adj.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel Unpredictable; mercurial: "a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next" Sven Birkerts.
"That must have been it," said Sancho, "for indeed Rocinante went like a gipsy's ass with quicksilver in his ears.
Mythology: Mercury/Hermes who was a cunning manager for Zeus.
Hermes was popular among athletes, and the stateus representing him as an atheltic young man were commonly to be seen in the ancient sportsgrounds. (Grant and Hazel 173)
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