tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097508687199514965.post3049690332531945353..comments2023-09-28T07:32:28.168-08:00Comments on Bill's Greek Mythology: TFBT: Prose Version of "I, the Goddess Cassandra"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11216523923707900157noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097508687199514965.post-8665442606430238202016-06-11T21:37:16.289-08:002016-06-11T21:37:16.289-08:00Maya,
My teachers and scholars I read, suggest th...Maya,<br /><br />My teachers and scholars I read, suggest that the Homeric Hymns are pan-Hellenic in nature. The HH are designed to validate and explain the cosmic order. So instead of a local version of the mighty Aphrodite borne of the first cosmic catlysm and sister to the Giants, we get one who is daughter of and subject to Zeus. This is all part of the plot of the Cypria to end the race of heroes and reduce the population<br /><br />Of course the other thing is it is all a joke. Love has made a fool of me on numberous occasions. She's given my body parts different different nationalites; romeing hands and russian fingers. Once I drove 100 miles in the wrong direction when distracted by Love. So if the Golden Aphrodite gets a little of her own medecine, the audience gets a laugh<br /><br />BillAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11216523923707900157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097508687199514965.post-69551618455326027622016-06-11T13:18:15.017-08:002016-06-11T13:18:15.017-08:00I have always found much of the Hymn to Aphrodite ...I have always found much of the Hymn to Aphrodite weird. To begin with, I do not think it was her prank that gods and goddesses fell in love and interbred with mortals. Then, what do you think about the power given to Zeus to make another deity fall in love, a power attested nowhere else? First, this is intrusion into the allocated domain of another god. Second, this intrusion is done by a god who has no special powers of his own. And third, this god has specifically proven himself incompetent and awkward in the domain of love, particularly in the cases of Io, Semele and Sinope. And he didn't even use Aphrodite's girdle!Maya Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10877457709995369246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097508687199514965.post-4334685315990976912016-06-10T11:41:44.766-08:002016-06-10T11:41:44.766-08:00Maya,
Of course, Zeus sort of mocked Aphrodite by...Maya,<br /><br />Of course, Zeus sort of mocked Aphrodite by making her fall for Anchises. Did Eros prick his own thumb while gazing upon Psyche? <br /><br />BillAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11216523923707900157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097508687199514965.post-83668904886424699482016-06-05T09:10:29.028-08:002016-06-05T09:10:29.028-08:00Oh yes! As my Aphrodite says, "Nobody has yet...Oh yes! As my Aphrodite says, "Nobody has yet mocked me without paying for it."Maya Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10877457709995369246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097508687199514965.post-54321115600765328232016-06-04T20:44:18.531-08:002016-06-04T20:44:18.531-08:00Maya,
Virginity didn't work well for Hippolyt...Maya,<br /><br />Virginity didn't work well for Hippolytus either. Aphrodite will have her way!<br /><br />Bill Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11216523923707900157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097508687199514965.post-76512960577903325452016-06-04T11:54:44.216-08:002016-06-04T11:54:44.216-08:00Interesting view on Cassandra! I had not mentioned...Interesting view on Cassandra! I had not mentioned that, apart from the unsuccessful advances of Apollo, Cassandra seems to bring bad luck also to mortals approaching her with desire. I think that she was not a goddess but a female version of the typical Greek hero, a mortal with some heroic genes who aspires immortality but ultimately proves only his qualification to die.<br /><br />It seems that virginity or, to be precise, obsession with virginity sharply distinguishes mortal and immortal women. Some of the most important goddesses are virgins, but the wish of a mortal woman to remain a virgin does not end well, as we see from Cassandra and the Danaids.Maya Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10877457709995369246noreply@blogger.com