tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097508687199514965.post9179485796637759441..comments2023-09-28T07:32:28.168-08:00Comments on Bill's Greek Mythology: TFBT: Random Notes from Hour 16Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11216523923707900157noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097508687199514965.post-34486278305495575002013-06-19T21:39:43.418-08:002013-06-19T21:39:43.418-08:00I am reading Eumeides at the moment. Talk about go...I am reading Eumeides at the moment. Talk about gods torturing people. ,The catch is the Furies don't seem to know they have an option. They had been wrecking revenge on the slayers of relatives since the time of Cronus and are convinced that civiliZation will collapse if they stop torturing mother killers. Chilling stuff. Athena threatens them with a thunderbolt, but you dont see them flinch much. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11216523923707900157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097508687199514965.post-2217434902122531382013-06-19T11:36:28.665-08:002013-06-19T11:36:28.665-08:00I fully agree with (2), I just never thought that ...I fully agree with (2), I just never thought that the sentence could be understood this way because I have never seen anyone except you interpret it this way. Everyone else writes that Zeus sends sufferings to others in order to teach them, and the more they suffer, the better for them, because they will learn more (and if they are mortal and die in the process, it's still OK, because others will learn). I have always been perplexed by the arguments that a deity torturing weaker creatures is, by this act, proving his benevolence to these creatures.<br />I thought that before releasing his siblings, Zeus was suffering because he was not in power. However, you may be right - he may have been motivated by pure concern for his siblings.Maya Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10877457709995369246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097508687199514965.post-27208443354742260502013-06-19T08:01:56.822-08:002013-06-19T08:01:56.822-08:00Maya,
I have to disagree with several points.
...Maya,<br /><br />I have to disagree with several points. <br /><br />1)Zeus doesn't have to suffer in order to learn. Zeus learned how to free his siblings from Cronus' grasp by listening to Metis/Nyx. He learned about the future by listening to Themis. <br /><br />2)Maybe suffering rarely brings any improvements; but improvements often bring suffering. Anyone trying to get in shape knows about the aches and pains that come. Anyone re-entering college know about the headaches you can get from new ideas and new concepts.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11216523923707900157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097508687199514965.post-56770643665381310542013-06-18T12:05:05.812-08:002013-06-18T12:05:05.812-08:00I think that Zeus has established the law "Le...I think that Zeus has established the law "Learn by suffering" for himself, because he seems able to learn by suffering, as well as unable to learn any other way :-). In Aeschylus (who gives this law, by the mouths of a group of frightened old men), the Persians also seem to be learning by suffering - but nobody else! And it is small wonder, as we know from everyday experience that suffering rarely brings any improvement. <br />Maya Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10877457709995369246noreply@blogger.com