body was cot powerful but lithe and precise However Zeus learned quickly of his mistake as his charges were repeatedly misled by the dancing Manolete s cape and the ability of the agile duelist to be mere millimeters from Zeus's horns when he charged by The contest went oa for weeks with Zeus becoming more and more frustrated especially now that the duel had attracted the attention of all of the gods of Hybemia and they were all quite vociferous in their admira Uon of Manolete s bravery Eventually, Zeus realized that the only way he could match the bravery of Manolete was to admit defeat and he did so, altowing his mortal body to tire but continuing to drive it against Manokte in one futile, deadly charge after another turning twisting, and wheeling about in the most unexpected ways possible but all the time becoming slower until eventually Zeus stood before Manolete too tired to lift his head too tired to charge again and saw Manolete draw his sword for the first time The Corrida traveled from Old Terra with its people tho igh it was apparently not nearly as popular before the Jihad ab it was afterwards-a fact which has been held up as an example of the dissolute nature of the populace when in the thrall of the Mach nes However even before the Jihad the Corrida was the entertainment of choice of large segments of the population of the Empire The bull breeding farms on La Coruna Saragonna and Bahdmonde were continual ly busy keeping the fans of Comda satisfied During this time Comda was not associated with the nobility to the extent that it would be after the Jihad and all of the famous matadors of the period (with the exception of Duke Ban Leon who was not at any rate particularly noteworthy as a matador) were commoners Among these were Rodolito whose real name is unknown Little David Manante Lih Kalt one of the few women matadors and Jose Martino Vasquez still famous as The Tempter for his (eventually fatal) flirtation with the horns After the development of the Holtzman Shield bull fighting underwent a fundamen tal change which seated it forevermore firm ly in the ranks of upper class entertainment It was