# Looking for a mythical or historical character **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 10, 2017, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-mythical-or-historical-character/790931 "2017-07-10T16:05:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-mythical-or-historical-character/790931/21 "2017-07-11T19:43:29Z")
> [@blindboyard](#): > > Alcibiades. He was cunning. Adventurous. Seems like he’d be fun, if you want some comic relief. Comedy not being a strong point of mine, I do need to work some in. I will have to do some research on these names. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-mythical-or-historical-character/790931/22 "2017-07-11T19:45:16Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Of course, you do want your potential audience to know who the person is. If you want mainstream readers, you probably pick one Cardasian, (sp?) one Duck Dynasty person, and one BooBoo. That’s a good point, maybe somewhere in between. If they didn’t know who some one was they wouldn’t represent much. Maybe I can figure out some way to introduce them. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-mythical-or-historical-character/790931/23 "2017-07-11T19:49:24Z")
> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > That’s an interesting thought, I will read up on her. Was she a real person or fictional? I know dumb question! Joan of Arc shows up in something like the role you imagine in Jules Feiffer’s play **Knock, Knock!** > **[Knock Knock (play)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knock_Knock_(play))** > > Knock Knock is a play written by American author, cartoonist and playwright Jules Feiffer. It is a comedy, and was produced on Broadway in 1976, where it earned Tony Award nominations including Best Play. In Feiffer's signature style, he created the artwork for the poster and program, which shows figures peering out from behind a door to answer the knock. > In a cabin in the woods, two bickering old Jewish recluses, Abe and Cohn, have retired, and haven't moved in two decades. Abe is a former sto... Interesting thing. After Lynn Redgrave played the role of St. Joan in an inexplicably revamped cast (see the link above) she decided to play St. Joan in a Broadway production of George Bernard Shaw’s **St Joan**. I guess she liked the character. (I got to see this production. It also had a very young pre-Quark Armin Shimerman in it.) ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-mythical-or-historical-character/790931/24 "2017-07-11T23:26:58Z")
Given the collective common man angle, Karl Marx. But he was pretty cantankerous. The anarchist Michael Bakunin, who sparred with Marx, was a much bigger, more generous personality. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-mythical-or-historical-character/790931/25 "2017-07-12T03:49:07Z")
Oh, like the Gordon’s fisherman in that episode of Blossom. How about the [Wandering Jew](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering_Jew)? He’s got some regrets, plenty of time on his hands, and he’s seen some stuff. I bet he has advice to hand out. ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-mythical-or-historical-character/790931/26 "2017-07-12T05:09:14Z")
Paracelsus ? I see his proper name was **[Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracelsus)** Back then they knew how to name a child. > [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > That’s an interesting thought, I will read up on her. Was she a real person or fictional? I know dumb question! Urk. OK then, just remember she was actually born in the Reich, but in an enclave owing fealty to France; and she never killed a soul. She was a magnificent mascot, not a warrior. > [@Kropotkin](#): > > Given the collective common man angle, Karl Marx. But he was pretty cantankerous. The anarchist Michael Bakunin, who sparred with Marx, was a much bigger, more generous personality. That’s Marx’s most engaging quality. Man is born to hate. He was very good at it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-mythical-or-historical-character/790931.md?page=1)