Posted by Tat on February 4, 2000 at 20:20:48:
Most rodents are quadrupeds (they use all four limbs for locomotion) and are generally herbivorous or omnivorous, although a few species are strictly carnivorous like the grasshopper mouse. Many have cheek pouches (used to transport food), a large cecum (to digest the herbivorous diet), and are copraphagous (re-ingest their feces). - Note the word Copraphagous means: Eater of shit. Scarab in greek, Kantharos: Am I wrong or was this a CF character. Tat - Bored.
Meanwhile, the scarab became an object of derision and jokes, the most famous of them being Aristophanes comedy "Peace," where a peasant flies up to Olympus riding a colossal scarab, whose coprophagous habits are insisted upon. Despite these trivial manners, the scarab retains his divine nature, which enables him to reach Zeus' throne. Another clue of his importance could be the name "scarab" (greek: kantharos) of Dionysos' cup, where pure wine is served in order to provide sacred drunkenness.