examples of a [[constructed language]]. | ||
| - | At some point, he shows he can speak several languages, including some of the first examples of a [[constructed language]]. | ||
| In French, he appears in the set phrase ''[[mouton de Panurge]]'', after a story in which he buys a sheep from the merchant [[Dindenault]] and then, for revenge, makes the sheep jump off a cliff. | In French, he appears in the set phrase ''[[mouton de Panurge]]'', after a story in which he buys a sheep from the merchant [[Dindenault]] and then, for revenge, makes the sheep jump off a cliff. | ||
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| The rest of the sheep in the herd stupidly jump after it in spite of the shepherd. | The rest of the sheep in the herd stupidly jump after it in spite of the shepherd. | ||
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Panurge (from Greek Πανοῦργος / Panoûrgos meaning "He who makes everything") is one of the principal characters in the Pantagruel (especially the third and fourth books) of Rabelais, an exceedingly crafty knave, a libertine, and a coward.
In Chapter 9 of the first book he shows he can speak many languages (German, Italian, Scottish, Dutch, Spanish, Danish, Hebrew, Greek, Latin and French), including some of the first examples of a constructed language.
In French, he appears in the set phrase mouton de Panurge, after a story in which he buys a sheep from the merchant Dindenault and then, for revenge, makes the sheep jump off a cliff.
The rest of the sheep in the herd stupidly jump after it in spite of the shepherd.
Other uses
- Panurge is also the title of an opera by Jules Massenet.
- Panurge Press, a United States publisher
