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Drawing LotsI am sure most of us our familiar with that game of chance drawing straws, generally used as a way to impartially decide something in which those involved have a personal interest, usually it is used to decipher who is to perform some unpleasant task, and whoever gets the short straw looses.
But have you ever wondered just where this came from and how it got started in the first place to become so commonly used, and often incorporated in movies and stories. It dates back to the Ancient Greeks, where it was called drawing lots, and was a common practice in making difficult decisions. In fact the Gods themselves in mythology used the method of drawing lots. After The Olympians defeated the Titan's the three bothers, Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades, needed to decide how to divide things up and who would rule over what. Hades was the eldest brother and because of Greek law at that time, he should have inherited the largest portion and had rulership, but Zeus, who was the youngest, was also ambitious, and it was Zeus who was the one that actually freed his siblings from the belly of Cronos, since he alone had escaped being devoured. So the gods decided they would draw lots, and it was because Hades had drawn the shortest stick that he was relegated to become King of the Dead and reign in the Underworld. 8:48 AM - 10/16/2009 - post comment
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