On a more serious note why does no one ever comment on my blogs I feel like the red-headed stepchild. And speaking of red-heads I commented on Alexandra's blog.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
So Are They the Nicies Now?
Throughout the whole book of the Eumenides, The Furies are chasing Orestes around Greece. They chase him to the temple of Apollo where Apollo puts them to sleep. I think it's very important to notice here that Orestes has been purged of his sins. After the Furies awake they chase him to Athens where Athena intervenes on Orestes side. Athena's idea was to have a trial to decide if he was guilty or innocent. But that was just a little background to get to the point that I want to make. You know when Athena lets the Furies join her city as a demi-god type deal? Then they agree to start blessing people and whatnot instead of carrying out the fury of others. So can you technically call them Furies anymore? It kinda seems like an oxymoron to me. Calling someone who does nice things Furies and all. So instead of calling them the Furies can we call them the Nicies now? It seems much more logical. It's like calling an athlete a nerd, you just don't do that. The Nicies are now blessing people so we can't call them a negative name anymore. Anyone that blesses my sheep to have twins instead of a single lamb is ok in my book.
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This made me fight off a smile. I agree. They are Nicies. I do enjoy the peace that Athena brings about with this resolve. She seems like she knows what she's doing here, which is honestly not normal for a god. Almost every other instance, the gods react on a whim. I do assume this is why she is the goddess of wisdom, though. The progress toward a court system in the Eumenides is very wise and logical. I do want to look into the facts surrounding the era of this story. It would be interesting to see if it follows the flow of the culture from a more dictator type society to a democratic one.
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I just laughed. Out loud.
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