From Ovid's Metamorphoses, translated by Tony Kline (2000). Link to source
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| Persephone breaks her fast. Source: Mythology and Folklore |
Monday, October 3, 2016
Reading Notes: Ovid's Metamorphasis part A
The very first thing I noticed is that if one doesn't have a very solid basis on who each character is in Roman mythology, it is going to be very hard to stay with the stories. If the stories could be put in layman's terms for us non-8th century philosophers, I believe it would help quite a lot. Things get really intense really fast with the rape of Persephone. Persephone's mother is absolutely mad for much of the story. It seems that she's also a bit mad at her daughter for some reason, even though everything happened against her will. If I were writing a story based on this, I would probably still try and stay away from the romantic route, but also make the story a bit less harsh.
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Hi Chris! I am glad I noticed this: you can count this for EXTRA reading this week... but the reading options now in Week 7 are Africa OR Asia. Did you see the list of assignments for this week? There is a link there that goes to all the Africa/Asia options: Week 7 agenda.
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