Epistemon |
Epistemon, Pantagruel’s tutor, takes his name from the Greek for “wise” or “prudent.” His finest hour was during the battle in which Pantagruel defeated Loup Garou of the Dipsodes. After the battle, Epistemon was found with his head chopped off. Panurge joined nerve to nerve, vessel to vessel, and stitched his noggin on straight as an arrow with sixteen catguts. When Epistemon awoke, it was as though from a sleep. He belched, he coughed, he hiccuped, he farted. He told a tale of visiting Hell, where all the heroes are laborers, and all the simple philosophers live in luxury. The only after-effect which Epistemon suffered from his beheading was a dry cough, of which he could only rid himself by drinking like a theologian. « PANTAGRUELION » |